A Crowded Conservative Race for U.K. Prime Minister

A Crowded Conservative Race for U.K. Prime Minister

LONDON—The race to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson intensified Monday, with several senior Conservative Party politicians pitching themselves with pledges to stick to his approaches toward Brexit and curbing illegal migration, while looking for ways to stoke economic growth. Former treasury chief Rishi Sunak, who helped spark the wave of resignations by ministers and … Read more

Large Chinese Bank Protest Put Down With Violence

Large Chinese Bank Protest Put Down With Violence

HONG KONG—Hundreds of bank customers demonstrating over frozen deposits were attacked by men in plainclothes in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, marking a violent end to one of China’s largest public protests in recent years. Images of the clash, which was widely videotaped, spread quickly enough on Chinese social media to outrun the country’s … Read more

U.S. Seeks to Fix WTO’s Broken Trade Dispute Process

U.S. Seeks to Fix WTO’s Broken Trade Dispute Process

WASHINGTON—The U.S. is seeking to resolve an impasse that has left the World Trade Organization without senior judges to resolve trade disputes between member countries, according to U.S. officials. The effort began ahead of the WTO’s ministerial meeting in Geneva in June, the officials said, with the U.S. organizing two meetings of working-level representatives from … Read more

Sri Lankan President’s Silence Over Resignation Fuels Political Anxiety

Sri Lankan politics were in turmoil as opposition parties worked to form an interim government, despite the country’s president not personally confirming that he would step down to make way for new leadership. Sri Lanka’s parliamentary speaker said over the weekend that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had agreed to resign on Wednesday. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, … Read more