The coronavirus pandemic has stress-tested the world. Beyond challenging human fortitude, national health services and international rivalries, it has forced a series of moral choices. Many have provoked impassioned disagreement — over whether governments can force businesses and schools to close, over sacrifices for the sake of the elderly and, most bitterly and surprisingly, over whether being asked to wear ...

When Louis DeJoy became postmaster general in May, he was the first person in more than 20 years to run the US Postal Service who had never worked there. His predecessor, Megan Brennan, had spent her entire career with the service, originally as a mail carrier. On the other hand, DeJoy, an accountant, founded and sold a company, New Breed ...

Bloomberg Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Airways filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in the US after telling a London court it was set to run out of cash next month if a pending rescue deal isn’t approved. The airline filed its petition in the Southern District of New York. Chapter 15 allows foreign companies with US assets to protect themselves ...