The pontiff is set to meet political leaders and say Mass at a Beirut port destroyed by an explosion five years ago. It is the first papal visit to Lebanon since 2012.
A Russian air assault across Ukraine on Saturday killed at least two people and injured dozens more, according to the Ukrainian authorities.
Leo XIV is being closely watched on an inaugural trip to Turkey and Lebanon to spread a message of peace and outreach.
Andriy Yermak had ensured internal discipline in Ukraine’s wartime politics. He also led the country’s peace negotiations, which now must go on without him.
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Según Jürgen Matthäus, investigador del Holocausto, el asesino era Jakobus Onnen, de 34 años, un antiguo profesor de la ciudad de Tichelwarf, cerca de la frontera alemana con los Países Bajos.
Even if a peace can be reached, it won’t be easy to solve the problem of Ukrainian civilians languishing in Russian jails. This is one prisoner’s story.
The attack came as U.S. officials were expected to hold peace talks with Ukrainian and Russian officials in the coming days.
Cincuenta años después de la muerte del dictador español, su influencia sigue viva.
The chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was seen as the second-most powerful person in Ukraine. He was dismissed on Friday.
After the octogenarian nuns refused to return to their senior center, the abbot has finally folded. But he has some conditions.
El plan de 28 puntos del presidente Trump para poner fin a la guerra en Ucrania sorprendió a los líderes europeos. Lo que siguió fue una carrera por la influencia.
Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff and top peace negotiator, became the highest-ranking casualty of an investigation into a vast kickback scheme.
J.M.W. Turner and John Constable were fueled by competition, but united by a common wonder at nature’s beauty.
The raid appeared to be one of Israel’s deadliest cross-border incursions since Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s former dictator, was ousted last year.
Our love of his plays have led to a centuries-long fascination with the writer. So why does each new fictional iteration get his life so wrong?
Fifty years after the death of the Spanish dictator, his legacy lives on.
With the help of A.I., a historian has identified the killer in a 1941 image that defined the savagery of the Nazi regime.
The scrutiny of Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, could disrupt U.S.-led peace talks and further rattle Ukrainian politics.
In Istanbul, Pope Leo XIV will meet the patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church to show amity between two of the world’s largest Christian groups.
Sanna Marin was celebrated as a pathbreaking feminist when she became Finland’s prime minister at age 34. Two years after leaving office, she’s trying to turn a scandal over a leaked dancing video into a battle cry.
From Jan. 14, visitors to the museum from outside the European Economic Area will pay 45 percent more for entry to help finance its ambitious renovation plan.
El papa inició un viaje de seis días, que también incluirá una visita a Líbano.
The Viennese painter’s portrait of a West African prince was owned by a Jewish family who fled the Nazi occupation. It was then taken to Hungary, which has now moved to block a sale by an Austrian gallery.
The Russian leader called the U.S. special envoy “an intelligent man” who is properly representing his country in peace negotiations.
A legal assault against the opposition leader’s movement has deepened since his death in prison last year.
The effort is aimed at young people and came after an army chief angered many by saying the country must accept the possible loss of children in a future war.
Net migration to Britain has fallen by almost 80 percent from its 2023 peak, according to data released on Thursday.
The pope started his six-day trip, which will also include a visit to Lebanon.
European leaders were blindsided by President Trump’s 28-point-plan to end the Ukraine war, setting off a dash for influence.
Leo XIV arrived in the country’s capital, Ankara, and will be received by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the opening leg of a trip that will also include Lebanon.
Ya sea en la campiña inglesa o en un bosque de Tailandia, el arte y la naturaleza van de la mano.
The pontiff begins a trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Thursday — the first foreign voyage of his papacy, and his biggest test yet.
Daniel P. Driscoll, the U.S. Army secretary, used the growing threat from Moscow as a way to sell a quick peace deal unfavorable to Ukraine.
Officials in Dubrovnik, Croatia, say the strong currents of the Adriatic Sea washed ashore a vast amount of garbage, mostly from Albania, during a recent storm.
A la diseñadora del extravagante atuendo de Miss Noruega no le sorprendió la atención. “El plan original era hacer ruido”, dijo.
The plan presented by the chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, called for spending increases and higher taxes on the wealthy and the middle class.
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
In the Grenfell Tower blaze, a combustible element called cladding that ran up the outside of the 24-story building allowed the fire to jump from floor to floor.
Murders of women killed for misogynistic reasons will now be classified as femicide. Campaigners say a broader cultural shift is still needed.
Pope Leo XIV blessed hundreds of people at a rave in Slovakia via a video message in early November. The event was hosted by Guilherme Peixoto, a Portuguese priest who doubles as an electronic D.J.
First in Warsaw and later from Paris, he supplied anti-Communist activists in Poland with steady stream of leaflets, newsletters and banned books.
A papal video message appeared before a crowd of hundreds, as Guilherme Peixoto, a priest who doubles as an electronic D.J., put on a show.
Apple TV postponed the launch of the French-language series following accusations that its creator copied key elements from a 1973 novel.
France’s highest court has upheld a conviction against Nicolas Sarkozy, who led France until 2012. It comes weeks after he was jailed in a different fraud trial.
A U.S. proposal may cross a number of red lines for the Russian leader, who sees little to lose and much potentially to gain from continuing to fight.
For Janeites around the globe, the 250th anniversary of the English author’s birth is cause for elaborate celebrations.
En un mundo con GPS y aplicaciones, algunos londinenses aún quieren conducir un tradicional taxi negro. Pero, primero, deben memorizar miles de calles.
Rising youth unemployment is one of the challenges that will affect the success of the British chancellor’s economic approach as she unveils a crucial budget on Wednesday.
Leo XIV will meet political and religious leaders in Turkey and Lebanon, providing an early test of his geopolitical mettle. Here’s what to know.
Rachel Reeves, the top economic official in an increasingly unpopular government, will appear in Parliament to present tax and spending plans.
January shows the Russian leader astride a snowmobile. For February, he flips a judo partner. In August, he offers advice: “My recipe for energy: Sleep little, work a lot and don’t whine.”
Five destinations, whether in the English countryside or a forest in Thailand, where the work and nature go hand in hand.
See detailed maps of the latest temperature forecasts across Europe.
Rutger Bregman said his comment that President Trump was the “most openly corrupt president in American history” was removed before his lecture was broadcast on Tuesday.
The demonstrations followed unrest over the weekend in Homs, Syria’s third-largest city, which set off reprisal attacks on Alawites, a community once favored by the ousted Assad regime.
Se espera que el presidente Emmanuel Macron presente un plan de servicio militar voluntario remunerado para potenciar las fuerzas armadas contra la amenaza de Rusia.
Mr. Branson, the Virgin Atlantic founder, announced her death in an Instagram post.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer egged on first graders doing the viral gesture, then apologized when told the school prohibited it. “I didn’t start it, Miss,” he said.
A Paris prosecutor said two men and two women were arrested as part of an investigation into the robbery at the museum.
A large-scale Russian aerial barrage on the Ukrainian capital killed several people on Tuesday. The attack came hours after a round of peace talks between U.S. and Ukrainian mediators that ended in Geneva.
Initially cut out of development of the 28-point peace plan, European leaders are now trying to recast its pro-Russia slant. So far, it seems to be working.
In a region of France known for both sports and more social pursuits, an Austrian designer brought her signature austere elegance to a classic chateau.
A missile-and-drone barrage killed at least six people in Ukraine’s capital, officials said, hours after officials said they had made some headway on a peace proposal.
Cada vez más jóvenes evitan el alcohol. Este cambio cultural ha provocado una epidemia de cierres de cervecerías.
Over a six-decade career, he appeared in films by the directors Gus Van Sant and Lars von Trier, and in music videos by Madonna.
Samir Shah defended Britain’s public broadcaster at a parliamentary committee hearing on Monday, while apologizing (again) for the misleading edit of a Jan. 6 speech by President Trump.
The furor erupted as President Emmanuel Macron is expected to present a plan for paid, voluntary military service to bolster the armed forces against the threat from Russia.
Este estudio, desconocido hasta ahora, fue descubierto en febrero por la especialista en dibujos de maestros antiguos de Christie’s en Nueva York.
Weary of being captive to geopolitics, car companies are looking for ways to replace powerful rare-earth magnets in electric motors.
With Russia looming, governments race to rebuild armed forces that shrank after the Cold War, grappling with hard issues of economics, politics and military strategy.
In a world of GPS and car-hailing apps, some Londoners still want to drive a traditional black cab. First, they must memorize thousands of city streets.
De Suecia a México, seis pequeñas empresas hablan de cómo se comunican con sus clientes estadounidenses en medio de la incertidumbre causada por los aranceles de Trump.
The government acted quickly to tamp down reprisals in the central city of Homs as it tries to manage repeated waves of bloodshed involving minority groups.
The Kremlin’s leader is standing back as Ukraine and Europe scramble to negotiate changes to a U.S. proposal to end the war.
El país atrae la atención por sus duras políticas de asilo: ¿pueden servir de contención frente a la ultraderecha?
The Renaissance artist painted more than 100 figures in the Sistine Chapel ceiling, yet studies for only a handful remain. Could this five-inch drawing at Christie’s be one?
The town looks straight out of the Wild West, with saloons, sheriffs and cowboy hats galore, but in this endangered patch of the American frontier, everyone is speaking German.
Washington and Kyiv said that “highly productive” discussions over a proposal to end the war with Russia would continue. But details remained unclear.
While the two sides reached a broad agreement months ago, American officials will visit Brussels this week to discuss the details. Europe has a wish list, but so does the United States.
American and Ukrainian officials said they had made progress in Geneva on a plan to end the war with Russia. Some Ukrainians dismissed the early draft as a concession.
From Sweden to Brazil, six small companies talk about how they are communicating with their U.S. customers amid uncertainty over Trump’s changing tariffs.
With the United States boycotting the summit, other nations sought to strike new deals, and some took a tougher tone with President Trump.
The country is getting attention for its tough asylum policies. Can they serve as a bulwark against the far right?
El primer ministro Keir Starmer espera que un nuevo enfoque para las solicitudes de asilo le permita controlar un debate sobre inmigración que amenaza su gobierno. La propuesta ha provocado reacciones negativas.
Like other European leaders, British Labour politicians are borrowing from Denmark’s restrictive asylum policy. One of its architects cautions that “balance” is necessary.
For European governments, Denmark’s hard-line immigration policy is a model for how to get a grip on contentious issue and stay in power. Our reporter Jeanna Smialek reports from Copenhagen on the the effects of the policy.
Iran has been battling its worst drought in more than six decades. A blaze in the north has now eaten through parts of the old treasure.
Christián Quezada Vasquez died after losing control during a stunt in which motorcyclists ride around a spherical cage, the circus company said.
Over nearly four years of wartime leadership, analysts say the Ukrainian leader has repeatedly played weak hands wisely. A U.S. peace plan may be his biggest test.
The watch belonged to Isidor Straus, a co-owner of Macy’s who was traveling first class on the Titanic with his wife when it sank in April 1912.
Farida Khelfa modeled for Gaultier, Alaïa and more. In turn, they gave her clothes. Now she’s letting go of 200 items from her fabled wardrobe.
A small corner of Belgium is recruiting ordinary citizens to help create policies. Participants say it’s renewed their faith in government.
Meetings in Geneva will include European officials, as the Trump administration’s pushes Kyiv to accept a 28-point peace plan to end the war with Russia.
Russia is remaking Mariupol, which was devastated by a brutal siege in 2022. Ukrainians seeking to move back are finding it hard to recognize the city, or to reclaim their property.
If Ukraine is forced to surrender to these terms by Thursday, Thanksgiving will no longer be an American holiday. It will become a Russian holiday.
The deal would combine two of the country’s major newspaper groups, a move likely to attract antitrust scrutiny.
The meeting is scheduled for Saturday afternoon on the sidelines of the G20 summit in South Africa. The White House plan calls for Ukraine to make significant concessions to Russia.
Russian missiles hit apartment buildings in Ternopil this week, far from the war’s front line. Dozens of civilians, including children, were killed.
At the site of an apartment building in western Ukraine where a Russian strike killed dozens of people, the New York Times reporter Kim Barker heard reactions to a 28-point U.S. proposal to end the war.
The title of Daniel Swift’s book “The Dream Factory,” about the creative and capitalist conditions of Elizabethan drama, tellingly evokes the commercial aspirations of old Hollywood.
More young people are steering clear of alcohol. The deepening cultural shift has spawned an epidemic of brewery closures.
The European Union said the decision was prompted by sabotage attacks in Europe, but Russians living abroad say Europe is punishing ordinary people.
President Trump is pressing Kyiv to accept an outcome that yields to President Vladimir V. Putin’s demands.
While the White House has cautioned that the proposal is still in “flux,” its contours reflect maximalist demands made by Russia throughout the war that Ukraine has consistently rejected.
The Trump administration has proposed a 28-point peace plan designed to end the Russia-Ukraine war. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that his country was facing a “difficult choice.”
The Ukrainian president’s options are narrowing as he is confronted with a 28-point proposal drafted by American and Russian envoys.
The class-action lawsuit is the latest push against the Chinese retailer in France, where protests outside its first store broke out earlier this month.
The discovery of a mountain of garbage near a highway is the latest example of what experts say is a growing problem of criminal organizations profiting from illegal dumping.
A mountain of rubbish was found next to a highway in the English countryside, prompting residents and British officials alike to wonder how “fly-tipping,” or illegal dumping, on this scale could have gone undetected.
Nathan Gill was sentenced to 10 and a half years on Friday after admitting he was paid to make pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.
The Chicago-born curator Naomi Beckwith has been given free rein at the Palais de Tokyo to examine how American artists responded to thinkers from France.
La popular plataforma de juegos dijo que la herramienta estaba diseñada para impedir que los niños chateen con usuarios mayores que no conocen.
In this year’s contest, a campaign by Israel to encourage voting for its entrant drew criticism.
The 28-point proposal would require Kyiv to surrender territory, reduce the size of its army and relinquish some weaponry, according to officials familiar with the proposal.
The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know.
Sanna Marin was celebrated as a pathbreaking feminist when she became Finland’s prime minister at age 34. Two years after leaving office, she’s trying to turn a scandal over a leaked dancing video into a battle cry.
The government plans to double the period needed for many legal immigrants to become permanent residents, while cutting it for higher-rate taxpayers.
In one of her very few interviews since the museum heist, Laurence des Cars said the plan would increase much-needed security, but critics say it is too focused on new construction.
The Trump administration has floated a 28-point peace plan to end Russia’s war in Ukraine as rescue crews continued to search for survivors of a deadly Russian strike in western Ukraine.
Some in Kyiv expressed confusion over the Trump administration’s multiple diplomatic tracks as Washington tries to revive negotiations.
No hace mucho tiempo, los grandes atentados eran una preocupación diaria. ¿Por qué parece que las cosas han cambiado?
The country’s anti-graft agencies have taken a cinematic approach to revealing a scandal that has touched President Volodymyr Zelensky’s inner circle.
A visitor to Italy had to abandon an S.U.V. after it conked out just minutes from the rental agency. Then he got another surprise: a hefty repair bill.
Los jóvenes españoles se sienten cada vez más atraídos por el dictador Francisco Franco. Por eso, el gobierno está diseñando aplicaciones, juegos y camisetas para promover la democracia.
Young Spaniards are increasingly drawn to the dictator Francisco Franco. So the government is designing apps, games and T-shirts to promote democracy.
A pair of organ works that scholars believe were written by a teenage Johann Sebastian Bach were premiered in Leipzig this week and added to the composer’s official catalog.
Mientras el presidente Volodímir Zelenski intenta reanimar las conversaciones de paz, el país sufre una oleada de ataques generalizados.
The 28-point proposal, which comes as the Trump administration tries to restart settlement talks, includes demands long rejected by Kyiv as nonstarters.
Not that long ago, big attacks were a daily concern. We look at why it feels different now.
For more than five decades, the ceramist Magdalene Odundo has been making abstract, time-intensive vessels that recall bodies in motion.
Four members of the Bocek family, including two young children, died while visiting Turkey from Germany this month. The authorities have arrested 11 people in the case.
The virus circulating this year is more virulent and has been spreading faster and earlier than usual.
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom said Northern Ireland’s public schools must include the study of faiths other than Christianity.
The move aims to prevent “touts,” or scalpers, from charging exorbitant prices for sought-after shows.
A deadly Russian barrage of missiles and drones in Ukraine came as President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Turkey in a bid to revive peace talks to end his country’s war with Russia.
Uncertainty over the availability of the company’s chips, which are used in cars and electronics, had added to concerns of a global shortage.
An investigation into the state-owned nuclear power company has reached members of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s inner circle.
Some psychologists and parents argued that it risked glamorizing the condition, but one performer described the experience as empowering: “Onstage, I can be who I really am.”
An anti-Zelensky political coalition is coalescing as the president’s allies are accused of enriching themselves while the country’s soldiers die on the battlefield.
Extreme heat causes cows to produce less milk. This poses problems in cheese-obsessed Italy, especially as it tries to meet growing demand for favorites like burrata.
Refugees who poured into the country a decade ago fared better when they landed in the more prosperous West, an enduring legacy of reunification.
At least 19 people were killed in the city of Ternopil when missiles hit a residential building, the authorities there said.
Una investigación del Departamento de Comercio podría imponer tarifas prohibitivas a marcas italianas, desde Barilla hasta Rummo, desatando temores de que la pasta auténtica desaparezca de las estanterías estadounidenses.
European chipmakers need TSMC’s help to grow their own semiconductor supply chain, but the chip giant’s Taiwanese suppliers find Europe a tough place to do business.
Un supuesto grupo de ayuda humanitaria vendió pasajes de avión que llevaron a personas palestinas a Sudáfrica. El gobierno de ese país cree que las condiciones son sospechosas.
Poland said two Ukrainians working with Russia were responsible for two devices on the train tracks of a main supply line to Ukraine, with one causing a minor explosion.
Two devices on a main supply line to Ukraine were intended to derail passing trains but failed, the prime minister said, and the two suspects fled the country.