Under a pitch-black night sky, a group of Vietnamese farmers planted rice this week in a paddy field on the outskirts of the capital Hanoi using head lamps to illuminate Continue Reading
China is approving plans for new coal power plant capacity at the fastest rate since 2015, in a sign that pressure to stimulate the economy is undermining a transition towards Continue Reading
As the number of new coronavirus cases surged in many areas of the United States, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut – once at the epicenter of the outbreak – Continue Reading
Soaring cases of the coronavirus are forcing cities and states across the country to halt plans to restart their economies and even reimpose earlier limits on public life, increasing worries Continue Reading
The Covid-19 pandemic is tearing through the U.S. heartland, setting records for hospitalizations and forcing businesses to rethink their plans to reopen as new modeling predicts the virus will kill Continue Reading
CDC Director Robert R. Redfield says the coronavirus has ‘brought this nation to its knees’ as the U.S. sees a surge in cases; luxury stores on Fifth Avenue reopen; a Continue Reading
In California, where new cases reached new highs Tuesday, workers for Walt Disney Co. DIS -3.88% pressed the company to delay the planned July reopening for its theme parks in Continue Reading
In early May, the new coronavirus swept through the crowded homes in Alley 24 of Rocinha, one of the largest of Brazil’s favelas, or slum communities. Twenty of the 35 Continue Reading
Tech companies respond to President Trump’s order to temporarily suspend work visas; MLB plans to restart a shortened 2020 season; Saudi Arabia scales back the most important Muslim pilgrimage. WSJ’s Continue Reading
South Korea’s crude oil imports from the US in May dropped 35.7% from a year earlier, which marks the biggest decline since the country began US crude imports, data released Continue Reading
