Ella Nilsen

South Korea cracks down on corruption with Samsung chief’s sentencing; Thailand’s former prime minister flees the country; the US slaps its first economic sanctions on Venezuela.

Texas is on hurricane watch; the White House details what it wants a transgender ban in the military to look like; Canada struggles to keep up with record numbers of asylum seekers.

Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez faces an imminent corruption trial with big political implications; Google and Walmart team up to challenge Amazon; the British government tries to iron out Brexit wrinkles.

In his latest speech, Trump edited out a key part of his original response to Charlottesville.

The US Navy searches for answers after another fatal warship crash; Missouri puts off the execution of Marcellus Williams; India’s highest court bans the practice of instant divorce.

After flaunting designer brands, Louise Linton called someone else “out of touch.”

Steve Bannon departs the White House after another tumultuous week; white supremacists are getting shut down on the internet; a solar eclipse is coming to the United States.

More than a dozen people are dead in a terrorist attack in Barcelona; student activists are jailed in Hong Kong; Oregon passes a sweeping law increasing access to abortion and contraception.