EditorialKyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov, who has stalled on signing a new agreement with the United States for fear Moscow would perceive it as a “stab in the back,” at his residence in Bishkek, Sept. 30, 2022. (Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times)
EditorialAfterpay, Apple and other financial tech companies are popularizing installment plans for paying off shopping splurges. Critics worry that the programs seem intended to make people perceive a product to be cheaper than it truly is and lose control of their spending. (Glenn Harvey/The New York Times)