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Raffles at the OWO and the Chancery Rosewood recently opened in landmarks once teeming with generals, diplomats and spies. Both promise pampering and a dash of history. Do they deliver?

Before this week's U.S.-Chinese summit, Beijing reached a milestone in its quest for technological self-sufficiency.

For decades, many Chinese viewed the United States with a mix of admiration, envy and resentment. President Trump's volatile second term shattered that image.

Jonah Peretti, BuzzFeed's co-founder, will step down as chief executive and serve as its president of A.I.

President Trump said the fragile cease-fire was on "life support," and India's leader urged residents to cut back on purchases and travel.

Anticipating how the environmental movement would affect trash disposal in the United States, he built a 12-truck garbage company into a coast-to-coast behemoth.

Congress would have to agree to any suspension, and dropping federal taxes would not make up for the steep increase in prices since the war began.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has toned down his public criticism of vaccines, under orders from the White House. But inside his department, a sprawling research effort is a top priority.

The effects of the war in Iran have raised mortgage rates and lowered consumer confidence, making it even harder for house hunters.

As the government has been devising plans to keep the dollar dominant, China has been making its own moves to increase global influence of the renminbi.