In China, two economic realities exist side of by side. The country's fast-growing technology sector is now leading the world in some aspects. Yet prospects for the average Chinese worker remain dim.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was given a Thursday deadline to accept a new peace plan drafted by the U.S. and Russia that Ukraine had no input in, causing concerns for residents.

World climate negotiations wrapped up over the weekend in Brazil with an agreement that increases money for countries to adapt to climate change but doesn't address phasing out fossil fuels.

Top U.S. and Ukrainian officials said Sunday that they made progress toward ending the Russia-Ukraine war. But European allies feel they've been left out of the plan, which they say placates Russia.

The Trump administration says it has a peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war. But not all lawmakers, including Republicans, are convinced.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Wolfgang Ischinger, a longtime German diplomat and head of the Munich Security Conference, about the U.S.-brokered plan to end the war in Ukraine.

Over the weekend, Israel and Hamas both accused each other of violating the ceasefire agreement in Gaza that has been in place for a little over six weeks.

The Trump's administration has ramped up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by designating the Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization.

Officials say progress was made in urgent weekend talks on amending the U.S. peace proposal for Ukraine that many saw as favoring Russia. But the Kremlin on Monday said it hadn't seen the changes.

Gavin Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Thomas, 20, planned to take over Gonave Island and murder all men on the island, prosecutors alleged.