The knowledge you gain by doing things yourself can pay off later in unexpected ways.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/moral-flourishing-begins-with-self-reliance-diy-morals-virtue-c39998ab?mod=rss_markets_main
Oskar Lange’s utopian—or dystopian—idea 80 years ago was to have a computer power the economy.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-ai-market-debate-is-old-ai-oskar-lange-computer-economy-bd164079?mod=rss_markets_main
After a doping scandal upended the sport, professional cycling is pursuing dual challenges of keeping cycling honest and convincing a skeptical audience it is.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/25/tour-france-bikes-hidden-motors/
Experts say President Emmanuel Macron’s decision could pressure other European countries to follow and may lead Hamas to take a harder line in ceasefire talks.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/25/france-palestinian-state-countries-gaza-macron/
Young Kenyans continue to risk their lives in protests over corruption and police brutality. Others are being recruited as “goons” to menace the protesters.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/25/kenya-protests-gen-z-goons-police/
Starovoit’s apparent suicide suggests fundamental changes inside the Kremlin, where high-level officials caught in corruption cases were once allowed to flee the country.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/25/russia-corruption-starovoit-putin/
Christina Chapman helped North Koreans obtain remote jobs at U.S. companies under false identities, operating a “laptop farm” that funneled money to Pyongyang.https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07/25/north-korean-remote-workers-fraud-christina-chapman/
The Southeast Asian neighbors, who share a disputed 500-mile frontier, have long fought over the sovereignty of a 1,000-year-old temple.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/24/thailand-cambodia-border-conflict-explained/
Members of Israel’s government embrace the Trump-inspired vision of a Gaza of gleaming towers, ritzy tourism and pristine neighborhoods, but without Palestinians.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/25/worldview-gaza-hunger-crisis-israel/
France will become the largest Western power and the first member of the G-7 to recognize Palestinian statehood.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/24/macron-france-recognize-palestinian-state/
The case of Dahud Hanid Ortíz, a U.S.-Venezuelan citizen brought home in Trump’s prisoner swap, has upset U.S. allies and sown division in the State Department.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/24/trump-prisoner-swap-dahud-hanid-ortz-venezuela/
Sayfollah Kamel Musallet, of Tampa, was visiting family in the West Bank. Palestinian authorities say Israeli settlers are responsible for his death.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/24/american-killed-west-bank-van-hollen/
The Trump administration had canceled Chevron’s license soon after taking office, charging the Maduro government was slow to take back deported Venezuelans.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/24/trump-chevron-venezuela-oil/
Corbyn, the former Labour Party leader, aims to outflank his protégé, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, by harping on voter discontent over welfare cuts and support for Israel.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/24/jeremy-corbyn-party-leftwing-labour-uk/
In interviews this week, the former first son blasted the party establishment and offered details about moments that doomed his father’s re-election.https://www.wsj.com/politics/hunter-biden-democratic-party-06774589
The race is expected to be one of the most tightly contested in 2026.https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/north-carolina-senate-michael-whatley-rnc-chair-trump-support-b1909c7f
Join a real-time, written chat with WSJ reporters on Monday, July 28, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET. WSJ subscribers can submit their questions at any time in the comments space below.https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-taxes-midterm-elections-live-questions-answers-6b84e517
The president’s job rating is holding steady despite dim views of his tax-and-spending law, tariff policies and the government’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-approval-rating-poll-july-2025-745b0f5f
Lyft said the feature is about giving users control over their rides and building relationships with drivers.https://www.newsweek.com/lyft-favorite-driver-feature-2103931
As a vegan of over a decade, Chanel Goodson told Newsweek that disposable diapers have always struck her as "incredibly wasteful."https://www.newsweek.com/child-free-woman-cloth-diapers-viral-2103562