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If one ever visits Japan or curiously watches videos of the Japanese streets, one might notice something unusual about the quiet backstreets of those neighborhoods. Their lanes are often lined with rows of clear plastic water bottles neatly placed along fences, in corners of gardens, near potted plants, or at the edges of walls.At first glance, they may look like …

During a recent five-year period, a substantial portion of maternal deaths in America — almost one-third — took place more than six weeks after childbirth, at a time when most new mothers think they are in the clear, researchers reported on Wednesday. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, is one of the first to track maternal health complications during …

The timing was a bit awkward. Walmart’s investor event — which happens every two years and aims to showcase the company’s strengths and strategy for growth — also happened to fall on the same day that U.S.-imposed tariffs went into effect worldwide and a trade war heated up. As the largest retailer in the United States, Walmart relies on suppliers …

Delta Air Lines on Wednesday became one of the largest American companies to warn that President Trump’s escalating trade war was weighing on its business and the global economy. Delta’s chief executive, Ed Bastian, said a recession was possible as companies pulled back spending. “Everyone’s being prepared for uncertainty,” he told CNBC, “if that continues, and we don’t get resolution …

Beijing on Wednesday aimed the latest blow in the escalating trade war between the United States and Washington, with plans to raise new tariffs on all American imports by 84 percent within hours. China’s Ministry of Finance announced that it would match a 50 percent tariff on all imports from China that President Trump announced on Tuesday with its own …

President Trump’s global tariffs have sent stock markets worldwide into a tailspin, and the S&P 500 on Wednesday was close to tumbling into bear market territory. Mr. Trump has seemed unmoved by the decline, signaling that he has no plans to back off on tariffs, insisting that they would bring in “billions of dollars” in revenue and that other countries …

The Chinese government on Wednesday issued a lengthy denunciation of American trade policies, accusing the United States of years of protectionism and of violating the trade agreement the two sides had negotiated late in President Trump’s first term. The document was issued by Beijing’s cabinet information office several hours after Mr. Trump raised to 104 percent the extra tariffs on …

The European Union plans to vote on Wednesday afternoon on its first retaliation measures in response to President Trump’s tariffs, moving closer to placing increased duties on a range of manufactured goods and farm products that would take effect in phases starting next week. The list up for consideration is a slightly trimmed down version of one that was announced …

The United States Supreme Court has ruled that the administration of President Donald Trump can continue to deport Venezuelan migrants under an 18th-century wartime law, but ordered that they be granted “reasonable time” to appear before a judge. In a 5-4 ruling, the US top court on Monday overturned an order from a lower federal court that sought to temporarily …

President Trump on Monday issued a new ultimatum to China: Rescind its retaliatory tariffs, or face a 104 percent tax on its exports to the United States starting later this week. The president’s threat risked another major escalation in what has already become a costly and damaging global trade war, one that has roiled financial markets as countries around the …