Bloomberg Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) posted a 92% plunge in profit after crude prices crashed, production declined and demand for natural gas took a hit from a nationwide lockdown. Net income was 4.96 billion rupees ($68 million) in the three months ended in June, compared with 59.8 billion rupees a year ago, according to a company filing. Revenue ...

Well, that was a nothingbaguette. For French President Emmanuel Macron, his second visit to Beirut since the devastating blasts of August 4 yielded one memorable photo-op, some posturing before the international media, a few airy bromides about the need for political reform and an unspecified threat of sanctions against those who oppose it. For the Lebanese, it produced a loose, ...

It’s hard to believe that America’s legislators, whatever their political leanings, would willingly allow millions of children to go hungry. Yet that is what’s happening during the Covid-19 crisis — and unless Congress acts quickly, the problem’s about to get worse. In one of the world’s wealthiest nations, food insecurity should not be an issue. Yet it is. Even in ...