Summer Gas Prices at 4-Year Low as Israel and Iran Agree to Cease-Fire

A fragile cease-fire in the Middle East and an oil supply chain without significant disruptions have helped keep gas prices stable.

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Help! My Credit Card Won’t Cover Damage to a Rental Car in Europe.

A traveler who used his American Express card’s collision damage waiver got stuck paying nearly $1,300 because of a missing document. Whose fault was it?

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He Searched for His Past in Children’s Books. He Found His Wife’s.

Steve Mills has been collecting secondhand books in England to reawaken lost memories. His search revealed more about his family’s past than he thought possible.

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Ecuador Captures Gang Leader ‘Fito’ Whose Prison Escape Set Off Violence

José Adolfo Macías, known as “Fito,” will be extradited to the U.S., where he is wanted on accusations of trafficking drugs and smuggling weapons, Ecuador’s president said.

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New Zealand Approved Psychedelic Therapy. He’s the Only Doctor Who Can Do It.

The government has permitted Dr. Cameron Lacey, a psychiatrist, to prescribe psilocybin, a hallucinogenic compound found in “magic mushrooms,” for depression.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei Makes First Public Comments in Almost a Week

Supreme leader strikes defiant tone in a video statement, after not being heard of or seen publicly in days.

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Housekeeper Arrested Over Wildfire That Scorched Greek Island

“She’d been smoking,” a Greek official said of a Georgian woman who was arrested after a blaze tore through 11,000 acres of Chios this week.

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Officials Share New Analysis of Iran Strike, and Zohran Mamdani Talks Next Steps

Plus, Jeff Bezos’ contentious wedding in Venice.

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How Sandwiches in Canada’s Lloydminster Became a Test for Domestic Trade

A city that straddles two Canadian provinces became a crucible of the barriers that prevent trade across Canada and that Prime Minister Mark Carney wants to dismantle.

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Germany Wants Recruits. But ‘No One Wants Their Children in the Army.’

Given the country’s past, cultural resistance to becoming a soldier is high. Can leaders change minds to meet a changing world?

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