China is preparing to test tens of thousands of blood bank samples from the city of Wuhan as part of a probe into the origins of Covid-19.

By: Richard Muller and Steven Quay – wsj.com – October 5, 2021 Where did Covid-19 come from? The answer can be found in the SARS-CoV-2 virus itself. To get to the truth, we need only unleash the power of science. Based on experience with SARS-1 in 2003 and MERS in 2012, we know that many people are infected by a host...

China continues to provide reminders of the threat.

John Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, is torn.

The United States should be at its pinnacle of strength. It still produces more goods and services than any other nation—China included, which has a population over four times as large.

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – September 12, 2021 “The United States has pulled every lever available to us to facilitate the departure of these charter flights from Mazar,” a State Department spokesman said Thursday, adding that “we were very clear” they should be allowed to leave. This helplessness is humiliating, and across Afghanistan a massive tragedy is unfolding....

Two UN human rights experts have inserted themselves into the debate around the recently-enacted law in Texas that prohibits abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected.

As cant and emotionalism subside, it is becoming possible to give a clear and fair assessment of the performance of the Biden Administration and of the president himself: a total failure.

By: Michael R. Gordon, Gordon Lubold, Vivian Salama, & Jessica Donati – wsj.com – September 5, 2021 In June, as security worsened in Afghanistan, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan began to raise questions about the rapid pace of U.S. military withdrawal. The Pentagon was planning to pull out the bulk of its force and shut Bagram air base by early...

Perennial Democratic White House aide, congressman, Chicago mayor, and ambassador-in-waiting Rahm Emmanuel’s sole memorable utterance …