The world has moved on. Many have packed up and left. Those still living in Hong Kong seem to fall easily into a mental coma induced by years of Covid-19 restrictions. With its border to mainland China — and everywhere else — still partly shut, this island city can feel suffocating. But pessimism is not in our nature. Now ...

  Democratic discontent with President Joe Biden is boiling over into the press. His polling is abysmal, his age is showing and the Democrats are facing a potential wipeout in the midterm elections in November. Democrats are taking their complaints, mostly off the record, to reporters. Democratic commentator Ed Kilgore forecasts that “if things go as badly as expected for ...

  Bloomberg Delta Air Lines Inc is poised to kick off the Farnborough International Airshow with orders for Boeing Co and Airbus SE jets as sales teams for the rival planemakers race to wrap up deals worth at least $21 billion ahead of the industry’s largest trade expo. The event outside of London marks the first large-scale gathering of industry ...