Japan’s Ruling Party Keeps Majority in Election
TOKYO—Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party won a clear majority in national elections, giving new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida a solid…
A Nation Learns to Love Movie Popcorn—Without the Movie
SEOUL—Catching an early afternoon screening of “Dune,” Jang Yoo-mi showed up 30 minutes early. It wasn’t to watch the trailers…
Pete Buttigieg: No-fly list for unruly passengers should be ‘on the table’
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday that a federal no-fly list for violent or unruly airline passengers should be “on…
Shell Is the Greenest Big Oil Company. Look What That Got It.
Royal Dutch Shell PLC shows much that is wrong with environmental, social and governance investing. The Anglo-Dutch company was the…
Moderna Confirms FDA Delayed Covid-19 Vaccine in Adolescents to Review Myocarditis Risk
The Food and Drug Administration is delaying a decision on Moderna Inc.’s application to authorize use of its Covid-19 vaccine…
Jim Bob Duggar, ’19 Kids and Counting’ father, running for Arkansas Senate
SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Jim Bob Duggar, whose large family was featured in the TLC reality show “19 Kids and Counting,”…
Investment in Brazilian Startups Is Booming
Risky investment bets on young technology entrepreneurs in Brazil are starting to pay off. That is spurring a boom in…
As Boomers Downsize, Competition Grows for Simpler—but Not Always Smaller—Homes
Older buyers seeking smaller or easier-to-maintain homes are crashing into younger buyers in a housing market where the competition is…
Former Afghan Spies and Soldiers Turn to ISIS After U.S. Exit
KABUL—Some former members of Afghanistan’s U.S.-trained intelligence service and elite military units—now abandoned by their American patrons and hunted by…
Covid-19 Pushed Many Americans to Retire. The Economy Needs Them Back.
The Covid-19 pandemic has boosted retirements among baby boomers, further straining the tight labor supply and leaving a hole for…
‘Starting to be a problem’: Biden scrambles to stop Iran’s ‘increasingly dangerous’ nuclear program
Top Biden administration officials warned Sunday that Iran’s nuclear program is “starting to be a problem” and that the U.S.…
Virginia Democrats betting money talks in House of Delegates races
Eighteen candidates running for the Virginia House of Delegates have raised more than $1 million for their campaigns in pursuit…
ETFs Are a Bad Way to Bet on Bitcoin
The new bitcoin ETFs are close to the Platonic ideal of two things at the heart of the financial industry,…
Wages and Prices Are Up, but It Isn’t a Spiral—Yet
It’s no longer just prices. Now wages, too, are flashing inflation signals. Wages in the third quarter were up 4.2%…
Vaccine Mandates Turn Into Religious Tests at GE, Disney, Others
Big U.S. companies are taking a range of approaches to dealing with employee requests for a religious exemption to Covid-19…