WHITEHAVEN, England—In a weed-strewn field on the edge of this harbor town, Britain’s lofty climate-change ambitions are colliding with economic reality.

At 4:30 p.m. local time on Friday, an Air China Boeing 777W carrying Huawei Technologies Co.’s finance chief took off from Vancouver, just

HONG KONG—Most countries in East Asia face major setbacks in recovering from the coronavirus, the World Bank said, adding to concerns that the resurgent pandemic

SEOUL—North Korea has launched at least one short-range missile off its east coast, South Korea’s military said, as Pyongyang turns back to weapons tests with

China has let go two Americans who have been banned from leaving the country since 2018 and allowed them to return to the U.S. following

SEOUL—North Korea has launched at least one unidentified projectile off its east coast, South Korea’s military said, as Pyongyang turns back to weapons tests with

The Pentagon’s top military officer discussed with his Russian counterpart an apparent offer from Russian President Vladimir Putin to use his military’s bases in Central

BERLIN—A politician who built his popularity on his response to Covid-19 and styled himself as German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s true heir is now best placed to succeed

TAIPEI—When Huawei Technologies Co. executive Meng Wanzhou arrived in Shenzhen after nearly three years’ confinement in Vancouver, 430 million Chinese viewers tuned into a livestream

BERLIN—A politician who built his popularity on his response to Covid-19 and styled himself as German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s true heir is now best placed to succeed