The French government will spend 12 billion euros ($12 billion) to help small and mid-sized companies that are struggling to pay soaring energy bills. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said that the government will rely on three new mechanisms to help businesses, local authorities and associations, and to simplify access to aid. About 7 billion euros of the total cost will ...

European ministers pulled off what one diplomat called a miracle in July when they took just six days to agree to slash gas demand. Ever since, the bloc’s timelines have been slipping, and it now looks unlikely key new measures will be in place for winter. Ministers set another new deadline, and now aim to clinch a deal on the ...

Michael R. Bloomberg The crisis in US K-12 public education continues to deepen, and decisions by many colleges and universities to abandon SAT and ACT scores are making it worse. Instead of demanding more accountability from high schools, colleges are expecting less. In the latest dismal signs for students, scores on the ACT college entrance exam have fallen to the ...