Bloomberg Sichuan’s worst drought in more than a half century spurred the Chinese province to extend industrial power cuts and activate its highest emergency response, adding to manufacturers’ woes as they shut down factories in the region. Temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) and scant rainfall, along with surging demand for air conditioning, have caused gaps in ...

  Bloomberg The US and South Korea began on Monday their biggest joint military exercise in about five years, after a hiatus on large-scale drills failed to entice North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to make concessions in disarmament talks. The drills known as Ulchi Freedom Shield are expected to involve thousands of military personnel, and will run for two weeks. ...

Bloomberg President Vladimir Putin called the car bomb that killed the daughter of Russian nationalist political ideologue Alexander Dugin a “dastardly” crime, and the Federal Security Service blamed it on Ukraine, which rejected the accusation. The car bombing that killed Darya Dugina was a “dastardly, brutal crime,” Putin said in a message of condolence to her father, a far-right political ...