The strangest thing about the turmoil surrounding UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s removal is the sustained lack of interest in Britain’s biggest and most pressing problem. Johnson bungled Brexit, and the country could be paying the price for years. His trade agreement with the European Union is broken and in danger of collapsing — threatening severe consequences for an economy ...

It may not have enough electric vehicles, powerpacks or the capital, but India has found a way towards mass electrification: swap batteries. The solution, where empty batteries can be exchanged for charged-up ones, is still in nascent stages in China, the world’s largest EV market, where it is anchored in strong government policy. Elsewhere, it hasn’t quite taken off. But ...

  It is spreading like wildfire. Homebuyers in China are refusing to pay the mortgage on properties they’ve bought but that their financially strapped developers can’t finish. Some say that they will only resume payments when construction restarts. The protest involved more than 100 delayed projects as of July 13, up from 58 projects just one day earlier. The frustrated ...