A Crisis of Confidence Is Gripping China’s Economy

A partly constructed amusement park, part of Country Garden’s Ten Mile Bay project in Nantong, China.

China’s economy, which once seemed unstoppable, is plagued by a series of problems, and a growing lack of faith in the future is verging on despair.

With Prigozhin’s Death, Putin Projects a Message of Power

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia during a ceremony on the anniversary of the Battle of Kursk on Wednesday. Mr. Putin has been eager to convey his dominance in the wake of the Wagner rebellion.

The Kremlin appears to be sending the signal that no degree of effectiveness can protect someone from punishment for disloyalty.

Among the 388 Listed as Missing in Maui: Survivors Lost in the Paperwork

Hawaii officials released their first list of missing people, prompting friends — and even some of those named — to come forward with their whereabouts.

Judge Allows Missouri’s Ban on Youth Gender Medicine to Take Effect

A state judge in Missouri on Friday denied a request to temporarily block a state law passed this year that restricts gender-related medical treatments for minors. The ruling was issued by Missouri Circuit Court Judge Steven Ohmer, three days before the ban is set to go into effect. A legal challenge to the ban brought by civil rights groups is ongoing.