The Kremlin is keeping its options open, but analysts said the Russian leader would probably only meet with his Ukrainian counterpart to accept a capitulation.
Putin has demanded that Ukraine give up the entirety of the Donbas region before Russia stops fighting. Here is a look at Russia’s advances into Ukrainian territory since in 2014.
The leaders of Germany, France, Britain and other supporters of Ukraine have come together in exceptional ways to help sway the U.S. president.
Inspired by the TV serial killer, Jacob Power wrote out detailed murder plans and dug graves. Still, prosecutors could not charge him with attempted murder.
President Trump has cast himself as a global peacemaker. His interventions have calmed some conflicts, while in others his role is less clear.
As the text of a trade agreement comes together, European Union negotiators haven’t persuaded the Americans to cut alcohol tariffs to zero.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine had a remarkably different White House visit on Monday than the ambush he walked into six months ago. Michael Schwirtz, the global intelligence correspondent for The New York Times, explains how President Zelensky courted President Trump and managed to put the ball back in Vladimir V. Putin’s court.
Mining in Kiruna, Sweden, has jeopardized the ground below a beloved church. Thanks to a feat of engineering, it is on the move.
The church in the Swedish town of Kiruna, built in 1912, began a two-day journey on Tuesday to its new home three miles away.
The remarks were a considerable shift for France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, who called Moscow a potential threat for many European countries.
The Kremlin’s goal is to destabilize Europe, and attacks on infrastructure are a preferred weapon, a new report said.
Ukrainian analysts watching their president’s return to the White House were braced for a “nightmare.” They took cautious encouragement from what they saw instead.
The leaders dropped everything to travel to Washington to ensure President Trump didn’t force a bad deal on Ukraine. A road map for peace remains elusive.
Russia seems unlikely to agree to Western troops in Ukraine as part of any deal to end the war.
Olas de calor, incendios y una ‘carrera contrarreloj’ en el sur de Europa. Además: las rutas de los vikingos y más para empezar la semana.
And while we’re at it, let’s think about the phrase “land swap.”
The exhibition “Beloved Suburbs” drew more than 150,000 visitors to France’s Museum of the History of Immigration. “We really recognize ourselves in the exhibition,” one said.
Tampering with official statistics leads to bad situations.
A judge is set to decide if a hotel in Epping, England, can be barred from being used to accommodate asylum seekers, highlighting what has become a contentious issue in Britain.
As the world’s powers turn away from the continent, Kwame Nkrumah’s vision for Africa may hold the key to realizing its potential today.
The Trump administration says that law enforcement organizations in Britain would back off asking the company for a tool to access customers’ data.
Los urbanistas dicen que temperaturas de hasta 50 grados Celsius podrían paralizar la capital francesa tan pronto como en 2050. Ya están empezando a prepararse.
Jolted by President Trump’s support for possible land swaps in Ukraine, they went to back President Volodymyr Zelensky, a move that appeared to have accomplished its goal.
President Trump has not committed to adding American forces to the mix in Ukraine. No one has detailed publicly what form defenses would take, but there are several options.
He helped redefine male beauty, ushering in the era of the cinematic bad boy.
En toda la península ibérica, miles de personas intentan sofocar las mortíferas llamas en medio de un clima peligrosamente caluroso.
El magnético actor protagonizó ‘El coleccionista’, y tuvo papeles memorables los dos primeros filmes de Superman y ‘Las aventuras de Priscilla, reina del desierto’.
Searing temperatures were complicating attempts to suppress devastating wildfires across the Iberian Peninsula.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was ambushed by President Trump and Vice President JD Vance in March. This time, he is bringing backup.
Across the Iberian Peninsula, thousands are trying to quell deadly flames amid dangerously hot weather.
The leaders of Germany, France, Britain and Italy are among those who flew to Washington, D.C. on short notice to attend meetings with President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.
In Alaska, the Russian leader proposed that Ukraine hand over the remainder of the Donbas region to Moscow to stop the fighting.
The release of Sergei Tikhanovsky and 13 other political prisoners in Belarus was a diplomatic win for the Trump administration.
City planners say the day when temperatures as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit, or 50 Celsius, could stall the French capital is not far off. They are already starting to prepare.
The president wants to unleash American artificial intelligence companies on the world, but Europe can still stand in his way.
Tras la cumbre del viernes, el presidente Putin volvió a insinuar que la guerra tiene que ver con el estatus disminuido de Rusia desde la caída de la Unión Soviética.
The president of Ukraine and his European allies are to visit the White House on Monday, after President Trump backed Russia’s plan to end the war.
Known for his “heartbreak blue eyes,” he starred in “Billy Budd” and “The Collector,” and had a memorable role in “Superman” and “Superman II.”
The traditionally Russian-speaking area is at the heart of what the Russian president calls the “root causes” of the war, and taking it over is near the top of his list of territorial and political demands.
President Trump offered security guarantees to deter future Russian aggression. But the offer was vague, prompting Kyiv to seek clarity.
Evacuees at a shelter in eastern Ukraine reacted angrily to talk that land that has long been theirs could be given to Russia in exchange for peace.
La tradición de la siesta no es casual. España lleva siglos conviviendo con el calor extremo, y sus habitantes tienen formas de sobrellevarlo.
El episodio reveló una profunda veneración por la Macarena, ante la cual tradicionalistas de extrema derecha y aficionados a la cultura “drag-queen”, salieron por igual en su defensa.
Speaking after Friday’s summit, President Putin again implied that the war is all about Russia’s diminished status since the fall of the Soviet Union.
President Trump’s break from a strategy agreed to with European allies could give President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia an edge as talks to end the fighting continue.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine will go to Washington on Monday seeking answers.
The U.S. president’s latest statements are a reversal of much of what he seemed to have agreed to with European allies this past week.
Vying for social influence and top-tier gossip in the Hamptons? The Romans were just like you — but they liked drowning people for fun more, too.
Once it gets here, the future won’t feel extreme; it will feel ordinary. It’s just that our idea of ordinary will shift a bit.
President Trump offered Sean Hannity few details of what he had discussed with President Vladimir V. Putin about Russia’s war in Ukraine, but talked up their personal connection.
With no strategy of their own for ending the war, the continent’s leaders are anxious that President Trump will force Kyiv to accept terms that favor Russia too much.
Turkey has arrested at least 390 people associated with the political opposition since March.
The tradition of the siesta is no accident. Spain has been living with extreme heat for centuries, and its people have ways of coping.
With her husband, Charles Saatchi, she assembled one of the world’s top collections of contemporary art, featuring works by Andy Warhol, Julian Schnabel, Cy Twombly and many others.
The summit in Alaska between President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has unleashed a wave of propaganda and disinformation from Russian state media and online conspiracy theorists.
La cumbre entre Trump y Putin se celebra en una antigua colonia rusa que Estados Unidos compró por 7,2 millones de dólares en 1867. ¿Cómo se fraguó el acuerdo y por qué su legado es importante?
The Ukrainian leader sounded off on social media before the summit in Anchorage from which he was excluded.
A representative of the junta said the man had worked “on behalf of the French intelligence service, which mobilized political leaders, civil society actors and military personnel” to foment a coup.
President Trump referred to the authoritarian ruler of Belarus, who has been isolated by the West for years, “the highly respected President.”
The delegations include top diplomatic, military and economic officials, a sign that the U.S. and Russia will discuss more than the war in Ukraine.
President Trump has long admired President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. Their meeting in Alaska will be at least their seventh face-to-face encounter.
MAGA would fill museums with self-glorifying kitsch, the aesthetic lingua franca of all authoritarians.
A citizens’ group is now in charge of the island of Poveglia, where they will create a park for anyone who wants to leave Venice’s maddening crowds of tourists behind.
Jean-Pascal Lévy-Trumet spent three decades designing experiences for other people. Then, he built his dream home by the sea.
The Trump-Putin summit will take place in a former Russian colony that the United States bought for $7.2 million in 1867. Here’s how the deal came together and why its legacy matters.
Greer Jarret hizo 26 viajes para trazar las rutas que siguieron los navegantes en la era vikinga. A lo largo del trayecto descubrió rutas perdidas y puertos comerciales ocultos.
The talks on Friday in Alaska pull the Russian leader out of diplomatic isolation from the West, and Ukrainian and European leaders fear it gives him an opening to sway the American president.
After three years of talks, and despite growing warnings about the dangers of plastics pollution, nations are at an impasse again over what to do about it.
The Kremlin signaled that apart from Ukraine, it was also interested in discussing other subjects with the U.S., like economic links and nuclear arms. At the same time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with the U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer in a show of unity.
Stuart Cox, a British hiker, is on a mission to raise awareness about the damage that stone stacks, known as cairns, cause on the Mam Tor hiking trail in England’s Peak District.
Pediatricians call for keeping migrant families intact. Also: Nuclear pessimism; a view from Canada; “cleaning up” D.C.; food stamps; books, read and unread.
Unusually dry conditions are revealing the outlines of old walls at British historical sites. Climate change is making the lines, called “parchmarks,” more frequently visible.
Manufacturing in Ireland has long helped many American drug companies pay lower taxes. But that strategy was designed for a world without President Trump’s tariffs.
Over recent months, the Kremlin has been trying to move the diplomatic focus away from Ukraine to bilateral issues, such as trade and strategic stability.
A Scottish man is under investigation for aggravated theft, police officials said, after visiting the ancient Italian site.
Rock piles have proliferated on some trails in recent years, irking conservationists. Stuart Cox has been applying his boot to the issue.
In a show of unity, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine hugged Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain a day before President Trump was to meet President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Alaska.
As he heads to Alaska for talks with President Trump, the Russian leader projects confidence that his edge on the battlefield will secure a peace deal on his terms. It’s the result of a yearslong re-engineering of his country’s military and economy.
The Justice Department said the yacht, Amadea, was worth at least $300 million when it was seized in 2022 from a Russian oligarch. It’s unlikely to sell for that price.
Once a vague proposal for a territorial swap gained clarity, a worried President Volodymyr Zelensky worked to rally allies before Friday’s Trump-Putin summit.
La estrella del fútbol ha estado viviendo en el país con Georgina Rodríguez, madre de sus hijos, poniendo a prueba los límites del cambio social en el conservador reino islámico.
She was a poet, singer, composer and pianist whose melancholic home recordings from the 1950s hit on universal themes of despair, heartbreak, longing and loss.
The visit by Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s top security body, came as the Lebanese government moves to disarm Hezbollah, the militant group that has long been Tehran’s most powerful regional ally.
Labour’s collapse in Britain should scare both parties.
Hay algo que al presidente de Rusia le importa más que el dinero.
Sixty people survived after two boats with nearly 100 migrants capsized. The causes of the shipwrecks were not clear, Italian officials and U.N. agencies said. The death toll is likely to grow.
After British authorities accidentally exposed information about 19,000 Afghans, the government sought a legal order preventing disclosure of the breach.
Las muertes de al menos cuatro personas se sumaron a las de otras dos en días pasados, y decenas de personas han resultado heridas en los incendios en España, Grecia, Turquía, Montenegro y Albania.
Thousands of firefighters are battling blazes as the continent continues to swelter in dangerously high temperatures.
JD Vance, the vice president, sat down with Nigel Farage, a longtime supporter of President Trump whose party, Reform U.K., is leading in British polls.
Firefighters were struggling to tame blazes in several countries in southern Europe, including Albania, Greece, Montenegro and Spain, and in Turkey.
The soccer star has been living in the country with Georgina Rodríguez, the mother of his children, testing the boundaries of social change in the conservative Islamic kingdom.
In 1945, the map of Europe was redrawn in Yalta without input from the affected countries. Ukraine and Europe fear a repeat in Alaska.
A visit to the turbulent coastline of County Donegal reveals a place where the Welsh poet found creative enrichment in the summer of 1935.
Oh Hwangtaek has amassed one of the largest collections of Polish posters outside Poland. He shares his unlikely passion at his own museum in Seoul.
There is something Putin cares about more than money.
Mientras las olas de calor azotan Europa, la necesidad de tener aire acondicionado ha pasado a formar parte de las polémicas políticas entre la derecha y la izquierda en Francia.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz and several allies will host the president for a video call, the latest in a summer-long effort to hold ranks in supporting Ukraine.
Dennis “Tink” Bell was 25 years old when he fell into a crevasse on King George Island. Over the decades, a glacier receded, and a scientific team from Poland found his remains this year.
El país está demostrando un punto importante en un mundo cada vez más aislacionista: una política migratoria generosa no es una amenaza para una economía próspera.
Aimee Betro, 45, was convicted on Tuesday of attempting to shoot a man near Birmingham, England in 2019.
Los bomberos luchaban contra las llamas en Francia, España y Portugal. Los meteorólogos advirtieron que las temperaturas superarían los 43 grados Celsius en algunos lugares.
Baskets of coins disappeared overnight from an Icelandic bank in 1975. Last month, someone finally owned up.
Nearly 1,000 soldiers have been deployed to battle wildfires. Spain’s meteorological agency has issued red-level “extreme risk” alerts for five regions amid rising temperatures.
Russian forces have moved several miles into Ukrainian-held territory in the east, threatening to outflank Ukraine’s positions.
Cole Henderson, 27, was last heard from in early July. Rescue workers found his body on Aug. 8, the Spanish police said.
Firefighters were battling blazes in France, Spain and Portugal. Forecasters warned that temperatures would soar above 104 degrees Fahrenheit in some places.
A restoration of a beloved figure of the Virgin Mary causes an uproar. “The Macarena cannot be made up!”
As heat waves batter Europe, the need (or not) for air-conditioning has become part of the political tug of war in France between the right and the left.
As President Trump talks of land swaps, Ukrainians find it difficult to imagine giving up the Donbas, for military, humanitarian and political reasons.
Russia has repeatedly targeted soldiers assembled at military academies, barracks and parade grounds.
With President Trump on their side, U.S. technology companies now have more leverage in Brazil, where they seek to influence new rules policing their platforms.
Four of the plant’s reactors shut down after swarms of jellyfish clogged its pumping stations. It isn’t the first time the creatures have thwarted nuclear plants.
The tanker, the Eagle S, was detained last December.
Firefighters worked overnight to tackle the blaze on the hill overlooking the Scottish capital. There were no reports of injuries.
Ukraine fears that the Kremlin will try to convince President Trump at U.S.-Russian talks in Alaska that Ukraine, not Russia, is the obstacle to peace.
Desde que el presidente Donald Trump retomó el poder, muchos ucranianos temen que se alcance un acuerdo de paz sin ellos.
Romantic flourishes meet modern daywear for a fresh but timeless look.
Palaces rich with history often fall flat with children, but these offer playgrounds and activities that capture their imaginations and let them run wild.
An archaeologist in Sweden spent three years traveling in vessels built like those from 1,000 years ago. He discovered lost sea routes, hidden trade harbors and new respect for Viking seamanship.
The government’s humane and pragmatic approach to immigration is an example for others to emulate.
Rescue efforts were continuing after the 6.1-magnitude temblor struck in a region that is crisscrossed by fault lines.
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
Washington’s push to negotiate an end to the war has raised concerns the Trump administration will make concessions to Moscow that Kyiv cannot accept.
Named for its razor-like teeth, Novaculadon mirabilis came from a rodent-like order that outlived the dinosaur extinction before vanishing about 30 million years ago.
Showing an uncanny ability to adapt to circumstances, Sergei V. Kiriyenko has turned himself into a key engineer of President Vladimir V. Putin’s autocratic machine.
Dmitri N. Kozak, who has said privately that the invasion was a mistake, has lost power to another senior Putin ally, Sergei V. Kiriyenko, who has embraced the military action.
On Instagram, the artist Joseph Awuah-Darko asked the world to invite him to dinner before he ended his life. More than 150 meals later, he is still going.
In “Friends Until the End,” James Grant explores the political passions and inspiring oratory of the British parliamentarians Edmund Burke and Charles Fox.
For three years, Sergei V. Kiriyenko has handled the political aspects of the war in Ukraine, rising among a cadre of skilled managers who oversee the sprawling Russian state.
Since President Trump retook office, many Ukrainians have worried a peace accord would be struck without them.
Images of starving children and Israel’s planned expansion of settlements spurred Britain, France and Germany to a tougher stance. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was undeterred.
For President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, it is an opportunity not just to end the Ukraine war on his terms but to split apart the Western security alliance.