By Tran Le ThuyHANOI — Five days before US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met in Hanoi for their second summit, two former Vietnamese ministers of communications were arrested and charged with “violations related to management and use of public capital

By Carlos SantisoBOGOTÁ — As the digital revolution continues to hurtle forward in the advanced economies, Latin America is increasingly at risk of being left behind.

By Michael SpenceMILAN — The surge in stock buybacks in the United States has sparked a high-stakes debate about what corporations can and should do with surpluses they have generated.

By Bjørn Ihler and Fatima Zaman OSLO/LONDON — Shamima Begum, a 19-year-old British woman who fled to Syria four years ago to marry a Daesh fighter, wants to return home to the United Kingdom with her newborn son.

By Mahmoud Mohieldin and Dilip RathaWASHINGTON, DC — On December 19, 2018, the United Nations General Assembly voted to adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, with 152 votes in favour, five votes against and 12 abstentions.

CHICAGO — The post-war economic success of liberal democracies was not simply the result of letting markets flourish. The United States and European countries also embedded markets in a structure that allowed people to take the fullest advantage of them.

By Adair TurnerNEW DELHI — Passenger cars account for only 8 per cent of total global carbon dioxide emissions, and if you charge an electric vehicle (EV) with electricity generated by inefficient coal power plants, the immediate effect will be increased CO2 emissions compared wi

By Jeffrey D.

NEW YORK — For over a decade now, we have witnessed more elections and, simultaneously, less democracy. According to Bloomberg, elections have been occurring more frequently around the world.