Shanghai bankers and traders hunker down as lockdown intensifies

Bankers and traders are hunkering down in offices in Shanghai, sleeping on camping beds and living off instant noodles or boxed meals to keep China's financial centre running amid a longer-than-expected lockdown against COVID-19. While the wheels of Shanghai's financial markets are mostly still turning, there are signs that the...

Residents clear trees, assess damage from southern storms

Southerners were clearing trees from roads and buildings as weather forecasters planned to survey damage from several possible tornadoes in Georgia and South Carolina, but said that effort could be interrupted by the potential for more storms Wednesday. Tuesday’s storms killed at least two people — one in Texas and...