An MP has vowed to fight for protected access to green spaces in Shropshire after hundreds of job cuts within the National Trust.

Images of starving children and Israel’s planned expansion of settlements spurred Britain, France and Germany to a tougher stance. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was undeterred.

But elsewhere, in Japan and Europe, indicators point in the opposite direction, with economies recovering slightly. Since the U.S. government must compete with other governments to borrow, central ...