Alexandra Wexler

2 months ago | wsj.com | Alexandra Wexler |Kate Vtorygina |Sarah E. Needleman

“Hearts of Iron IV” is a fan favorite in the panoply of online strategy games. Its legions of players guide their chosen nations through the tumult of World War II in the hope of ending up on top. Some enthusiasts like it so much they modify, or “mod,” the source code to add new scenarios, such as what would happen if the Central Powers had won World War I, or perhaps introduce some elements from the “Star Wars” movies. Other mods are a little different.

Jan 18, 2025 | msn.com | Alexandra Wexler

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Jan 17, 2025 | wsj.com | Alexandra Wexler

The volunteers made more than 30 round trips underground over the next three days, bringing up 246 living prospectors and the remains of 78 more. The cage, designed to hold six people in close confinement, lifted as many as 13 men to the surface on some trips. “I can’t explain the smell down there,” Charles, 38, told The Wall Street Journal at the mine entrance in Stilfontein, 100 miles southwest of Johannesburg. “They told us they were eating human flesh and cockroaches.

Jan 16, 2025 | cn.wsj.com | Alexandra Wexler

在南非当局对史蒂尔方丹的一个非法金矿实施封锁后，至少已有78人死亡；这是矿工与决心迫使他们出井的政府之间持续数月的对峙局面酿成的悲剧。政府通常通过断粮断水强迫这些矿工出井。自周一全面搜救行动启动以来，工作人员已救出246名矿工。这些幸存者被控非法侵入和其他罪行，他们要么被捕，要么被送往医院接受治疗。这些矿工被困在地下数月，警方在南非政府的命令下，试图通过断粮把他们从废弃的布法尔斯方丹(Buffelsfontein)金矿逼出来，该矿在地下延伸约8,000英尺。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

Jan 14, 2025 | jp.wsj.com | Alexandra Wexler

Cocoa was the best-performing commodity in 2024, outpacing even bitcoin, but that hasn’t stopped farmers from abandoning the crop. Farmers in the top cocoa-producing region of the world are reseeding their lands because of a mixture of bad weather, failed government policies—many of which were aimed at helping farmers—and a fast-moving virus that has ravaged their plants.