Here’s what you need to know about the week’s top stories.
Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead.
1. George Bush, who saw the nation out of the Cold War as the 41st president of the United States, died on Friday at age 94.
Mr. Bush was the last president to have fought in World War II, and served in Congress, the United Nations and the C. I. A. before winning the White House. He sat in the Oval Office during a period of transition, 1989 to 1993, navigating the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union and, with a global coalition, expelled Iraqi forces from Kuwait.
But he failed to persuade voters that he could manage the economy, and lost re-election. His son, George W. Bush, became president in 2001, and the Republican to hold the office after him, President Trump, had a hostile relationship with the family. But he praised Mr. Bush’s “sound judgment, common sense, and unflappable leadership,” and said he would attend his funeral.
We recounted the milestones and telling objects of Mr. Bush’s life, his relationship with his adopted hometown, Houston, and his last words to his son George.
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2. World leaders cajoled, confronted and dodged each other in Buenos Aires, at a meeting of the motley autocrats and Western leaders of the Group of 20 industrialized economies, above.
With a trade war escalating between the United States and China, Presidents Trump and Xi Jinping called a truce after their meeting on Saturday night. Mr. Trump agreed to hold off on new tariffs planned for Jan. 1, while Mr. Xi pledged to increase Chinese purchases of American products.
Speaking to reporters on Air Force One as he returned to Washington, Mr. Trump also said he planned to withdraw the U. S. from the North American Free Trade Agreement. The move is intended to force House Democrats to enact a revised version of the pact despite concerns that it fails to protect American workers. On Friday, Mr. Trump signed the new deal with the leaders of Canada and Mexico — neighbors by turns ambivalent and icy toward him.
Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia who has been accused of ordering a dissident journalist killed, also met extreme receptions at the G-20: The president of France appeared to confront him, while President Vladimir Putin of Russia greeted him with a laugh and a high-five .
Mr. Trump, who has declared his support for Saudi Arabia and tried to befriend Russia, canceled a meeting with Mr. Putin, citing the country’s naval clash last week with Ukraine.
