Rich nations' hypocrisy accelerating global heating

Rich nations' climate hypocrisy is accelerating global heating, pushing the planet closer to irreversible catastrophe, with its worst consequences borne by the poorest countries and peoples. While ... Read More

Climate and Environment

The low water levels that choked cargo traffic were more closely tied to the natural climate cycle than to human ... By Catrin Einhorn Around the world, grass-roots organizers and Indigenous ... Read More

The New Center of the World is Cleveland. Locals Say It’s About Time.

For four days, Cleveland is the center of the universe. At least it feels that way in Cleveland. “I see dollar signs, dollar signs, dollar signs everywhere,” says Mayor Justin Bibb, gleeful ... Read More

Trump Calls for Release of Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich

I think he’s a very brave young man,” the former president said. Read More

Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Andrea Petersen is a reporter at The Wall Street Journal in New York, writing about consumer health with a focus on mental health. Her stories have explored everything from the science of sleep to ... Read More

World Bank’s Banga wants to make gains in tackling the effects of climate change, poverty and war

It's a full agenda for Ajay Banga as he nears the end of his first year as World Bank president. The bank and the International Monetary Fund are holding their spring meetings in Washington this week, ... Read More

World News

Having a team in the world’s richest sports competition might alter how people think of Luton, a place long dogged by a ramshackle image and links to extremism. The administration’s top drug ... Read More

Generative AI Isn’t Ubiquitous in the Business World—at Least Not Yet

ChatGPT and other forms of generative artificial intelligence have experienced meteoric growth, but many businesses are hesitant to rush headlong into the technology. Tobacco company Reynolds ... Read More

The Reliability of Hydropower in a Pinch

Water-supply variability is a normal phenomenon in hydroelectric production (“Drought Hampers Canada Push to Become a Hydro Superpower, World News ... suggest that climate change will likely ... Read More

‘A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks’ Review: Watery Graves

Arelatively recent trend gives history books titles and subtitles that make overweening claims—what one critic parodied as “the cheese that changed the world.” But David Gibbins is not ... Read More

Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Joseph Pisani is a reporter at The Wall Street Journal’s Speed and Trending desk in New York. He covers breaking news, including hurricanes, shootings and corporate news, as well as buzzier topics. Read More

World News

Having a team in the world’s richest sports competition might alter how people think of Luton, a place long dogged by a ramshackle image and links to extremism. The administration’s top drug ... Read More