Hideo Shimizu L visits the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 13, 2024. After a 79-year hiatus, Hideo Shimizu, a former member of Unit 731, the notorious Japanese germ-warfare detachment during World War II, returned to China to acknowledge

A Matryoshka, the traditional Russian wooden dolls, depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is displayed for sale at a souvenir shop in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. Dmitri Lovetsky/AP hide caption toggle caption Dmitri Lovetsky/AP MOSCOW —  The Kremlin says Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet one-on-one

President Trump is exerting an unprecedented amount of control over the shape and future of U.S. business. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Corporate America doesn't want to fight with President Trump in public. But as a result, it's ceding him an unprecedented amount of control over

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (R) welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in front of Chancellery ahead of a virtual meeting between European leaders, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump on August 13, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Filip Singer/Getty Images Europe hide caption toggle caption Filip Singer/Getty Images Europe INKOO, Finland — Ukraine's President

A cotton and agave fiber Inca khipu is seen at an exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in 2015 in Washington, D.C. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images The Inca Empire in South America, one of the most powerful pre-Columbian societies, was known

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (left) welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Berlin on Aug. 13. Filip Singer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Filip Singer/Getty Images BERLIN — European leaders met virtually with President Trump on Wednesday, urging him to press Russian President Vladimir Putin for a ceasefire and security guarantees for Ukraine before any peace

Eleanor Beardsley, Jackie Lay/NPR Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world. This summer, for the first time since the 1920s, the Seine River is open for swimming! There are designated public swimming places and docks have been built at

South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee, wife of impeached former president Yoon Suk Yeol, arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review her arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors, in Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday. Jung Yeon-je/AP via AFP hide caption toggle caption Jung Yeon-je/AP via AFP SEOUL, South Korea —