Canada is an unlikely model for climate-change policy. As things stand, it’s a long way from keeping the promise it made as part of the Paris agreement to sharply cut carbon emissions. But its government is now proposing to make this right — and with an approach that deserves to be widely copied. The Cost of Carbon This week Prime ...

  2004: Tropical Storm Jeanne claims around 2,800 lives. 2010: Earthquake leaves more than 250,000 dead. 2016: Hurricane Matthew kills more than 800. Natural disasters have been visiting Haiti with alarming regularity (every six years). It has received massive foreign funding during these crises. But sadly, the foreign intervention has failed to build local capacity and assist masses in bringing ...

  Wang Jianlin, China’s richest man, has been on a Hollywood shopping spree. As chief executive of the Wanda Group, he’s acquired Legendary Entertainment, producer of “Jurassic Park,” and is in talks to pay $1 billion for Dick Clark Productions, producer of the Golden Globes and other live television events. An earlier purchase, AMC Entertainment, recently announced plans to buy ...