The Nebra sky disk, which has been called the oldest known depiction of astronomical phenomena, is a “very emotional object.”
The coronavirus pandemic has devastated medical tourism, but pent-up demand remains for affordable treatment in foreign lands.
The sanctions are the first targeting the Nord Stream 2 undersea pipeline, which is to carry natural gas directly from Russia to Germany, whose government backs the project.
After recovering from a near-fatal poisoning in Germany, the Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny returned to Moscow on Sunday and was detained at the airport.
An interim report is both a bleak recounting of deadly missteps and an early blueprint for repairs: “We have failed in our collective capacity.”
A wave of testimonies from people who say they were victims of incest has surfaced on Twitter after a scandal in which a prominent French intellectual was accused of abusing his teenage stepson.
A wave of testimonies from people who say they were victims of incest has surfaced on Twitter after a scandal in which a prominent French intellectual was accused of abusing his teenage stepson.
The European Union is eager for “a political climate change” and cooperation, but if the new president is consumed with domestic problems, it won’t put its own agenda on hold.
Black artists and activists in Birmingham, England, say the city’s largest playhouse has sold out by leasing its auditoriums to the criminal justice system.
What is it about a Frans Hals painting housed at a tiny Dutch museum that has made it so popular with thieves, who have stolen it three times since 1988?
Chemical companies, facing costly new regulations and extra tariffs, are looking to the continent.
La variante del coronavirus descubierta en el Reino Unido se transmite más fácilmente entre los niños, igual que entre los adultos. Las medidas actuales deberían proteger a las escuelas, dijeron los expertos, pero solo si se aplican estrictamente.
Mr. Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, was arrested at a Moscow airport after five months in Germany, recovering from a near-fatal poisoning.
Chemical companies, facing costly new regulations and extra tariffs, are looking to the continent.
The Irish police are investigating accusations that George Gibney, a former swim coach for Ireland now living in the United States, sexually abused two swimmers who came forward after hearing the podcast about him.
Police officers in riot gear used water cannons to disperse demonstrators in the center of Amsterdam opposed to government measures to contain the coronavirus.
He survived radiation as commander of the operation that extinguished the Chernobyl nuclear plant fire. He died of the coronavirus.
Emergency workers saved half the 12-member crew after the vessel sank off the Black Sea coast, state media said, but bad weather hindered further rescue efforts.
Aleksei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, landed in Russia Sunday night five months after he was poisoned with a nerve agent.
Over nearly a decade, Jonathan Petropoulos met dozens of times with a man who helped the Nazis loot Jewish art collections, a complicated relationship he explores in “Göring’s Man in Paris.”
Alongside the variant discovered in Britain, at least three other troubling variants are spreading less widely: one identified in South Africa and two in Brazil.
After some visitors went sledding on graves at the former Nazi concentration camp, the foundation running the memorial stepped up security this week.
Armin Laschet, a close ally of Germany’s chancellor, hopes to succeed her when she steps down after fall elections. But that is far from certain.
Back in March, researchers decided to routinely record the genetic sequences of the virus they found, giving them a powerful tool for tracking mutations.
Hundreds of thousands of insured businesses will be paid for lost earnings after the coronavirus lockdowns forced them to close, ending a long-running battle with insurance companies.
The role of everyday wines is often overlooked, but these Italian reds are excellent reminders of how important they can be.
Laila Anita Bertheussen was accused of vandalizing her own house and car and of sending threatening letters in an effort to blame a theater company for breaching her privacy.
The singer Jess Kavanagh is working to raise awareness about the experiences of mixed-race Irish people, particularly those born in the country’s infamous mother and baby homes.
Washington withdrew from the treaty, which lets countries make reconnaissance flights over each other’s territory, last year. Moscow’s move could signal difficulties for the Biden administration.
It was a big news week. Here are three takeaways to offer some clarity amid the chaos.
After nearly a year of jockeying, no clear front-runner has emerged to lead Germany’s Christian Democratic Union. Three men are vying for delegates’ votes this weekend.
A parliamentary report concluded that tax authorities unfairly targeted poor families over child care benefits. Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his entire cabinet stepped down.
A parliamentary report concluded that tax authorities unfairly targeted poor families over child care benefits. Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his entire cabinet stepped down.
The number of hospitalized Covid-19 patients in England has risen sharply in the last three weeks and now dwarfs the spring peak by 70 percent.
We needed to marry for our relationship to survive. But “le confinement” was too much.
The storm, named Filomena, dropped more than a foot and a half of snow on the city and its surrounding areas.
She died above the bookstore, founded in 1840, where she had worked since the waning months of World War II. She locked it up for the last time in December.
The coronavirus variant discovered in Britain is more easily spread among children, as it is among adults. Current safeguards should protect schools, experts said, but only if strictly enforced.
Not sure what to do with yet another night at home? Explore the culture of another place, and maybe even pretend you're there.
A family’s dispossession to make way for a nature park is the subject of this Romanian documentary.
A Norwegian group filed a complaint with regulators, saying Amazon had deliberately made it difficult to end memberships to its Prime service. Groups in Europe and the U.S. back the effort.
One of the resident birds at the Tower of London is feared to have died. Legend says at least six must be kept there, or the nation will fall.
Mr. Fischbacher’s partner, Roy Horn, died last May of complications of Covid-19. “There could be no Siegfried without Roy, and no Roy without Siegfried,” Mr. Fischbacher said at the time.
Local authorities have refused to reopen an E.U.-funded housing facility for the migrants, bringing criticism that Bosnia has failed to provide basic humanitarian assistance required by international law.
The wobbly coalition between unpopular populists and the center-left establishment risked implosion amid power struggles and ideological disputes over E.U. funds.
A leading television network fired Alain Finkielkraut, a prominent intellectual, after he spoke about the case of Olivier Duhamel, who was recently accused of abusing his stepson.
The riot at the U.S. Capitol and bogus claims of election fraud have led former allies of President Trump to distance themselves.
Photos of the packages, which critics called meager and overpriced, circulated widely on social media, prompting the government to reinstate vouchers for parents to buy food, themselves.
The riot at the U.S. Capitol and bogus claims of election fraud have led former allies of President Trump to distance themselves.
Prosecutors in the southern region of Calabria opened a trial of 325 defendants linked to the ‘Ndrangheta crime syndicate accused of murder, corruption, drug trafficking and other crimes.
The pandemic dealt a blow to Estonia’s housing market, but recent data suggests there are still smart investments to be made there.
Los arqueólogos han recuperado y ahora exhiben las reliquias del refugio favorito del tirano más infame de la antigua Roma.
Daunting new paperwork could cause border delays that would ruin entire shipments — and their businesses.
The resignation of Juri Ratas in a scandal involving pandemic relief loans is an unusual hiccup in a buttoned-down country.
Governments around the world have tried to support the arts during the pandemic, some more generously than others.
Carmakers can’t buy the semiconductors they need because home electronics are taking all the supply.
The opposition leader has been recovering in Germany from a poisoning attack widely attributed to the Russian state.
El vicepresidente del diminuto país ha sido muchas cosas. Ahora quiere ser conocido como el hombre que repartirá equitativamente la nueva riqueza petrolera del país.
As a more contagious variant of the coronavirus tears through the country, and as people resist new restrictions, hospitals are struggling to cope with a surge in patients.
Diary Sow, a 20-year-old enrolled in an elite French school, had won top academic prizes in Senegal, where many take pride in her success and now worry about her disappearance.
Diary Sow, a 20-year-old enrolled in an elite French school, had won top academic prizes in Senegal, where many take pride in her success and now worry about her disappearance.
The Five Star Movement’s long history of sowing doubt about vaccines may have made Italy’s mass inoculation program that much harder. The irony is not lost on Italians.
Dutch officials seized packed lunches from truck drivers entering the European Union from Britain under import rules that came into effect at the start of this year.
A government commission found high death rates, unethical vaccine trials and traumatic living conditions at 18 homes that housed unwed mothers up until the 1990s.
The novel, which follows four young people in Ireland, is part of a two-book deal for the best-selling author of “Normal People” and “Conversations With Friends.”
Pauline Harmange se está adaptando al éxito y la reacción de su primer libro, uno de los pocos títulos de Francia que sugieren un enfoque más franco del sexismo y la violencia de género.
Relics from the favorite hideaway of ancient Rome’s most infamous tyrant have been recovered and put on display by archaeologists.
Businesses like Henkel, a big German chemical company, are trying wearable sensors to prevent virus outbreaks among workers.
Justine Cowan discovered that her mother, an exacting Bay Area grande dame, had grown up in a bleak institution for “foundlings.”
Last week’s events showcased not only a crisis of U.S. democracy, but also a crisis of U.S. power.
A new tea blend from Harney & Sons raises money for Shakespeare’s Globe in London.
Madrid was blanketed with the heaviest snowfall in five decades after Storm Filomena covered the city and surrounding areas in Spain with more than a foot and a half of snow.
A human rights group says the government’s inaction has left a health care void in a country where the procedure was legalized in 2019, but remains largely unavailable.
At least three people have died after Storm Filomena wreaked havoc across Spain and blanketed the capital in more than a foot and a half of snow, paralyzing it for days.
Swiss prosecutors have accused the billionaire Beny Steinmetz of securing lucrative mining deals in the West African country of Guinea with bribes. Mr. Steinmetz has denied the charges.
Recent court rulings require officers to keep watch over artists’ rap lyrics, which prosecutors say celebrate gangs and violent crimes.
Pope Francis has amended the Catholic Church laws so that women may be Bible readers at Mass, serve at the altar and distribute communion — practices already common in many countries.
Siguiendo una pista sudafricana se han identificado mutaciones del virus en todo el planeta en un momento en que los casos aumentan rápidamente.
Siguiendo una pista sudafricana se han identificado mutaciones del virus en todo el planeta en un momento en que los casos aumentan rápidamente.
With the coronavirus at a peak in the United States, we look at the latest in the fight against the disease.
Los programas de muchos países se han visto obstaculizados por la lentitud de las burocracias, la falta de enfermeros y la escasez del equipo indispensable.
A new, younger generation of fishers is taking over the banks of the Seine, transforming a centuries-old tradition into an underground culture.
Une nouvelle génération de pêcheurs s’empare des berges de la Seine et une tradition centenaire se mue en véritable culture underground.
Lying as a political tool is hardly new. But a readiness, even enthusiasm, to be deceived has become a driving force in politics around the world, most recently in the United States.
Supporters of the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange have enlisted a lobbyist with connections to the president and filed a clemency petition with the White House.
In a country where presidents’ tenures often end with violent upheavals, Sadyr Japarov emerged victorious in a snap election set off by an uprising last fall.
In a country where presidents’ tenures often end with violent upheavals, Sadyr Japarov emerged victorious in a snap election set off by an uprising last fall.
La escena de una turba que intentaba interrumpir la transición pacífica del poder en Washington también representaba una amenaza para todas las democracias.
Tatiana Akhmedova intenta recuperar parte de una sentencia de 615 millones de dólares adeudada por su exmarido. Ella alega que el hijo de la pareja ha estado protegiendo los bienes de su padre.
Saying he will be vaccinated himself next week, Francis described the refusal to get the vaccine as suicidal.
Queen Elizabeth, 94, and Prince Philip, 99, were vaccinated at Windsor Castle, but it remains unclear which vaccine they received.
“Britain has shrugged off the yoke of the E.U.,” one reader exults. “Britain truly cut off its nose to spite its face,” another writes.
A decade after 69 people were killed by a right-wing gunman at a youth camp, the construction of a memorial is at the center of a lawsuit.
Parliament has approved an emergency law allowing the government to place limits on public places, fine individuals and order businesses to close down.
Blocked from obtaining vaccines from the United States, its putative ally, and taunted in Russian propaganda, Ukraine turned to China.
A South African tip led to the discovery of mutations around the world. With infections skyrocketing, “it’s a race against time.”
El fuerte declive en la afluencia de visitantes desde el inicio de la pandemia presionó a esta pequeña comunidad, ubicada en las colinas de Chianti, a aferrarse a lo esencial: la farmacia, la tienda de alimentos y la agricultura.
El asalto al Congreso de Estados Unidos revela los males del sectarismo y fanatismo, que acechan a todos los países, de Venezuela a España. Se señala a la polarización como la causa, pero el problema es otro.
As Britain adjusts to life outside of the European Union, businesses are contending with delays, service cancellations and piles of paperwork.
A New York Times reporter juggled fears engendered by the politicized rollout of the Sputnik V vaccine with the urge to gain protection from the deadly virus.
It might be time to crack down, rather than reach out.
For those who survived the Nazi death camp, pictures of a man wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt were painful.
Readers from Canada, Europe and Australia react to the storming of the Capitol. “The anti-democratic actions of President Trump over the last four weeks have made the whole world hold its breath,” one writes.
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, announced on Friday that it has secured additional doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, enough vaccines to inoculate 80 percent of the bloc’s population.
The Dutch city, in an effort to crack down on growing numbers of low-budget “drug tourists” and organized crime, plans to forbid the sale of marijuana to foreigners in its famed coffee shops.
With playhouses closed for the next few months, actors and backstage crews are looking for new ways to make ends meet.
Suriname’s vice president, Ronnie Brunswijk, has been many things. Now, he wants to be known as the man who will spread the country’s newfound oil wealth equitably.
Many young Italians who left for opportunities abroad are now working remotely from Italy. The government has welcomed them, but experts say the economic benefits will be fleeting.
In Moscow in 1993, Eastern Ukraine in 2014, and now the U.S. Capitol, there have been a similar dress code and display of banners backing seemingly lost causes.
In Moscow in 1993, Eastern Ukraine in 2014, and now the U.S. Capitol, there have been a similar dress code and display of banners backing seemingly lost causes.
If ancient hunters ate the juicy fat parts of their prey and gave wolves the lean meat, it could have been the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
The mob in Washington attempting to disrupt the peaceful transition of American power also posed a threat to all democracies.
The two-pound coin from the Royal Mint features imagery from Wells’s books. But fans observed that the writer’s Martian tripods have three legs instead of four.
As America’s European allies digested events that rocked Washington, many expressed faith in the strength of U.S. democracy to prevail.
The New York City Administration for Children’s Services will no longer work with Theo Sandfort, a professor who headed a separate study on L.G.B.T.Q. youth in foster care.
Gabriel Byrne, known for his contemplative performances in “The Usual Suspects” and “In Treatment,” contends with his unlikely path to acting in his memoir, “Walking With Ghosts.”
Global leaders watched live as a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, and many saw it as a warning to global democracies, placing the blame squarely on President Trump.
The public health threat of the new coronavirus variant has stilled the British prime minister’s critics and offered a chance to redeem past failures.
Richard Sharp will step into a role that requires a politician’s touch as the broadcaster faces threats to its funding from the governing Conservative Party.
The public health threat of the new coronavirus variant has stilled the British prime minister’s critics and offered a chance to redeem past failures.
The public health threat of the new coronavirus variant has stilled the British prime minister’s critics and offered a chance to redeem past failures.
June Sarpong has been a familiar face on British screens for two decades. Now, she’s in charge of bringing greater diversity to the country’s public broadcaster.
Mr. Roux and his brother, Michel, opened Le Gavroche in the late 1960s, raising the level of fine dining in the city and offering a training ground for some of the restaurant industry’s future stars.
Pushed by German Chancellor Merkel of Germany near the end of her tenure, the trade deal may complicate agreement on an effective trans-Atlantic policy toward China.
As nervous sellers pull their homes off the market in Paris, sales are slowing. But eager buyers are keeping prices afloat.
This renovated industrial loft in the Charonne Quarter of Paris, with a soaring glass roof by Gustave Eiffel, is on the market for $2.4 million.
À travers le monde, ceux qui espéraient que 2021 permettrait de tourner la page sur une année d’horreur prennent conscience que le plus dur est peut-être encore à venir.
The decision came two days after the judge blocked the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder to the United States, citing risks of suicide.
The history of the Royal Academy of Dance, outlined at an exhibition in London, is synonymous with the history of ballet in Britain.
Around the globe, people who held on in hopes that 2021 would banish a year of horror are struggling with the reality that the hardest challenges may lie ahead.
Alrededor del planeta, la gente que tenía la esperanza de que el 2021 desterrara el horror del año pasado enfrentan la realidad de que tal vez los desafíos más arduos están por venir.
Pedaling across the Seine on a sunny day is a peak experience. How did the City of Light become a city of cycles?
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany announced on Tuesday that the country would extend the nationwide lockdown until the end of January amid the surge of coronavirus cases and the fear that the more contagious variant of the virus could spread.
Olivier Duhamel, TV commentator and luminary of Sciences Po University, quits in a scandal involving the French literary and political elite.
Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has shot down a supposed plan for the president to pass the Biden inauguration at his Turnberry links.
Programs in many countries have been hampered by slow-moving bureaucracies, a lack of nurses and shortages of vital equipment.
Tatiana Akhmedova is trying to recoup part of a $615 million judgment owed by her ex-husband by suing her elder child, who she says has been shielding his father’s assets.
Exhibitors and collectors are looking cautiously forward in the coming year, knowing that their schedules will be at the mercy of the coronavirus.
¿Deben retrasarse las segundas dosis? ¿Los adultos deberían recibir medias dosis? Los científicos reflexionan sobre diversos métodos para lograr que más personas reciban las vacunas.
The influenza outbreak killed more than 20,000 New Yorkers and 675,000 Americans. It might have dominated the news, if not for World War I.
Brian Kelly, The Points Guy, has created an empire dedicated to maximizing credit-card rewards and airline miles. What are they worth in a global pandemic — and why are they worth anything at all?
For a time in the early ’60s, with songs like“Ferry Cross the Mersey,” “Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” the Pacemakers rivaled the Beatles.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson closed schools and declared a national lockdown in England, following on the heels of Scotland.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressing Britons on Monday.
Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, announced on Monday that the country will go back into lockdown until the end of January due to the increase of coronavirus cases from a newly discovered variant.
Scotland has declared a national lockdown and, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses the nation Monday night, England may soon follow.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson closes schools and declares a national lockdown in England, following on the heels of Scotland.
Many now take the president’s disregard for democratic and ethical norms for granted, but also fear its effect on America’s standing in the world.