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A Chinese expert says Beijing copied its way to the world’s front row. And now, the Chinese regime uses that leverage to get away with aggression toward the West. Hong Kong’s special status is still long gone, in keeping with former President Donald Trump’s policy. The city is now considered no different than mainland China, […]

SALT LAKE CITY—A tour bus that crashed and killed four Chinese tourists near a national park in Utah in 2019 had problems earlier that day with the engine not starting, according to a new documents released Wednesday by U.S. authorities investigating the incident. The driver of the bus had to do a video call from

Kentucky lawmakers passed an election reform bill on Monday night with wide 91-3 bipartisan support to expand voting access and strengthen election security protections. “My campaign slogan was ‘make it easy to vote and hard to cheat,’ and this bill does both,” Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams told Courier-Journal. The bill has been delivered to

LONDON—The blockage of the Suez Canal for nearly a week will result in a “large loss” for Lloyd’s of London, its chairman said on Wednesday, as the insurance market recorded a 900 million pound ($1.2 billion) pretax loss in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canal is working to clear the backlog after the

The COVID-19 mortality rate made it the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2020 after heart disease and cancer, according to a government report released on Wednesday. COVID-19 was the primary or contributing cause of 377,883 deaths in the United States last year, with a particularly high toll among the elderly, the

WASHINGTON—The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said owners of about 10,000 new General Motors vans should park outside because of fire risks pending recall repairs. The Detroit automaker on Wednesday recalled 10,154 2021 model year Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vehicles with 6.6L gas engines after reports of four-engine fires tied to a short

Formal investigations into how the giant container ship Ever Given ran aground in the Suez Canal, shutting down shipping in the major global waterway for almost a week, began on Wednesday, a canal official told Reuters. Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chairman Osama Rabie has suggested weather conditions, including high winds, and human error could have

March 29 is National Vietnam War Veterans Day, so we are traveling from Washington, D.C., to South Carolina, to Los Angeles, and to Georgia to meet Vietnam war veterans who, more than 50 years after that war ended, continue to serve today in inspiring ways. Honor, patriotism, and audacity first sent them onto the battlefield

MOSCOW—Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday he has started a hunger strike to protest authorities’ failure to provide proper treatment for his back and leg pains. In a statement posted on Instagram, Navalny complained about prison officials’ refusal to give him the right medicines and to allow his doctor to visit him behind

WASHINGTON—The U.S. government on Wednesday vowed to continue battling what it sees as significant trade barriers that are harming American companies and farmers, and singled out Beijing as the “world’s leading offender” in creating overcapacities in several sectors. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office said its annual report on the issue showed “significant barriers that present