The United States and Iran have engaged in rounds of attacks and counterattacks in recent days, eroding hopes for a quick return to normalcy in the Middle East.
Friends of Metropolitan Diary, including the writer Candace Bushnell and the actor Ken Leung of “Industry,” share their stories to mark the column’s 50th anniversary.
An agreement between the U.S. and Kazakhstan has given a group of American investors with ties to the president and the commerce secretary access to one of the world’s largest untapped reserves of tungsten.