Indian officials planned for two years to host the ‘largest congregation of humanity’ safely; tragedy unfolded on busiest day.https://www.wsj.com/world/india/crowds-trample-sleeping-pilgrims-in-deadly-rush-at-worlds-largest-religious-gathering-75384062
Carriers are working to rebook stranded passengers while getting aircraft and flight crews back in position.https://www.wsj.com/world/uk/airlines-battle-to-recover-after-london-heathrows-day-in-the-dark-f04a40c0
The British monarch is hamstrung by tradition and politics from offering a robust defense of the largest country in his realm. Instead he’s offered a master class in passive-aggressive pageantry.https://www.wsj.com/world/uk/king-charles-is-rooting-for-canada-you-just-didnt-notice-abd47721
Wage growth continued at a strong clip, likely ensuring Bank of England policymakers will remain cautious as they mull dialing back interest rates.https://www.wsj.com/world/uk/u-k-wage-growth-stays-strong-ahead-of-boe-meeting-7c58927d
The Bank of England is expected to take another pause on its rate-cutting path Thursday as two of its European peers come to the end of their journeys.https://www.wsj.com/world/uk/cautious-boe-to-pause-on-rate-cuts-again-as-peers-complete-journey-241bc32d
Facing a plague of potholes, Brits are forcing fixes with parties, putt-putt courses and dioramas that call out the dire state of roads.https://www.wsj.com/world/uk/how-to-fix-a-pothole-the-british-way-public-shaming-7449b63d
The proposal marks the latest effort by political leaders worldwide to regulate children’s use of platforms, amid concerns that it is harming their mental health.https://www.wsj.com/world/oceania/families-battle-tech-giants-as-australia-pushes-for-an-under-16s-social-media-ban-7045f224
Scientists debate whether a multibillion-dollar plan to eliminate invasive animals by 2050 is feasible.https://www.wsj.com/world/oceania/weve-got-to-kill-inside-new-zealands-mission-to-wipe-out-predators-4bd9f1d7
The French leader said he is open to suspending a voting-rights bill that sparked the riots once order is restored on the archipelago and talks resume between rival factions.https://www.wsj.com/world/oceania/macron-travels-to-new-caledonia-to-quell-riots-1d73fbe2
Unrest in the overseas territory could derail President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to restore French influence in the Indo-Pacific region.https://www.wsj.com/world/oceania/france-rushes-reinforcements-to-riot-stricken-new-caledonia-95dc26fe
Australia is boosting its defense budget and rethinking its defense plans as strategic competition between the U.S. and China heats up in the Indo-Pacific region.https://www.wsj.com/world/oceania/australia-to-boost-defense-spending-amid-u-s-china-tensions-5af01131
The university betrayed its Jewish students—and its core mission—and is now paying the price.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/columbia-university-learns-a-hard-lesson-antisemitism-federal-funding-trump-administration-11e9e538
California had a jobs recession in 2024, Texas had a jobs boom.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/california-texas-jobs-migration-economy-gavin-newsom-d599829c
Trump warns Beijing by designating a refinery that buys cut-rate oil.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-sanctions-china-company-iran-oil-exports-shandong-shouguang-luqing-petrochemical-33c5807a
Imamoglu, the popular mayor of Istanbul, is a threat in the threat to the longtime President in the next election.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/turkey-arrests-erdogans-main-rival-election-politics-imamoglu-451ab788
Ordinary Americans may not find it so hard to believe there has been a ‘predatory incursion.’https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-the-public-and-the-alien-enemies-act-1fa85227
From unlimited loans for grad students to tax-free municipal bonds, schools are subsidized like crazy.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/madness-at-columbia-was-your-tax-dollars-at-work-federal-funding-taxes-radicalism-bce995f4
She says a new headquarters is a waste of taxpayer funds, but the lease saved the government more than $150 million.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/kari-lake-isnt-telling-the-truth-about-voas-new-building-lease-taxpayer-savings-7dcdb17e
Washington can follow Ohio’s lead and use technology to remove outdated, conflicting and redundant rules from the federal code.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ai-can-be-a-force-for-deregulation-technology-government-ohio-federal-365ed0d4
Harris’s running mate is filled with twisted resentment of Musk.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/tim-walz-takes-joy-in-tesla-stock-drop-musk-resentment-politics-726fd8f1