E-bikes get cars off the road and reduce pollution—and that's only part of why places like Denver are giving them away.

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Gao Shanwen questioned Beijing’s ability to boost its economy as threats loom from a property meltdown and burgeoning debt.

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German industrial orders fell 5.4 percent in November, official data showed on Wednesday, in the latest sign of the headwinds facing Europe's largest economy.

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For all that, it is just possible that some messages will get through. Mr Trump’s chosen national security adviser, Mike Waltz, has been talking intensively to the incumbent, Jake Sullivan. Mr Trump ...

The Gulf’s rulers want to do better than that. Beset with the rising urgency to diversify their economies away from fossil ...

The scheme is modelled partly on that of London, where since 2003 a daily charge (currently £15, or $19) has reduced the number of cars, improved air quality and funded transit upgrades. New York’s ...

Planet Money attended the annual meeting of American economists — and the most popular topic this year was artificial ...