Power Outage in Spain and Portugal Creates a Day of Confusion

Rocio Vilaplana, a dentist in southeastern Spain, was closing a suture in a patient’s mouth during oral surgery early Monday afternoon when the lights went out. “Everything started beeping,” Ms. Vilaplana said. Her backup generator kicked in, the emergency lights in her surgery room flickered on and the 36-year-old dentist tried to remain calm. “Let’s…

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Trump’s Tariffs Put China’s E-Commerce Superpowers to the Test

Follow live updates on the Trump administration. The auditorium at Alibaba’s headquarters was packed with attendees, leaning against the wall and squeezing onto the stairs. Hundreds of Chinese small-business owners listened raptly as a stream of representatives from Alibaba, the Chinese online shopping giant, stepped onstage to reassure them of China’s resilience in the face…

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