Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu treads lightly with President Vladimir Putin. Russia is not responding in kind, with public criticism increasing.
Hilde Soliani makes feral scents that evoke everything from oysters to opera houses.
A continuing protest in the town of Roscrea symbolizes a surge in hostility toward migrants in Ireland that is fueled by a housing crisis and far-right influencers.
Los organizadores prometen reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero reutilizando edificios históricos, agregando carriles para bicicletas e incluso instalando paneles solares en el Sena. ¿Funcionará?
A day after a rubber-stamp presidential election, President Vladimir Putin said he would not back down in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
As the share price plunges, investors wonder whether the company, led by Elon Musk, can withstand intensifying competition.
The hedge fund mogul has been bankrolling a European patent fight against Intel, Dell, Amazon and other tech giants.
Many Russians say they back their president, but it is far less clear what they might do if they were given alternatives.
Exciting young chefs wielding a palette of spices from places like Korea, Latin America and Morocco are turning the capital of Europe into a culinary upstart.
Albert Moya has optimized his apartment, part of a 14th-century estate in the hills of Florence, for work and lounging.
In London, “competitive socializing” transforms pubs into stock exchanges, golf courses and cricket fields for those looking for more elaborate drinking games.
To decarbonize the electrical grid, companies are finding creative ways to store energy during periods of low demand.
President Vladimir V. Putin is expected to use the scale of his victory to justify more aggression in Ukraine. Many Russians are uneasy about what comes next.
A rubber-stamp presidential election with no real competition allows Vladimir Putin to claim strong public support for his domestic dominance and the invasion of Ukraine.
Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, at the White House, referred to his own country’s struggles when saying that “the Irish people have such empathy for the Palestinian people.”
The Russian leader claimed he had been ready to release Navalny in a prisoner swap when the opposition leader died last month at an Arctic penal colony.
The West African country’s military junta said the presence of U.S. forces was “illegal.” Increasingly, West Africans are questioning the motives of Western countries operating in Africa.
Yulia Navalnaya, who has vowed to carry on her husband’s work, waited in line for hours with voters outside of the Russian embassy.
The eruption occurred near the town of Grindavik, prompting an evacuation of the region.
An oil refinery was set on fire in southern Russia and air defense forces shot down two drones flying toward Moscow, officials said, as Ukraine continued a flurry of attacks timed for the election.
High-stakes geoengineering science requires transparency and accountability to the public.
Many appeared to be heeding a call by the opposition to express frustration by showing up en masse at midday. “We don’t have any other options,” said one woman.
The authorities said the eruption on Saturday night was the most powerful of a series that started in December.
One quarter of residents in the French capital now live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive effort to keep lower-income Parisians — and their businesses — in the city.
While there is little doubt about the vote’s outcome, there is concern that an emboldened President Putin may use a win to start a new war mobilization.
The surprise attacks, timed to Russia’s election, are meant to undermine the sense of stability in Russia and divert the country’s military resources from Ukraine.
Organizers of the Games promise to slash greenhouse gas emissions by re-using historic buildings, adding bike lanes, even putting solar panels on the Seine. Will it work?
Russia is holding a presidential vote in the occupied regions of Ukraine to try to legitimize its rule there, expose dissenters and present a veneer of democracy.
The New-York Historical Society acknowledges a notorious purchase 400 years ago — and lets the Lenape tell their side: “We are still here.”
Barry Keoghan, Paul Mescal and Cillian Murphy are among a crop of Irish hunks who have infused popular culture with big Irish energy.
The art and antiques dealer Yves Gastou was passionate about objects and their stories. His home in Biarritz overflowed with both.
In a report headed to the Human Rights Council in Geneva next week, an investigative commission outlines the ongoing torture and starvation of Ukrainian prisoners.
A trip back to 2004 suggests even sure things can sometimes be a gamble.
Two missiles hit the same spot, Ukrainian authorities said, killing some rescuers who had responded to the first attack.
The leaders of France and Germany tried to heal an increasingly public rift over their approach to the war, holding talks alongside Poland’s prime minister on support for Kyiv.
Trevor Penny was magnet fishing in an English waterway near Oxford when he pulled out a rusty sword. Experts say it’s a Viking sword that is probably more than 1,000 years old.
Vladimir V. Putin, casting himself as the only leader able to end the war in Ukraine, is all but assured another term in a rubber-stamp election this weekend.
An industrial loft in La Villette, a former workshop in Sainte-Avoye and an updated apartment with 19th-century touches on Île Saint-Louis.
El paquete de 300 millones de dólares ayudará a contener a los rusos durante unas semanas, según los analistas, pero sin mucho más Ucrania puede seguir perdiendo terreno.
Muhammad Mustafa has long been an adviser to President Mahmoud Abbas. Critics are skeptical he can produce the “revitalized Palestinian Authority” that Washington wants.
Prime Minister Leo Varadkar of Ireland has been one of the most outspoken critics of Israel’s war and has promised to raise the issue during a White House meeting meant to mark St. Patrick’s Day.
Ukrainian drone strikes have been able to hit refineries deep in Russian territory, indicating a new vulnerability. But it is unclear if that will affect the fighting.
The U.S. ambassador to Budapest raised the temperature in a long-running standoff, citing Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s pro-Russia, anti-U.S. stance and opposition to supporting Ukraine.
Survivors, who departed from Libya, said they had been adrift for four days when they were found.
As the “chief troubleshooter” for the United Nations, he spent months shuttling around the Middle East to secure the release of 11 captives.
A marble head from the first or second century was found buried in England. But how did it get there?
The government said it would use a new legal definition of extremism to blacklist certain groups from public funding or engagement.
The presidential vote in Russia begins on Friday and lasts through Sunday, and although it features the trappings of a horse race, it is more of a predetermined, Soviet-style referendum.
The Slovak presidency is a largely ceremonial post but can play an important role when the president and prime minister represent opposing political camps.
A new regulation aims to rid the palm oil supply chain of imports that come from former forestland. Southeast Asian countries say it threatens livelihoods.
His exploits in World War II and later in Algeria and Indochina were not enough for him to emerge from the shadow of his father, for whom a thousand streets in France are named.
Mr. Wilders, a hard-right icon, won the last elections decisively. His announcement may help facilitate the creation of a right-wing government in the Netherlands.
A roughly $1 billion bid from the former CNN chief Jeff Zucker and his Emirati backers raised concerns among lawmakers over a storied conservative newspaper.
The $300 million package will help hold off the Russians for a few weeks, analysts say, but without far more Ukraine may go on losing ground.
Yandex’s co-founder, Arkady Volozh, received rare sanctions relief after condemning Russia’s war and severing ties to the country.
A Dutch panel ruled in 2007 to return the painting to a Jewish family, but a notary handling the restitution for the government says he still doesn’t have all the right documents.
El príncipe Guillermo y la princesa Catalina, así como el príncipe Enrique, inicialmente adoptaron las redes sociales como una forma de evitar a la prensa sensacionalista.
The Russian leader struck a softer tone about nuclear weapons in an interview with state television. But he warned that Russia was ready to strike if its “sovereignty and independence” were threatened.
Mathias Vicherat, the director of Sciences Po, and his former partner are expected to face trial over mutual accusations of violence. His resignation prolongs years of tumult in the school’s highest ranks.
Mainstream parties are changing laws to protect government institutions. Critics say the changes risk undermining democracy.
A bag designer at Hermès has the fun and formidable challenge of creating a new icon. No presh.
Inspirados por el éxito académico de centros como la secundaria Michaela, en el noroeste de Londres, algunos directores están aplicando controles férreos sobre el comportamiento de los alumnos.
The scandal is another blatant display of royal double standards.
Once dependent on Europe for trade, Russia has been forging new routes that will allow it to skirt Western restrictions. A planned railway through Iran could be key for those ambitions.
Leonid Volkov, a top aide to Aleksei Navalny, was beaten and sprayed with tear gas as he was pulling up to his house in Vilnius.
A resident said he discovered the shiny, silver object on a prominent hill during his daily walk.
Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, along with Prince Harry, initially embraced social media as a way to bypass the tabloid press.
As a songwriter and instrumentalist as well, he blended pop and folk influences into music that helped define college radio in the 1980s and ’90s.
Frank Hester, the leading supporter of Britain’s Conservative Party, is accused of making the comments about Diane Abbott, a well-known lawmaker.
La economía china se beneficia del aumento de las ventas de productos manufacturados al exterior, que crea empleos. Pero el impacto podría sentirse en las fuerzas laborales de Europa y Asia.
The German Embassy said it had helped a charity, SOS Children’s Villages International, move nearly 70 children from the city of Rafah to get them “out of acute danger.”
Activists urged Tate Britain to take an offensive artwork from 1927 off its walls, but the museum instead commissioned Keith Piper to create a response.
The antagonistic online influencer is facing charges in two separate cases.
The musical, starring Nicole Scherzinger, secured 11 nominations at Britain’s equivalent of the Tony Awards.
The attacks and drone strikes across the southern border were intended to counter President Vladimir V. Putin’s control over Russia, a leader in one of the groups said.
An 11th-century astrolabe, a complex instrument for precisely mapping the heavens, recently turned up in an Italian museum.
Mr. Tate and his brother, Tristan, were arrested on charges made between 2012 and 2015, which include allegations of sexual aggression, a spokesman said.
The president hosted leaders of Poland at the White House as he sought to reassure NATO members of American steadfastness in the face of threats from Moscow and former President Donald J. Trump.
Scientists never imagined that the blind cave salamanders called olms willingly left their caves. But at numerous aboveground springs, there they were.
Drones have become a critical weapon for both sides, but a lack of coordination among troops has put Ukraine at a disadvantage.
A Mother’s Day photo was meant to douse speculation about the Princess of Wales’ health. It did the opposite — and threatened to undermine trust in the royal family.
The U.S. citizen attacked two women, also Americans, near Germany’s iconic Neuschwanstein Castle, and attempted to push both of them to their deaths, a court found. One was killed, the other survived.
With her aristocratic lineage, high-profile husbands and famous friends, she embodied a chic life of luxury as an international social figure.
Ukrainians say recognition for “20 Days in Mariupol” will help debunk Russian propaganda and refocus attention on the situation in Russian-occupied territories.
Playing the professional Irishman, he returned from Limerick to New York where he tended bar and appeared in soap operas and, with his family, scattered “Angela’s Ashes.”
It’s been a busy few months for King Charles III and his family. There have been surgeries, health announcements, and one family photograph people can’t stop talking about.
Varias agencias de noticias retiraron un retrato de Catalina, princesa de Gales, por considerar que había sido alterado digitalmente. En la imagen, distribuida por el Día de las Madres, aparecía con sus tres hijos.
The police said weather conditions had deteriorated after the group set out from the town of Zermatt over the weekend. The search continued for a sixth person.
A Mother’s Day portrait of Catherine, Princess of Wales, with her three children shows a range of anomalies indicating it had been digitally altered.
Countries promised the fighter jets last year, but delivering them and training pilots have proved complex. Ukraine may start with as few as six, out of about 45 pledged.
The ascent of Geert Wilders has vexed parties struggling with how to work with a far-right leader too popular to shun. It’s a puzzle bigger than the Netherlands.
Doping rules, legal challenges and endless appeals have left some medalists waiting (and waiting) for their golds.
Kensington Palace released a Mother’s Day photo of Catherine, Princess of Wales, to showcase her health, but news agencies later said it had been manipulated.
He and his brother Vittorio made films, including “Padre Padrone,” that mixed neorealism with a lyrical, almost magical sense of storytelling.
The vote against the changes dealt a blow to a government that had hoped for an easy victory. But the outcome does not necessarily reflect a turn toward a more conservative electorate.
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Amid rampant rumors on social media about the condition of the princess, Kensington Palace issued the picture to mark Mother’s Day in Britain. But questions were later raised about the photo.
As Ukraine struggles against Russian assaults and its losses mount, there has been a surge of women enlisting, and they are increasingly volunteering for combat roles.
A center-right coalition claimed a narrow victory over the governing Socialists, while the populist Chega party soared to a strong third-place finish.
His words have raised questions about whether Francis was suggesting that Ukraine surrender, but a Vatican spokesman said the pope meant “cease-fire and negotiation.”
Famine is stalking Gaza, but the American-led initiative faces daunting obstacles in logistics, security and cost.
Two proposed amendments, which voters considered on Friday, were intended to reflect the more secular, liberal values of the nation’s modern era.
Ukraine has committed significant forces to defending the area, and Russian troops are now attacking across open fields with little cover.
A bar set built for “The Banshees of Inisherin” was discarded in a backyard after filming, then resurrected by a pub in Ireland. It’s up for sale.
Aleksei Navalny’s team has found a new leader in the opposition leader’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya. But Navalny’s death has so far brought little change to their insular tactics.
Once considered a laggard, the German luxury carmaker is one of only a few established automakers that has been able to compete effectively against Tesla.
In “How to Win an Information War,” Peter Pomerantsev looks to a World War II propagandist for lessons in the battle between Russia and Ukraine.
Inspired by the academic success of schools like the Michaela secondary school in northwest London, some principals are introducing tight controls on students’ behavior.
A fraught relationship has recently turned bitter, with insults and barbs threatening European unity at a critical moment.
A pro-Palestinian group slashed and spray-painted a century-old portrait of the author of the Balfour Declaration at the University of Cambridge in England.
Curators are looking for old art that can resonate with a new audience at the venerable event in the Netherlands.
Bakeries selling big, doughy bagels have opened to rave reviews in Britain, but some traditionalists are standing by the London “beigel.”
Rodri’s genius is not in making things happen. He is employed by Manchester City, at least in part, to make sure they do not.
The veteran Conservative Party lawmaker, whose time as leader was plagued by Brexit turmoil, said she would step down after 27 years in Parliament.
Just when we thought the feud was cooling off, OpenAI pulled out the receipts.
After roles dried up, Dominique Blanc reclaimed her artistic agency by taking a one-woman play on the road. Now she’s making a rare appearance in Manhattan.
A cottage in Nunhead Green, a two-bedroom apartment in Wapping and a three-bedroom duplex in Kingsland Basin.
The country will consider two amendments: one to remove the reference to a woman’s domestic duties and another to expand the definition of family.
The warrants for two commanders over alleged war crimes may set an interesting precedent, legal experts said, including for the conflict in Gaza.
Oksana Semenik’s social media campaign both educates the curious about overlooked Ukrainian artists — and pressures global museums to relabel art long described as Russian.
Moscú ha dicho que tomará medidas indefinidas para mejorar su defensa contra la recién ampliada OTAN.
Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt offered the confidence in our country that we need right now.
The former top general, Valery Zaluzhny, was dismissed last month amid tensions with the civilian leadership. He has been a very popular figure in Ukraine.
Audiences were abuzz over breathing runways, drone models, social media blackouts, tartan codpieces and kisses on the catwalk.
The French president attempted to forge a united front on a harder line against Russia. But few were persuaded.
With the addition of Sweden to NATO, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia finds himself facing an enlarged and motivated alliance.
A covert campaign to entrap and discredit people linked to rights groups in Hungary has added fuel to longstanding complaints of democratic backsliding in the country.
Although inflation has eased, the eurozone’s central bank said that “domestic price pressures remain high.” Rates remain the highest in the central bank’s history.
We examine Donald Trump’s affinity for Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister.
A meeting between the British foreign secretary, David Cameron, and an Israeli minister, Benny Gantz, carried more weight than usual, analysts said, and stressed the frustration of Israel’s allies.
Fund-raisers are borrowing heavily from business techniques to keep donations flowing to the military. The latest trend? Broad approaches that rely on networks of friends and acquaintances.
In the 1980s, she created a series of paintings depicting the horrors she endured in forced-labor camps during World War II.
She endured horrors as a captured member of the French Resistance, and to ensure that her story, too, would survive, she depicted them years later in a series of stark paintings.
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The move tests the European Union’s new tech competition law, which was designed to allow competing app stores.
The loss of the optimism in the face of oppression espoused by Aleksei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, has hit many Russians hard. Now, as one mourner said, “I don’t have any vision of the future.”
Neither man was hurt, and it was unclear whether the Russian Army was targeting them.
En un país en el que los problemas de salud, incluso de los personajes públicos, suelen considerarse intocables, la prensa intenta equilibrar el derecho a la intimidad con el apetito por artículos sobre la realeza.
Romeo Castellucci’s production of the classic play by Jean Racine is all about the lead performer — and that’s it.
Olena Zelenska’s office cited a scheduling conflict. The Russian opposition figure Yulia Navalnaya also declined an invitation.
The Conservative government, trailing badly in the polls, proposed the second tax cut in four months.
The fall of the city, when it came in mid-February, was brutal and fast. Soldiers fought for their lives. Many did not make it.