This week, there have been not one, but two open letters by some of the most eminent economists in the U.S., urging the American public not to vote for Donald Trump. One letter, published in the Wall Street Journal, was signed by 370 economists, including eight Nobel prize winners. It slams Trump for questioning the accuracy of economic data, …

  Graphic images of diseased lungs, rotting teeth and people smoking through tracheotomy holes aren’t the best way to sell cigarettes. Which is exactly why they feature so prominently on cigarette packs in dozens of countries — and should in the U.S. as well. More than seven years ago, Congress mandated such labels, covering at least half of the fronts …

  The High Court ruling that a parliamentary nod is required to trigger Article 50 — the formal procedure for the UK to leave the EU — may have come as a shock for the British government, but Prime Minister Theresa May has said that her government was confident of winning the appeal against the verdict in the Supreme Court …