SINGAPORE—Intel Corp. removed references to the Chinese region of Xinjiang from an open letter it sent suppliers last month, after the contents of the note sparked a social-media uproar in…

The Covid-19 pandemic threatened to ruin Americans’ finances. For many, the opposite happened. Though initial shutdowns caused unemployment to surge to levels not seen since the Great Depression, trillions of…

A federal judge authorized Purdue Pharma LP and its Sackler family owners to appeal a ruling that threw out their $4.5 billion settlement of thousands of lawsuits linked to the…

Kazakhstan’s enormous reserves of oil, coal and precious metals offered the promise of a prosperous future for the nation following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The country, the largest…

LONDON—Prince Andrew has spent the past few years largely airbrushed from the British royal family. Queen Elizabeth’s second son no longer represents the monarchy at major events, flags weren’t hoisted…

OTTAWA—A trove of documents that could help identify children who died while attending boarding schools for indigenous children in Canada is set to be released after a yearslong battle. Last…

OTTAWA—Canada said Tuesday it had reached a tentative agreement with indigenous advocates and communities to pay roughly $15 billion in compensation to indigenous children placed in a child-welfare system that…

Tesla Inc. has opened a new showroom in Xinjiang, the remote region where Chinese authorities are carrying out a campaign of forcible assimilation against religious minorities that has become a…

When China put in place its one-child policy four decades ago, policy makers said they would simply switch gears if births dropped too much. That has turned out to be…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa—The funeral began at 10 a.m. under a thick blanket of cloud and drizzle, as black-clad mourners filed into the cathedral and past the simple wooden casket…