For more than 30 years, scientists have tried to inform governments and the public on the urgent threat of global warming, working hard — as scientific norms demand — to acknowledge honestly the limits to what they know. It hasn’t worked. As a recent report from the United Nations Environment Program shows, global carbon dioxide emissions have gone up, not ...

Bloomberg American equity-index futures edged lower along with European stocks as investors awaited the start of US earnings season and officials prepared to sign the China trade deal in Washington. The yuan held close to its strongest level since July. Contracts on Wall Street’s main equity benchmarks traded modestly down, after January14’s jump in technology shares sent the S&P 500 ...

Bloomberg The yen weakened past 110 per dollar for the first time in almost eight months as the imminent signing of a US-China trade deal sapped demand for haven assets. Japan’s currency fell as much as 0.2% to 110.21 as the Trump administration removed its designation of China as a currency manipulator before Wednesday’s planned signing of a phase-one agreement. ...