Inspired by Lenny Bruce, he spared no one in his bitingly satirical sketches while becoming a fixture of French movies and TV.
Muchos profesionales holandeses regresaron al trabajo en mayo, y la mayoría volverá en julio. Pero las trabajadoras sexuales deberán esperar hasta septiembre, lo que empujará a cientos a la pobreza y a algunas las obliga a arriesgarse a trabajar en secreto.
Prime Minister Andrej Babis of the Czech Republic said a feud between employees of the Russian Embassy had led to “made-up information about a planned attack on Czech politicians.”
President Emmanuel Macron has gotten little credit for his country’s relative success in battling the contagion. Instead, he remains unpopular and subject to the usual dose of resentments.
Figures on both sides of the restitution debate are hoping that Emmanuel Kasarhérou’s bicultural background will make him receptive to their views.
Cowell is said to be the first woman known to undergo sex reassignment surgery in Britain. But after a splash in the 1950s, she withdrew from public life and died in obscurity.
The pandemic is reordering the global economy in ways that have led some analysts to question whether an agreement with the European Union even makes sense for the British government anymore.
The slide, which ran more than 2,000 feet along the shore and nearly 500 feet inland, was the largest the area had ever seen. A dog was carried out to sea but swam to safety.
The diplomat, Anna Lindstedt, is accused of overstepping her role in arranging meetings between the daughter of a detained Hong Kong bookseller and two businessmen who said they could help free him.
The coronavirus pandemic has forced the cancellation of most cultural events, including concerts. But two German orchestras found an intensely personal way to play on.
Belligerents on all sides of the Libyan conflict, including Turkey, Russia and the U.A.E., are preparing for a new stage after a pullback by the forces of the commander, Khalifa Hifter.
The turmoil in America has served two Kremlin goals: deflecting criticism of its own record and underscoring its message that protests cause chaos.
New measures by the European Central Bank and the German government to combat the economic damage caused by the pandemic have exceeded expectations.
The German man the authorities now suspect of murdering the British child in 2007 was previously convicted of sexually abusing children, theft and dealing drugs.
The leak of more than 20,000 tons of diesel in Siberia, said to be one of the country’s worst such accidents, turned a river crimson and was heading for the ocean.
New revelations in the 2007 disappearance of the 3-year-old British girl from a vacation home in Portugal have put the case back in the spotlight.
LVMH is weighing whether to demand a re-pricing of its $16 billion purchase of Tiffany, the latest deal that could run into trouble during the pandemic.
Houses of worship have struggled to adapt to a socially distanced world. But in Denmark, one congregation set up a drive-in church at the site of a heavy metal music festival.
Many among the most ill may emerge with debilitating infirmities that will present major challenges in care.
The first professional production in France since stages went dark in March was a back-to-basics affair, but more memorable than many slick Paris shows.
The world has been transfixed by the unrest in the United States over police brutality, racism and President Trump’s response. Here are snapshots of how people in other countries view what’s happening.
German authorities are investigating a 43-year-old sex offender in connection with the disappearance of the 3-year-old girl from a hotel room in Portugal 13 years ago.
Can a city whose history and culture drew tens of millions of visitors a year reinvent itself? The coronavirus may give it a chance to try.
The promise, in reaction to a new security law China is trying to impose on the semiautonomous city, a former British colony, would sharply raise the stakes in a developing standoff.
The U.S. looks weak. Business is falling in line. Protests have been muted. For Beijing, the damage to the city and its own reputation from seizing greater control may be worth it.
How in the world did Dominic Cummings survive?
With people around the globe sheltering at home amid the pandemic, an archive of records documenting Nazi atrocities asked for help indexing them. Thousands joined the effort.
Many Dutch professions went back to work in May, and most will return by July. But sex workers must wait until September — sending hundreds into poverty and forcing some to risk working in secret.
Sweet, salty, intensely citrusy and pleasingly tart, lemon goop amplifies any dish.
The U.S. investigation targets nine countries, plus the European Union, that have adopted or are considering new taxes that would hit American companies like Google and Amazon.
Thanks to social distancing, the line to vote in the British Parliament snaked all over the ancient grounds, stretching over half a mile at its longest point.
With no service inside, and tables on terraces spaced at a safe distance, the French came back together, while remaining apart.
After years of snubs and American unilateralism, European allies have stopped looking to the president for leadership, and are turning their backs on him.
Lawyers for Bijan Kian argue that prosecutors should drop their appeal of his acquittal because it was intertwined with the case of the former national security adviser.
When it’s time to invite people over, would-be hosts face tough conversations with friends and family on their standards for avoiding coronavirus infection.
To stop the spread of the coronavirus, nightclubs are still shuttered as Europe emerges from a lockdown. But one German club has found another way to host a party. Honk if you’re having a good time.
Brazil, Russia, Britain and the U.S. have something in common.
Yousef was just 13 when his family left Syria for Europe. Five years later, he’s adjusting to life separated from his three sisters and the ups and downs of adolescence.
Is the pandemic a rehearsal for our own cosmic mortality?
Ginraw, a new spirit from Barcelona, showcases Spain’s love for the spirit, and you can try a classic cocktail to go in Manhattan.
His political program and ratings derailed by the coronavirus, President Vladimir Putin of Russia is pushing to get back on track.
The pandemic has forced many European businesses to improvise. This Belgian gin distillery now has a popular line in hand sanitizer.
Sally Challen’s landmark case has put a spotlight on the fight against domestic abuse in Britain.
Far from Covid-19 hot spots, my neighbors and I endured France’s rigid lockdown rules. We weren’t all sure it was worth it.
Mountains, museums, bridges and Central Park were just some of what he used to make astonishing and popular art with his wife and collaborator, Jeanne-Claude.
A study finds some truth and some falsehoods in a prominent businessman’s portrayal of his father as a Nazi resister.
A senior editor of the magazine, Britain’s oldest, did not disclose in an article that her husband, Dominic Cummings, had taken a 260-mile trip that breached the nation’s stay-at-home order.
With high-end restaurants closed, the price of prawns has tumbled, allowing fishmongers to pick up the shellfish at a discount and offer them to a much broader clientele.
Czech theater companies couldn’t perform onstage during the early phases of the pandemic. So they took over a parking lot.
The owner of an apartment in an 18th-century townhouse thought she was undertaking “an easy conversion.” Then she entered a maze of rules and interpretations.
A novelist finds much to narrate about the fanciful Villa Kérylos on the French Riviera.
The children are living in squalid detention camps lacking schools, health care and clean water, and where disease and jihadist ideology are rampant.
The Army will welcome rabbis into its chaplaincy this year to provide spiritual support to Jewish soldiers as anti-Semitism surges in the country.
The Swiss city is best known for bankers, watchmakers and U.N. officials. But the virus has forced thousands from Geneva’s underclass to line up for hours for food aid.
Patrick Kingsley, an international correspondent, and Laetitia Vancon, a photojournalist, are driving 3,700 miles to explore the reopening of the European continent after coronavirus lockdowns.
You’ll also need alcohol, sugar and, most of all, patience.
Want to know whether the world can avert catastrophe? Watch the recovery plans coming out now in Europe, China and the United States.
The main opposition leader, Aleksei A. Navalny, has seen his YouTube audience triple during the coronavirus crisis. But street protest, his most potent weapon, is off the table.
The nine-woman collective Daughters of Reykjavik was mocked online and in Iceland’s news media. So they’re taking their message elsewhere.
One designer set fire to his collection to draw attention to how the coronavirus has devastated cash flow and is likely to continue into 2021 — if they make it that far.
Club soccer’s biggest event will be held at a new venue amid ongoing concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
As the country cautiously emerges from lockdown, anxieties have centered on public gatherings of teenagers and young adults — unfairly, some experts say.
Octave Durham, quien fue a prisión por robar dos pinturas del artista, explica las dificultades encontradas en esta línea de trabajo.
Pauly Saal, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Berlin, was one of the first restaurants in Europe to restart operations last week. How did its chefs, waiters — and diners — cope on its opening night?
Bird-watching has surged in popularity during the pandemic. It’s easy to start, and you can do it anywhere — even from inside, and even in urban spaces.
Grupos de españoles han salido a las calles a reclamar libertad. Vox, el partido de extrema derecha, ha apostado por amplificar esas protestas. Pero el país no necesita proselitismos durante una crisis sanitaria.
Grupos de españoles han salido a las calles a reclamar libertad. Vox, el partido de extrema derecha, ha apostado por amplificar esas protestas. Pero el país no necesita proselitismos durante una crisis sanitaria.
Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s government was dismissed in March following disagreements with its main partner over the coronavirus pandemic and removal of tariffs on Serbian goods.
The show, about a couple who cheated on a game show, is coming to AMC. It wasn’t just a hit in Britain; it changed attitudes toward one of that country’s strangest crimes.
The site in northern Italy was excavated in 1922, but then reburied and mostly forgotten about. But not by archaeologists, who made “an important find” of mosaics from the third or fourth century A.D.
A way has been found to enrich the unfortified flour that Tanzanians eat as a staple. But the pandemic is getting in the way.
Berlin plans to invoke a new European sanctions mechanism to target a hacker who orchestrated a cyberattack on the German Parliament — and the head of Russian intelligence himself.
At a time when populists are overturning social norms, Prime Minister Mark Rutte did not visit his mother in the weeks before her death. It was against his country’s policies.
Get up close to the finest mosaics in Western Europe, 19th-century busts (an earlier form of self-promotion), the archaeology of Turkey, the Met’s conservation projects and stately European homes.
A new law, the first of its kind in Europe, is a blow against transgender rights and the latest skirmish in a continuing culture war.
The most-watched league in the world will return, pending a signoff from health authorities, but will play in stadiums without fans and with stringent health protocols. Italy’s top league also announced its return.
A coy cat-and-mouse game speaks to an unusually personal and emotional relationship between the individual and the state.
In fits and starts, Europe is gradually reopening after months of lockdown. We’re driving more than 3,700 miles to document life on a continent where surreal moments now seem normal, and normality surreal.
Ballet and contemporary performers across Europe are returning to work in a different world, with masks, liability waivers and no touching.
In the campaign, selective quoting of statistics will paint sharply different — but equally valid — pictures of economic health during the pandemic.
In an artistic world that constantly deconstructs itself, the creators of “The Plague” and “Dekalog” turned toward digital tools, with self-filmed actors and direction from the audience.
He mastered both a broad range of opera roles and the art of the French song.
Adopting the proposal would make history for the bloc, vesting authority in Brussels in ways that more closely resembled a central government.
In Washington State and Italy, the first confirmed cases were not linked to the outbreaks that followed, the analysis found. The epidemics were seeded later.
Adopting the proposal would make history for the bloc, vesting authority in Brussels in ways that more closely resembled a central government.
The aide, Dominic Cummings, has the ideas and organizational skills that the British prime minister himself knows he lacks and badly needs.
Octave Durham, who went to prison for stealing two paintings by the artist, explains the difficulties encountered in this line of work.
France and Belgium said the suspects were part of a wider network that transported the 39 Vietnamese migrants whose bodies were found in Britain last year.
Called “the beast of Kavos,” Dimitris Aspiotis was twice convicted of raping several women, imprisoned and freed because of overcrowding. This month, another woman accused him of rape.
Called “the beast of Kavos,” Dimitris Aspiotis was twice convicted of raping several women, imprisoned and freed because of overcrowding. This month, another woman accused him of rape.
A data-driven media installation, created to reflect marine conditions around the world, has altered with the slowing human activity.
Despite an amnesty law, Mr. Galante continued to gather evidence and press for the prosecution of police officials. He died of Covid-19.
Many have seized the chance to return to the sands, soak up the sun and take a swim. But social distancing? Maybe, maybe not.
A producer of orecchiette and paccheri is using the potentially clean energy source in a trial.
Sweden’s controversial decision to remain open during the pandemic has buoyed its housing market. But the uncertain economic future could change that.
Sätra Brunn, a historic 62-acre health village in southeast Sweden, is for sale for $7.2 million.
Andy Byford, who quit after clashing repeatedly with New York’s governor, was credited with helping revive the subway.
The famous photographer sought out an empty city. Our photographer found a Paris evacuated by the coronavirus.
Over the last 20 years, some once-grand clubs have been left behind by insurgents with new money and big ideas. In Germany, their fate may be a harbinger of what is to come after the shutdown.
The image of a powerful official flouting the lockdown rules has struck a nerve in a way that the government’s haphazard response to the virus has not.
The image of a powerful official flouting the lockdown rules has struck a nerve in a way that the government’s haphazard response to the virus has not.
A 12-year-old knew what to do (and what not to) when he crossed paths with a large bear on a hike. A video of the encounter has gone viral.
With a partition in front of him, Elian Peltier, a New York Times reporter, experienced a strange new reality when he checked in on his relations at a nursing home outside Paris.
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Thomas Waerner of Norway and his dogs have been stranded in Alaska after finishing the race on March 18.
An old woman leaves a pot of food on a rock outside her daughter’s house. A century later, others roll trays of meals to people with Covid-19.
The top adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson caused a furor after it was learned he had driven 260 miles to his parents’ home.
At the Home Farm nursing home on the Isle of Skye, more than a quarter of its residents died and nearly all were infected with coronavirus. Families are furious.
The German government, which will take a 20 percent stake in the airline, said Lufthansa was facing an ‘existential emergency.’
A botched effort to reward people keeping the coronavirus in check leaves doctors and nurses who demand their due facing scrutiny.
A country known for litigiousness has gingerly restarted court proceedings, and lawyers are bracing for chaos.
From Tammany Hall to ‘Build the Wall,’ the long journey of Irish-American politics.
If President Desi Bouterse can hang on to immunity, past crimes could become just another chapter in his four-decade battle to stay in power.
Despite the appearance of a double standard, the British leader defended Dominic Cummings’s travel, even as the aide was falling ill.
In Germany, 40 new cases were confirmed among the faithful in Frankfurt. France restarted church services this weekend. And protesters in the West Bank demanded that mosques reopen for the Eid holiday.
As the coronavirus drastically reorders society and economies, more Italians are returning to the agricultural jobs of their grandparents.
Han comenzado a reabrir las librerías iberoamericanas. Para hacer frente a momentos tan difíciles, tienen que reforzar el pacto íntimo que mantienen con sus clientes, que en muchos casos son también amigos.
Placing faith in a leader with little control over a virus may seem irrational, but it fills a very human need.
“To maintain the positive impact that it’s had so far, it’s best to stop at its peak,” said Annemarie Plas, who started #ClapForOurCarers.
The past few decades have seen an explosion of international travel. But maybe a summer trapped together within our own borders is just what we need.
The past few decades have seen an explosion of international travel. But maybe a summer trapped together within our own borders is just what we need.
Dominic Cummings, the British prime minister’s top adviser, said he behaved “reasonably and legally” in driving for child care needs while coming down with the coronavirus.
The industry has returned to work, but it’s far from business as usual for small suppliers to luxury brands and retailers.
With governments under intense spending pressure to cope with the coronavirus, European ambitions for a more independent defense are facing the chop.
The president of Sporting Clube de Portugal, Frederico Varandas, is a former military doctor who returned to duty to assist in the nation’s battle against the coronavirus.
Official numbers are still low, but signs are emerging by the day that the toll across the region is growing. And the Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, was reported hospitalized.
The pandemic is turning energy markets upside-down. Some consumers will get paid for using electricity.
Better to love your country with a broken heart than love it blind.
Officials say it will prevent a “devastating resurgence” of the coronavirus. Critics say it should have been imposed three months ago.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government has shifted more than 300 asylum applicants out of detention in fenced “transit zones.”
Although declines in the numbers of new infections and deaths have brought relief in Europe’s major cities, there is uncertainty about how much people can now relax.
A Dutch court ruled a woman violated Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation after refusing to take down photos of her grandchildren from social media.
In a furor over censorship, prominent broadcasters resigned and artists asked for the state-run radio station at the center of the controversy to stop playing their music.
The artist Grayson Perry talks about his latest TV series, “Grayson’s Art Club,” which showcases art made by a British public trapped at home.
The pardon effectively ends the prospect that any of the men who killed Jamal Khashoggi will be executed.
One of Italy’s famed family-owned circuses has been sitting out the coronavirus pandemic in a field outside Rome.
Patrik Svensson mixed natural history with memoir for his debut, which has become a surprise best seller and award winner in his native Sweden.
Design the Sagrada Família in Barcelona or wander through Edo-era Japan. These games are about learning and exploring, not winning.
La moratoria de “la bise”, como se conoce en Francia a la costumbre de saludar de beso, trae tristeza pero, en tiempos del virus, también alivio.
After three months of chaos and deaths caused by the pandemic, the continent, led by Germany and France, is giving convergence another try.
The government could have predicted, and perhaps prevented, many deaths. It did not.
With a succession of quick victories, Turkish-supported forces in Libya have rolled back the gains of a would-be strongman whose allies, Russia and the United Arab Emirates, now face tough choices.
Una comunidad a 80 kilómetros de Londres se puso en cuarentena, como muchos otros lugares. Una flota de repartidores automáticos se encarga de repartir los víveres.
A police watchdog did find evidence, however, that Mr. Johnson and an American businesswoman may have had an “intimate relationship” and that the relationship helped her secure money and networking opportunities.
Though noted primarily for red wine, Italy actually makes more white. These are diverse, delicious, great values and not a pinot grigio among them.
The “Black Mirror” creator, who knows something about dystopias, discusses the cognitive dissonance of this “boring apocalypse” and the continued importance of satire.
A strict weekend curfew quiets the city’s joyous commotion, but offers up new moments of breathtaking beauty, both spiritual and natural. And essential sweets are still delivered.
The Wessex Mill in Oxfordshire, a family business started 125 years ago, is among the British mills striving to meet a surge in demand.
His play “The Deputy,” from 1963, took issue with Pius XII’s stance toward Nazi atrocities and caused a furor. “The theater,” Susan Sontag wrote, “is courtroom.”
Countries around the world are taking different approaches as they give guidelines on reopening — from work to play.
But if the initial signs are hopeful, the national mood remains wary of what lies ahead and angry at the government.