Evo Morales was credited with lifting millions out of poverty and nurturing a growing middle class. But now Bolivia appears to be shifting rightward.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/16/evo-morales-bolivia-election/
As China’s economy slumps, huge warehouse stores full of used luxury bags and shoes are enabling 20-somethings to keep up appearances without breaking the bank.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/16/china-secondhand-luxury-boom/
The Post traveled to Burkina Faso to shed light on President Ibrahim Traoré’s remarkable reinvention — from obscure junta leader to political icon.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/16/burkina-faso-traore-russia-disinformation/
The meeting between the U.S. president and the Russian leader didn’t appear to yield any breakthroughs.https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/trump-putin-summit-ends-without-breakthrough-7406d667
Trump said that Putin accepted that any peace would need to include the presence of Western troops in Ukraine as a way of ensuring its durability.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/trump-tells-europeans-he-is-open-to-u-s-security-guarantees-in-ukraine-347892f6
Libya, South Sudan and Syria are among the countries Israel has spoken to in its effort to move hundreds of thousands from the enclave.https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-is-quietly-in-talks-to-relocate-palestinians-from-gaza-90a7ab23
Pickup trucks, salmon fishing and grizzly bears gave way to FBI agents and $1,000 hotel rooms as Anchorage’s biggest political moment unfolded. “All eyes” on the state.https://www.wsj.com/us-news/alaska-trump-putin-meeting-reaction-db374d05
The leaders were each flanked by senior advisers for their first meeting in Alaska.https://www.wsj.com/world/who-was-in-the-room-for-trump-putin-meeting-3adf6ed2
A far-right Israeli security minister released video of an exchange with Marwan Barghouti that the Palestinian’s family called threatening.https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/a-prison-confrontation-gives-the-first-glimpse-in-years-of-a-popular-palestinian-leader-6c2665f9
The Russian gets his photo-op but makes no apparent concessions at his summit with Trump.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/no-ukraine-cease-fire-from-putin-9a1164bc
A decade-long effort to boost one man's reputation was undone in a matter of weeks.https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-editor-largest-self-promotion-operation/
The World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, aimed at displaying humanlike robots’ skills at sports and everyday tasks, featured stop-start hotel bellhops and a maid that missed the trash bin.https://www.wsj.com/tech/world-humanoid-robot-games-bejing-298ab3c0?mod=rss_Technology
The network connects founders and venture capitalists with ‘Palantir Pals’ and a Russian River camping triphttps://www.wsj.com/tech/the-palantir-mafia-behind-silicon-valleys-hottest-startups-f6e9bcbb?mod=rss_Technology
Comments from U.S. Federal Reserve President Jerome Powell at the Jackson Hole Symposium, alongside minutes to the Fed’s most recent meeting, will be closely watched as investors increasingly anticipate that interest-rate cuts will resume next month.https://www.wsj.com/economy/week-ahead-for-fx-bonds-feds-powell-comments-at-jackson-hole-in-focus-a7104eb8
President Trump clapped for his guest, Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, as he stepped foot in the United States for the first time in a decade.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/us/politics/trump-putin-alaska-scene.html
Concerns came to a head during the pandemic, when carjackings surged and many of those arrested were children. Carjackings and other crimes have declined considerably.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/us/trump-juvenile-crime-dc-data.html
The legislation has little chance of success, given that Republicans control Congress.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/us/politics/congress-democrats-legislation-trump-dc-police.html
Local police now under federal oversight dismantled encampments, discarding tents and other belongings.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/us/politics/dc-homeless-encampments-police.html
Melinda Farina, known as the Beauty Broker, sends Hollywood actresses and everyday women to doctors around the globe. In her world, the knives are always out.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/style/beauty-broker-melinda-farina-plastic-surgery.html
Passengers are facing blocked wheelchair space, getting stuck in doors and suffering other indignities 35 years after the Americans With Disabilities Act became law.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/travel/amtrak-riders-passengers-disabilities.html