Global News
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As need in Afghanistan grows dire, aid groups plead for help
For two decades, aid from the World Bank and other international donors propped up the country's health care system, but after the Taliban seized power, they froze $600 million in health care aid
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YouTube bans all anti-vaccine misinformation
YouTube said it would remove videos claiming that vaccines do not reduce rates of transmission or contraction of disease, and content that includes misinformation on the makeup of the vaccines
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Gas shortages awaken Britain to some crucial workers: Truck drivers
The British government is sending out letters to nearly one million people who hold a license to drive a heavy goods vehicle, urging them back onto the road while relaxing visa restrictions for thousands of foreign workers in the hope of luring them into temporary work in Britain
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China and Evergrande ascended together. Now one is about to fall
Evergrande's struggles have exposed the flaws of the Chinese financial system and is testing the resolve of Chinese leaders' efforts to reform, as they chart a new course for the country's economy
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For flagging Amazon games unit, 'new world' 'has to be our breakthrough'
If it is successful, the computer game could create momentum for Amazon and bolster the perception that it is serious about the lucrative video game business that has eluded the tech giant so far
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Facebook delays Instagram app for users 13 and younger
Facebook has paused development of an "Instagram Kids" service that would be tailored for children 13 years old or younger, as the social network increasingly faces questions about the app's effect on young people's mental health
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As gas stations run dry, Britons cope with disruptions to daily life
The fuel supplies Britons once took for granted are vanishing, and lines of vehicles are clogging the streets near gas stations while some businesses that depend on fuel are suddenly at a standstill
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How China plans to avert an Evergrande financial crisis
Last week, a deadline to make an $83 million payment to foreign investors came and went with no indication that Evergrande had met its obligations, raising questions about what would happen if its huge debt load went sour
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A nation transformed in 16 years of Angela Merkel begins to move on
As Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to leave office after 16 years, her country is among the richest in the world and a broad and contented middle class is one facet of Merkel's Germany that has been central to her longevity
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An insider details the 'Black Box' of money and power in China
China's paramount leader, Xi Jinping, has urged tycoons to share their wealth with the rest of the country in an effort to pursue "common prosperity," leading to concerns that the state could choke out the private sector and give the Communist Party even more sway in everyday life
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An uncomfortable question in France: Are we still a great power?
France has clung to its past as a great power, still seeing itself as having global interests partly because of territorial possessions in the Indo-Pacific and the Caribbean