BEIJING—China’s legislature ratified a landmark global agreement on climate change, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. Ratification of the so-called Paris Agreement by the rubber-stamp Chinese legislature Saturday morning was largely a formality, since President Xi Jinping approved the deal. It set the stage for Mr. Xi and U.S. President Barack Obama to announce the formal adoption of the agreement on the eve of a summit...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 03, 2016 03:11 UTC