Editorials

The U.S. housing market is showing tentative signs of life as demand for new homes and housing prices begin to rise in... READ MORE

The Church of the Nativity in the Palestinian town of Bethlehem could use a few repairs, but is it in peril? The United... READ MORE

Economists surveyed by Bloomberg News expect the European Central Bank to cut interest rates after the ECB’s... READ MORE

As Americans pause this Fourth of July to reflect on their independence, it’s worth casting a thought across the... READ MORE

By the end of this month, Russia will become the 154th member of the World Trade Organization. The ratification vote in... READ MORE

You might have missed the latest bank scandal, the one involving Barclays Plc, in the hubbub of last week’s U.S.... READ MORE

One way the U.S. Congress could respond to Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling on the individual insurance mandate would be... READ MORE

A minor miracle has occurred in Brussels: Germany has signaled that it may be willing to do what it takes to save the... READ MORE

Whoever is elected Mexico’s next president on Sunday must confront an existential challenge from cartels -- and not just... READ MORE

Judges can say things politicians can’t. So it was left to U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts to use the three-letter... READ MORE

Most of the news about the world’s oceans is a litany of gloom: rising water temperatures, acidification, bleached coral... READ MORE

Europe’s leaders have raised hopes that, when they meet Thursday and Friday in Brussels, they will agree on a banking... READ MORE