North Korea Resumes Weapons Activity With Two Cruise-Missile Launches
SEOUL—North Korea fired two cruise missiles on Wednesday morning, returning to weapons activity…
U.K. Approves Moderna’s Covid-19 Vaccine Targeted at Omicron
Moderna’s vaccine triggered a strong immune response against both Omicron BA.1 and the original…
China Growth Slows Across All Fronts in July, Prompting Unexpected Rate Cut
SINGAPORE—China’s economy stumbled in July as a two-month boost from easing lockdowns faded…
China Gets a Great Leap Forward From Congress
China’s economy is limping under the weight of government-created market inefficiencies, draconian…
China’s Xi Jinping Plans to Meet With Biden in First Foreign Trip in Nearly Three Years
Chinese officials are making plans for
Xi Jinping
to visit Southeast Asia and meet…
U.K. Economy Shrank in Second Quarter as Inflation Hit Households
LONDON—The U.K. economy contracted in the second quarter as households facing soaring inflation…
Covid-19 Variants Keep Getting More Contagious. Here’s Why.
As the Omicron subvariant BA.5 is the latest to take over and dash the hopes of a summer Covid-19…
North Korea Declares Victory Over Covid, Hints Kim Jong Un Was Infected
State media didn’t explicitly say that Mr. Kim, the 38-year-old dictator, had contracted the…
In China, Higher Consumer Inflation Masks Weak Demand
HONG KONG—China’s headline consumer inflation rate surged to its fastest pace in two years in…