Opinion

  In between tweets last weekend, President Donald Trump took time to talk with Brazilian President Michel Temer and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet. Top of mind in both calls were efforts to encourage “respect for democratic and humanitarian rights in Venezuela.” A worthy goal, but if Trump really wants to restore democracy in Venezuela, he should let Latin America take …

  Four people were killed when a knife-wielding man went on a killing spree, driving car into the pedestrians before stabbing a police officer on the parliament compound. The assailant was shot dead by police just yards from entrances to the building itself. People from 11 countries were among the victims and more than 40 people inflicted catastrophic injuries. The …

  As a boy, Barry Goldwater Jr., son of the former senator and 1964 Republican presidential nominee, would step out of his father’s house and shoot at tin cans 50 yards away. Now 78, he says he could fire in any direction and not endanger “anything but a cactus.” His father, born in 1909 in Arizona territory, three years before …

  Much like a father holding the hand of his anxious son through a dark alleyway, the European Central Bank is striving to give markets guidance over how it will normalize its monetary policy. The ECB has told investors that it intends quantitative easing to continue at a pace of 60 billion euros a month from April until the end …

  How do you get a foot in the world’s soon-to-be-biggest aviation market in the face of official intransigence from its government? American Airlines Group Inc. thinks it’s found a way. The world’s biggest airline is in talks to take a stake of about $200 million in China Southern Airlines Co. via a private placement, people familiar with the matter …

  Andy Mukherjee What a difference a year makes, especially when it comes with hundreds of million of dollars in unexpected cash prizes. At the start of 2016, Vedanta Resources Plc’s 2019 dollar bonds were trading at less than 50 cents on the dollar. Now, they’re well above par. Founder and Chairman Anil Agarwal is celebrating by launching a debt-funded …

  The House Intelligence Committee hearing on Monday marked the end of the opening installment of ‘The President,’ the must-watch reality/horror show that has transfixed the nation and the world. Now the plotline gets more serious, perhaps darker, with some new characters likely to emerge in key national-security roles. President Trump should be less of a stage hog going forward, …

  Being boring has put billionaire Li Ka-shing in a higher-risk position. Li, who earned the moniker Superman for his canny investing, has spent years building an empire that’s almost like a trust. CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. and Cheung Kong Property Holdings Ltd., which reported full-year results Wednesday, get most of their earnings from staid but stable assets such as …

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent victory in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous and politically important state, seemed a welcome affirmation of his pro-development message. It’s now at risk of becoming a triumph for narrow-mindedness. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party didn’t name a candidate for chief minister during the Uttar Pradesh campaign, instead making the vote a referendum on the popularity …

  The Russian hacking scandal, which has dogged Donald Trump’s tenure in the White House, refuses to die down. Despite National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s fall from grace for lying about conversation with Russian envoy and Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ acceptance that he had misled senators about his meetings with Kremlin envoy, Trump continues to be in denial mode about …