The Wall Street Journal

Worldwide Efforts to Reverse the Baby Shortage Are Falling Flat

Subsidized minivans, no income taxes: Countries have rolled out a range of benefits to encourage bigger families, with no luck

Elon Musk’s Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin

Regular contacts between world’s richest man and America’s chief antagonist raise security concerns; topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters

Another Thing at Stake on Election Day: A $246,000-a-Year Pension Perk

Win or lose, Harris and Trump still get taxpayer-funded income for life

E. Coli Outbreak at McDonald’s: What Customers Should Know

Symptoms to look for and how to treat foodborne illnesses including E. coli infections

Trump Takes Narrow Lead Over Harris in Closing Weeks of Race

Voters remember Trump’s presidency more fondly as negative views of Harris grow

Scale of Chinese Spying Overwhelms Western Governments

Fears of escalation as China’s intelligence-gathering operation looks to consolidate Xi Jinping’s grip on power

Greenland Is Gorgeous and Uncrowded. Now Here Come the Americans.

The remote northern island wants more visitors: ‘It’s the rumbling before the herd is coming,’ one hotel manager says

McDonald’s Quarter Pounders Linked to Deadly E. Coli Outbreak

At least one person has died and 49 were sickened in connection with the outbreak, according to the CDC

Harris Left Canada at 18. She Doesn’t Often Look Back.

Vice president graduated from high school in Montreal, but those years are absent from her biography

Former Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries Is Arrested, Charged in Sex-Trafficking Case

Prosecutors charged Jeffries with coercing aspiring male models into sex acts

Hezbollah Targets Tel Aviv as Blinken Visits in Fresh Push for Cease-Fire

Visit is top U.S. diplomat’s first visit since Israel killed Hamas leader in Gaza

Military Gains Strengthen Netanyahu’s Hand, but Israelis Remain Divided

Hamas chief’s killing extends a run of tactical wins for Israeli leader

Sick of Vacations in Italy and Greece? Airlines Are Betting No

U.S. airlines are adding seats to European destinations and flying to new locales to capture spending from travelers

Nuclear-War Risks Rise Again, Stoked by Global Conflicts

Arms reduction flourished with the Cold War’s end but now atomic arsenals are growing

He Made Pfizer a Household Name. Wall Street Wants More.

With Pfizer’s stock down sharply, an activist investor is pushing for CEO Albert Bourla to improve performance

A Second Trump Presidency Stands to Radically Remake World Trade

Tariffs could rise to highest levels since the 1930s. Anything from a global trade war to a U.S.-led system against China could be the result.

Inside the Nasty Rivalry Rocking the World of Private Jets

The head of a private-jet company has been involved in a massive, often secret campaign to undermine his bitter rival. Now it’s spilling out into the open.

Sinwar’s Bloody Gambit Changed the Middle East—but Not as He Imagined

Israel was wounded but didn’t fold, and Palestinian statehood is more remote than ever

Traveling in Retirement Is Great. Being at Home Is Harder.

Facing a blank schedule, and finding things to fill in those blanks, can be the toughest part of retirement

U.S. Presses to End Gaza War After Death of Hamas Leader

Israel and Hamas signal they are not ready for a cease-fire, as White House seeks broad diplomatic deal