A judge dropped the case against Ms. Ferragni, who had been embroiled in a scandal over sales of a limited edition Christmas cake marketed as supporting cancer treatment.
The leader of Britain’s Conservatives, Kemi Badenoch, said she had ousted Robert Jenrick for “plotting in secret” to defect from and damage the party.
Los intentos de la líder de la oposición venezolana de compartir su premio con el presidente de EE. UU. han hecho tambalear la fe de algunos noruegos en su emblemática herramienta de poder blando.
Bowing to pressure, the company said it would restrict X users from generating explicit images of real people in jurisdictions where such content is illegal.
A high-powered meeting in Washington on Wednesday ended in an impasse, leaving Greenlanders fearful of what comes next.
The Kremlin has tried for years to freeze Ukraine into submission. This winter, its attacks have been the most devastating ever.
The Venezuelan opposition leader’s attempts to share her award with the U.S. president have shaken some Norwegians’ faith in their signature soft-power tool.
I used to think Americans were different from Germans.
His naïve style landed him outside the firmament, but his painterly innocence was more seductive — and intentional — than many critics appreciated.
This detour-heavy film moves across time periods to follow girlhood mischief, desire and abuse on a German farm.
On Wednesday, Denmark and Greenland’s foreign ministers met with the Trump administration. President Trump urged the United States needs Greenland for national security purposes but both foreign officials argued Greenland is not up for sale.
In 1970, he founded London’s Young Vic, an adventurous “people’s theater” — the Who took the stage at one point — before shaking up the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
An independent report said Wednesday that the West Midlands Police overstated the threat posed by Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters before a match last year in Birmingham.
Workers will be able to use a variety of digital IDs to prove their right to work in Britain, the government said Wednesday, diluting a plan it announced last year.
The British government provided guaranteed electricity prices to a group of wind farm developers in what it says is an effort to bring down power costs for consumers.
The fate of the world’s largest island has outsize importance for billions of people on the planet, because as the climate warms, Greenland is losing ice. That has consequences.
Before a meeting on Wednesday with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Greenland’s prime minister said that his nation intended to remain part of Denmark.
The treaty that created NATO did not contemplate an attack by one ally on another. A seizure of Greenland by President Trump would test the endurance of the mutual-defense pact.
Mascha Schilinski’s movie “Sound of Falling,” which takes place over a century in a rural farmhouse, shows how trauma is transmitted through generations.
Top officials from the United States, Denmark and Greenland will meet at the White House for the first time since President Trump said he wanted to own Greenland.
Durante décadas, un archipiélago ártico llamado Svalbard ha sido un inusual refugio de cooperación internacional. Esos días se terminaron.
La fiscalía española investiga las denuncias de las mujeres, que trabajaron para el cantante en República Dominicana y las Bahamas.
The Canadian authorities have identified 10 people in connection with the theft of about $14.4 million in gold bars from Toronto Pearson International Airport in 2023.
Prosecutors said two former employees of Mr. Iglesias, a renowned Spanish singer, had accused him of abuse. His representatives did not respond to requests for comment.
Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, began her appeal trial aimed at overturning a ruling by a criminal court in 2025 that convicted her of embezzlement and barred her from running for public office for five years.
The city’s homicide rate is lower than that of New York, Paris or Toronto, contradicting a narrative promoted by President Trump and others on the populist right.
Ms. Le Pen, whose far-right party leads polls in France, was convicted last year of embezzlement. The outcome of her appeal, which started on Tuesday, will determine if she can run for president next year.
Denmark does not want to sell its territory. But for a real estate mogul turned president, the world’s largest island may be irresistible.
The defense comes after Jerome Powell pushed back on what he described as pressure by the Trump administration to cut interest rates in the United States.
Allowing the remnants of Maduro’s regime to retain authority, even temporarily, is a potentially catastrophic mistake.
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Man v Fat, una liga de fútbol fundada en el Reino Unido hace una década, se está expandiendo a los Estados Unidos, y ha traído a sus jugadores beneficios contra el exceso de peso y la soledad masculina.
The case was brought to the World Court by a country not directly affected by the alleged genocide of the Rohingya, a precedent for similar claims against other countries, including Israel.
El regulador británico Ofcom investiga al chatbot de Musk tras la difusión de imágenes ilegales.
La historia se convirtió en motivo de orgullo para Taft y sus padres por la forma en que ilustraba la absurda pseudociencia subyacente a la ideología racial nazi.
The unexpected discovery of a well-preserved and fortified villa in Margam Park in South Wales sheds new light on the Roman occupation there, an expert said.
Jacques Moretti has been placed in pretrial detention for at least three months. He and his wife, Jessica Moretti, are under investigation over possible negligence.
A British regulator said it had started a formal investigation into Mr. Musk’s chatbot over the spread of illegal images.
The European Commission allowed carmakers to volunteer limits on their imports from China instead of paying tariffs, an arrangement that could help Volkswagen.
A fragile democracy, the Weimar Republic, briefly took hold in Germany before the Nazis seized power. Now, Weimar’s collapse is seen as a warning.
America’s days of unipolar supremacy are past.
Reza Pahlavi, once the crown prince of Iran, says protesters there have been emboldened by President Trump suggesting that he could take military action.
His 1968 book, “Chariots of the Gods,” sold hundreds of thousands of copies, but one critic called it a “warped parody of reasoning.”
Man v Fat, a soccer league founded in Britain a decade ago, is expanding in the United States, bringing with it a self-deprecating approach to shedding pounds.
Pavel Talankin was a school events coordinator and videographer. When Russia overhauled the curriculum to make students into patriotic soldiers, he kept his camera rolling. The footage became an Oscar-nominated film.
Over the last decade, streetwear grew saturated and stagnant. Clint Ogbenna saw an opportunity.
Required lessons are heavy on militarism and pro-Russian, anti-Ukrainian propaganda. Some people make an arduous escape, partly to avoid the indoctrination.
For decades, an Arctic archipelago called Svalbard has served as a rare refuge of international cooperation. Those days are over.
The pontiff has increasingly asserted himself in the face of Trump’s aggressive words and deeds.
The recall affects passports issued between Dec. 23 and Jan. 6, Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said.
It started in a laboratory. No one could have predicted where it would end.
In a serious challenge to Iran’s authoritarian government, angry protests have spread from the markets and universities of major cities to the impoverished towns in the hinterland.
For the Russian leader, courting President Trump to secure a favorable resolution in Ukraine, and possibly more, is far more important.
European officials were stunned that President Trump restated his desire for Greenland after a yearlong effort to dissuade him, according to diplomats and others.
President Trump’s retaliation against top officials at the International Criminal Court has shut them out of American services and made even routine daily tasks a challenge.
The German automaker’s sales in the United States plunged last year, hit by tariffs and the end of tax credits for electric vehicles.
He was an official in the revolutionary government, then, after the country won independence from France, was imprisoned and eventually wrote from exile.
Prosecutors in Switzerland ordered Jacques Moretti to be detained after investigators questioned him and his wife, Jessica Moretti. Officials are looking into whether negligence played a role in last week’s deadly fire at their bar, Le Constellation.
Without her parents’ knowledge, her portrait was entered as a prank in a contest in 1935 to represent the ideal Aryan infant — and she won.
La muerte tocó a las puertas de varias familias que, relacionadas o no con el régimen del depuesto presidente Maduro, se convirtieron en daño colateral de una operación militar.
A nuclear-capable missile fired into Ukraine near Poland sent a message to Europe days after its leaders agreed to postwar security guarantees, Russian analysts said.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday that it had struck western Ukraine with a nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic missile, an ominous warning by President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia as U.S.-led negotiations to end the war have gained steam.
The request came after hours of questioning of the bar’s co-owners. Some 40 people died in the fire that broke out during a New Year’s celebration.
The pontiff used an annual address to ambassadors to the Vatican to condemn countries that prioritized violence over diplomacy to achieve their goals.
The agreement with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay represents a push for deeper global cooperation, in contrast to the United States turning to coercion in its dealings with other countries.
The attack was just the second time that Moscow had launched the nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic weapon.
Any attempt to seize Greenland from Denmark would fatally undermine the world’s most successful military alliance.
Nicolai Tangen wanted to raise the profile of Norway’s $2.1 trillion oil fund and change corporate behavior, but he may have helped embroil it in a geopolitical tangle.
If confirmed, the use of the missile would be an ominous threat to Ukraine and its Western allies.
For all Venezuelans, the nighttime raid opened a period of deep uncertainty. For the families of those killed, it meant the grim task of burying their relatives.
Ronald S. Lauder, a billionaire friend of Mr. Trump, is among the investors. The move comes as the Trump administration looks for investment opportunities in Ukraine.
Laurent Vinatier, a French citizen and researcher detained, was freed in exchange for the release of Daniil Kasatkin, a Russian basketball player.
After Claudio Neves Valente was accused of killing two Brown students and a M.I.T. professor, former classmates recalled how he yearned to go to M.I.T. himself and failed, adding to his growing list of resentments.
Tressie McMillan Cottom, Jessica Grose and Meher Ahmad on why plastic surgery and fillers no longer feel like a secret — or a stigma.
The Ukrainian authorities urged residents in the Dnipro region to stock up on water as crews raced to restore service.
De tacones, con vestidos transparentes y entallados y pestañas postizas, la exprometida de Donald Trump Jr. llegó para cambiar la diplomacia en Grecia.
The Marinera, which was seized by the U.S., isn’t the only ship from the “shadow fleet” of oil tankers to switch lately to a Russian identity, seeking protection.
Six of his movies received Academy Awards, including the Italian drama “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” and the trade-union strike documentary “American Dream.”
Al necesitar el apoyo de Estados Unidos para defenderse de Rusia en Ucrania, los líderes europeos han sido cautos a la hora de criticar al presidente Trump sobre Groenlandia, Irán, Venezuela y otros temas.
Abel Ferrara, an icon of down-and-dirty New York cinema who has a key role in ‘Marty Supreme,’ tells the story of his wild career in a frank memoir.
Some ask whether the shake-up risks disrupting the agencies’ operations and is political in nature.
Analysts say the Cold War agreement allows the president to increase the American military presence almost at will.
Needing U.S. support to fend off Russia in Ukraine, European leaders have been cautious about criticizing President Trump on Greenland, Iran, Venezuela and much else.
Antes llenaba estadios con su música. Ahora explica las complejidades del universo a una nueva generación bombardeada por la desinformación.
Can’t make it to Italy for the Winter Olympics? No worries, these spots in North America offer a taste of the Games (and let you try everything from speedskating to ski jumping, if you dare).
One of Europe’s major travel hubs canceled hundreds of flights this week after days of accumulated ice and snow. More winter weather is expected across Northern Europe through Wednesday.
His first feature-length movie, in 1971, was called his country’s “Stonewall moment,” for jump-starting a gay-rights movement. He became a leading voice of it.
European leaders and Greenland residents respond to President Trump’s renewed threats to seize Greenland.
Ice and cold disrupted airports and caused car accidents on Tuesday. More snow is expected in Amsterdam and Brussels on Wednesday.
Entre las películas del maestro húngaro están ‘Sátántangó’ y ‘Las armonías de Werckmeister’.
Forecasters warned that Storm Goretti could bring significant travel disruptions.
Hundreds of skiers gathered in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, to honor the 40 people killed and more than 100 injured in a New Years’s Day fire at a bar. The town’s mayor said the bar had not been inspected in several years.
The master Hungarian filmmaker’s movies included “Satantango” and “Werckmeister Harmonies.”
The discussions, also attended by top U.S. negotiators and other allies of Ukraine, are intended to make progress on European commitments to postwar security if a cease-fire is reached.
Semyon Bychkov will be the musical director for a period when the opera’s performance spaces are under renovation. It’s a chance to add symphonic seasons like at La Scala.
In “Advance Britannia,” Alan Allport shows the fighting from the perspective of England and its colonies.
Officials in Crans-Montana, the Swiss alpine resort town where a bar fire killed 40 people last week, are facing growing accusations of lax oversight.
With Russia still seen as unlikely to stop fighting, the Ukrainian leader’s tone has shifted from upbeat to cautionary.
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While both countries were allied with Nicolás Maduro, the U.S. attack could give them justification to use force in other spheres, analysts said.
Ukraine’s president appointed Chrystia Freeland, a former deputy prime minister of Canada, to a role in which she would advise on postwar reconstruction, if peace talks are successful.
A far-left group took responsibility, saying it was targeting the energy industry. Officials predicted it would take until Thursday to re-establish power in all areas.
The payments are the latest step to alleviate economic pressures, but given the severity of the crisis, critics say, they are likely to do little.
President Trump has reiterated his interest in annexing Denmark’s semiautonomous territory, saying it is vital for America’s national security.
Ms. Schloss, who was sent to Auschwitz as a teenager, dedicated her life to educating people about her experiences and the dangers of prejudice.
The Danish prime minister told President Trump to back down after he repeated his threat to acquire Greenland in the wake of the U.S. military raid in Venezuela.
The defendants made false claims about Brigitte Macron, the wife of President Emmanuel Macron of France.
En la estación de esquí de Crans-Montana, donde el fuego dejó al menos 40 muertos en Año Nuevo, la comunidad trata de entender una tragedia sin precedentes.
Ukraine’s government supports the removal of a dictator while members of Parliament question the wisdom of endorsing military interventions, even against a Russian ally.
In Crans-Montana, the ski resort where at least 40 people died in a New Year’s Day blaze, residents were struggling to come to terms with one of the worst such disasters in Switzerland’s history.
The Ukrainian leader is reshuffling his cabinet as a corruption scandal reshapes the political landscape at a pivotal point in peace negotiations.
Para los descendientes de quienes perdieron sus bienes, y a menudo sus vidas, en el Holocausto, la restitución puede tener un enorme peso emocional.
On night walks through Highgate Wood, Cindy Blaney shares the whirling wonder of the often-maligned mammals with the humans below.
The former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., and the former wife of Gov. Gavin Newsom, is working hard and pushing deals with American business interests. She’s also up late at parties.
Several Latin American leaders responded with especial anger, while European leaders were more cautious. President Trump’s audacious raid drew support, too.
The fire that killed at least 40 people in a Swiss bar on New Year’s Day was made more likely by apparent flaws in the site’s design and management, experts say.
Swiss authorities say the fire was probably sparked by small fireworks on champagne bottles that ignited foam insulation on the bar’s basement ceiling.
While Kyiv has reported progress in negotiations, and is accelerating talks in the coming days, major questions remain unresolved about which countries will provide what kind of security for how long.
They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins continued to make news.
Videos shared on social media and verified by The New York Times show how the blaze quickly tore through a popular bar during a New Year’s celebration in the Alps, killing at least 40 people and injuring more than a hundred others.
Fireworks attached to bottles of Champagne sent up showers of sparks that appear to have ignited insulation in a bar. The blaze killed 40 people.
Nestor Fischer, 17, forced open a blocked door at Le Constellation, the Swiss bar that caught fire on New Year’s Day
The Swiss authorities said that a deadly fire at a popular bar in the ski resort town of Crans-Montana was probably caused by sparklers attached to champagne bottles that were held too close to the ceiling.
El siniestro, que el presidente suizo calificó de una de las peores catástrofes de la historia de Suiza, dejó a la localidad turística de Crans-Montana en estado de shock.
Cuando sucede una combustión súbita generalizada, la habitación se ve envuelta en llamas rápidamente.
El pasivo del FC Barcelona ha alcanzado los 2500 millones de euros, resultado de una mala gestión financiera y una ambición desmedida.
Noa Bersier went to Le Constellation with friends on a whim. An hour later, he was caught in one of Switzerland’s worst tragedies.
Identifying the victims of a New Year’s fire in Crans-Montana that killed more than 40 people could take days or weeks because of the severity of the burns.
Kyrylo Budanov, who has served as Ukraine’s military intelligence chief, is seen as a potential rival to Mr. Zelensky if elections are held.
More affordable prices and the lack of an entrance fee made the bar an attractive alternative to more upmarket establishments.
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A flashover is an event where an entire room is rapidly engulfed in flames.
Mr. Galeppini, 17, was a promising young golfer from Genoa who lived in Dubai with his family, the Italian media reported.
The Zaporizhzhia plant, occupied by Russia, would be crucial to powering Ukraine’s postwar recovery.
A loft in a 19th-century warehouse, a four-bedroom house in South London and a house on the former estate of Sir Henry Tate.
More governments are rolling out chatbots in schools. Some experts warn the tools could erode teaching and learning.
People gathered at memorials in the resort town of Crans-Montana, Switzerland, to grieve for the victims of a deadly New Year’s fire at a bar. A survivor described her harrowing escape.
F.C. Barcelona’s liabilities have reached 2.5 billion euros, the result of financial mismanagement and vaulting ambition.
El fuego en un bar de una popular estación de esquí mató a unas 40 personas e hirió a más de 100, dijeron las autoridades. La causa aún se desconoce.
It was a haven for the young, where they could find hot chocolate when they wanted quiet and affordable drinks when they did not. Then it turned into a place of death.
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About 40 people celebrating at a ski resort bar were killed, and 115 were injured, many of them young, the authorities said.
The fire at a bar in a popular ski resort killed around 40 people and injured more than 100, officials said. The cause was still unknown.
Dozens of people were killed and more than 100 were injured after a fire broke out at a bar in a Swiss ski resort town during a New Year’s Eve celebration, the police said.
Patients were taken by helicopter and jet to bigger, specialized hospitals in Geneva, Zurich and Lausanne.
Known for its gourmet food, luxury stores, and for hosting major sporting events, the high-end resort was acquired by Vail Resorts in 2024.