Prime Minister Mark Carney’s latest global tour emphasized military cooperation rather than developing trade ties.
The Ukrainian president has said he has a “very bad feeling” about the effects of the Iran conflict on Ukraine’s own war.
A former key aide to the Russian oligarch would face an investigation into her time overseeing the Premier League club should she return to soccer.
New research suggests that a legendary 200-mile march by Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, may have actually involved some ships.
In 2000, Banksy was a largely unknown street artist hanging around downtown Manhattan when the police nabbed him for trying to deface a billboard.
The Israeli military said it had killed the spokesman for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, and Iran warned that it could target American and Israeli military personnel.
Swiss law prohibits selling war materiel to countries involved in armed conflict, a policy the country has already cited to block sales to Israel and Iran.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has vowed not to be dragged into the war with Iran, but his government described its new position as essentially defensive.
Experts said the fragment, recovered by divers from the Greek culture ministry, matched the style and dimensions of the Parthenon, but that it was too soon to be certain of its provenance.
The Danes brought blood supplies, explosives and live ammunition to Greenland as part of contingency plans in case President Trump acted on his threats to seize the island.
The heavily topped tubers, a British classic, are having a culinary comeback thanks to social media.
Residents and students in Canterbury, where the outbreak was centered, said measures to contain the disease were both familiar and frightening.
Britain has a storied history of sketch comedy, but its humor has a very different flavor than the American variety.
A photographic chronicle of Russia’s invasion.
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The United States views Iran through a prism of global responsibilities and strategic goals. Israel has a more regional approach. After nearly three weeks of war, their paths are diverging.
Maria Kalesnikava is campaigning for the West to engage with the regime in Belarus that imprisoned her for more than five years.
How the conflict could further destabilize the region.
As Hurvin Anderson prepares for a major retrospective of his work at Tate Britain, he’s unsure how to feel about his achievements.
A one-bedroom in the chic Sainte-Avoye district, a converted loft in Batignolles and a ground-floor apartment in Porte Saint-Denis.
The president’s company is eyeing a site for a golf course and luxury apartments. Will a huge landfill and a troubled project history stand in the way?
Pedro Sánchez, presidente del gobierno español, dijo que el sistema de energías renovables del país ha amortiguado las consecuencias financieras de la guerra en Irán. Eso no es falso, pero la historia es más compleja.
En India, China y otros países, Novo Nordisk está a punto de perder la protección de la patente de su exitoso medicamento para adelgazar, lo que podrá permitir versiones competidoras más baratas.
Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s prime minister, said the nation’s renewable energy system has softened the financial fallout from the war in Iran. The story is more complex.
One of the few paths left between the two continents threads through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, as global conflicts complicate aviation logistics.
La desaparición de James Gracey, de 20 años, estudiante de la Universidad de Alabama, fue reportada el martes. Desapareció durante una visita a un club nocturno en Barcelona.
The longest-serving leader in the history of the Georgian Orthodox Church, he helped guide his country in its transition from Soviet repression to modern statehood.
The Trump administration made the move in exchange for Belarus’s freeing of 250 political prisoners, part of a rapprochement between the two countries.
Gerd Faltings demostró una conjetura que llevaba seis décadas sin resolverse, para lo que utilizó conexiones entre los números y la geometría.
James Gracey, a 20-year-old student at the University of Alabama, disappeared during a visit to a beachfront nightclub in Barcelona. The police are searching with helicopters and underwater units.
The move comes after President Trump sharply criticized Prime Minister Keir Starmer for not supporting his initial military strikes on Iran.
Traders now expect Europe’s central bankers to raise rates this year to address a sharp increase in inflation because of higher energy prices.
The men, both Iranian citizens, are accused of conducting surveillance on several Jewish institutions and community buildings in London.
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A gathering in Brussels was meant to concentrate on jump-starting the E.U. economy. Instead, the fallout of the war in the Middle East is front and center.
Gerd Faltings proved a conjecture that had been unsolved for six decades, using connections between numbers and geometry.
A descendant of one of the island’s oldest families safeguards the history of her 18th-century home — which includes a sprawling feat of decoupage.
The ravages of time have only increased the appeal of one family’s art-filled manor in the English countryside.
Ida Ekblad has transformed a Brutalist villa into an experimental space for herself, and for others.
Told that Nazar Daletskyi had died, his Ukrainian family buried what they thought were his remains. He turned up three years later in a prisoner-of-war exchange.
European leaders are pushing Prime Minister Viktor Orban to stop blocking a €90 billion loan to Ukraine. But the issue is a rallying cry in remarkably close elections in Hungary set for April 12.
Tras su increíble viaje a través del Atlántico, el peludo ahora está en cuarentena mientras disfruta de un menú de manzanas, camote y ratones en espera de un hogar permanente.
Inflation and its consequences for growth is a growing concern for countries where memories of the 2022 energy crisis are fresh.
The Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, is shunned in federal politics but is a regional force. This fall, it could win broader power for the first time.
La isla de Montserrat concibe la festividad tanto como una celebración nacional como un hito más sombrío: la conmemoración de una rebelión de esclavos fallida.
The suspects are accused of gathering information last summer on targets linked to the city’s Jewish community.
Montserrat treats the holiday as both a national celebration and a more somber milestone: a commemoration of a failed slave rebellion.
A Brussels court ruled that Étienne Davignon must stand trial for the murder of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The case indicates that more than two weeks into the war, Iran continues its prosecution of foreigners. Sweden said its citizen did not get a fair trial.
At least 20 young adults are believed to be infected, and two have died, in an outbreak of meningococcal disease in the county of Kent, in southeast England.
Kyiv accuses Alexander Butyagin, a prominent antiquities scholar, of destroying cultural heritage during his excavations in Russia-occupied Crimea. The Kremlin has condemned his arrest.
An attack forced its crew to abandon ship in early March. No country has intervened, despite fears of environmental disaster.
Una investigación de Reuters, que afirma haber identificado al artista urbano, se basa en un informe policial de su detención en Nueva York hace dos décadas.
Imprisoned for murder, Aleksandr Abbasov-Derskhan sought a new start in life and freedom by signing up to fight in Ukraine. But he says promised benefits proved illusory.
Research from Poland adds to evidence from Latin American countries that compounds in used cigarette butts ward off parasites in bird nests.
After her marriage ended, Chloe Legras downsized from a cattle ranch in California to a tiny apartment in the Marais.
A decade ago, a surge in migration to Europe spurred the far-right’s rise. European leaders now fear the Iran war could set off another crisis, and they have taken tentative steps to prepare.
The TrumpRx website claims to offer the best prices for medications. Here’s where Americans still pay more — and much more.
A new law allowing abortion up to 12 weeks will be a major shift in an archipelago of 55,000 people, and there are strong feelings on both sides.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York hailed Ireland’s fight for self-determination and its history of solidarity, including with Palestinians.
An investigation by Reuters, which says it has identified the street artist, hinges on a police report from his arrest in New York two decades ago.
Three years ago, the Vatican’s criminal court convicted a cardinal for the first time in history. Now, an appeals court has ruled there were irregularities in his prosecution.
Since a school and a synagogue were attacked over two days, an unsettling feeling has spread among Jews in the Netherlands.
President Trump has faced mounting criticism over the U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran from allies and even members of his own administration.
Magnum Ice Cream is scaling back a scented ad at King’s Cross station after commuters complained that the aroma was “sickly” and “artificial.”
Two people have died in an outbreak of meningococcal disease. Many cases were traced to a nightclub in Canterbury that is popular with students at the University of Kent.
Aunque algunos países europeos dijeron que estaban discutiendo formas de ayudar a reabrir el estrecho de Ormuz, varios rechazaron las peticiones del presidente Trump de enviar buques de guerra.
The Russian oligarch spent nearly two decades building the London soccer club into a sporting superpower. That success was built partly on regulation breaches, an investigation found.
President Trump says his NATO allies are disloyal for not helping the United States to clear an oil blockade. But they have a long list of incentives to refuse.
The right-wing tech investor is giving lectures near the Catholic church’s administrative heart. Commentators there are rejecting his apocalyptic vision.
Desde hace tiempo, la mejor opción de Irán para causar sufrimiento económico al mundo ha sido la angosta vía marítima.
European Union ministers and leaders pushed back on ideas to protect the strait, including expanding a maritime operation already in place in the Red Sea.
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Barraged by Iranian attacks and questioning the value of security ties with the United States, nations in the Gulf have turned to Ukraine, Australia and Italy for help.
Helgi Hjorleifsson dirige un inusual experimento para enfriar y desviar la lava durante erupciones volcánicas, con el objetivo de proteger ciudades e infraestructuras.
The fox is convalescing at the Bronx Zoo after an unlikely 3,600-mile sea crossing from England to the Port of New York and New Jersey.
Faycal Manz, turista alemán, alegó que un taco le causó diarrea, que un Walmart lo discriminó y que la policía le provocó insomnio.
R.A.F. Fairford was the site of repeated antiwar protests during the Iraq war in 2003. Now it is being used again as a base for U.S. bombing missions in the Middle East.
The Senate had already passed an extension of the so-called HEAR Act, which is scheduled to expire at the end of the year. The bill now heads to President Trump’s desk.
Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a well-known problem, appears to have caught Trump off guard.
El presidente Trump ha instado a China, el Reino Unido, Francia, Japón y Corea del Sur a que envíen barcos para ayudar a reabrir el estrecho de Ormuz, aunque no estén implicados en el ataque a Irán.
The administration has begun discussing a new “Board of Trade” with China to try to balance what U.S. officials see as an unequal economic relationship.
The documentary about Vladimir V. Putin’s wartime indoctrination of Russian schoolchildren won an Oscar at Sunday’s Academy Awards.
While some European countries said they were discussing ways to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, several rejected President Trump’s calls to send warships.
Try this short quiz on some of Ireland’s most memorable verses from its celebrated poets.
On a layover at the airport, the lounge may beckon, but in the right places, you can get into town and cap your vacation with a micro-vacation.
“Sentimental Value,” set in Oslo, was named best international feature film. After a slew of negative news in Norway, it was a welcome victory.
Instead of obsessing over the fictional Cheburashka, Russians should be focused on more important things like the rebirth of a Russian empire, influential conservatives say.
This time, President Trump went to war without preparing the public, seeking U.N. approval or even consulting allies. But they will have to pick up the pieces.
In “Stay Alive,” Ian Buruma paints a picture of the city dwellers who survived in Germany under the Nazis.
Two unearthed episodes, which were discovered in film canisters wrapped in plastic bags among the possessions of a dead collector in England, were restored by BBC archivists.
President Trump has urged China, Britain, France, Japan and South Korea to send warships to help reopen the waterway, even though they were not involved in the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran.
To defend allies from Iran, the continent’s powers have mounted a rare show of force. But those efforts have diverted limited resources from other hot spots.
El cine español ha entrado en una nueva era más diversa, dicen los expertos cinematográficos. Oliver Laxe, director de ‘Sirat’, encarna este cambio.
Voters across France choose mayors this week. The far right is performing strongly in the country’s second city, making the contest there a test of national shifts.
Helgi Hjorleifsson, a firefighter, is a leader in a national experiment to steer rivers of lava away from important sites. Some called it crazy, but it worked.
Fewer cities are bidding for Olympics, and those that are can’t always accommodate every event. The Milan-Cortina Games were the most sprawling Olympics in history.
Explosive devices were set off at two Jewish institutions in the Netherlands within two days, Dutch officials said on Saturday, denouncing what they described as antisemitic attacks. Dutch authorities said they had moved quickly to increase security at Jewish institutions after the blasts at a Jewish school in Amsterdam and a synagogue in Rotterdam.
Faycal Manz, a German tourist, claimed that a taco had given him diarrhea, a Walmart store had discriminated against him and that an interaction with the police had given him insomnia.
In dozens of books, he rejected postmodern cynicism about truth and reason, arguing that rational communication was the best way to redeem democratic society.
No one was hurt in the explosion at a Jewish school in Amsterdam, or in an earlier one at a Rotterdam synagogue.
The country aims to expand domestic satellite systems and cut dependence on American networks like Elon Musk’s Starlink.
Las obras recientemente atribuidas al artista del Renacimiento tienen detrás apasionantes historias. Pero los expertos dicen que es poco probable que sean de su autoría.
What the American painter saw during his trips to Florence molded his vision and his understanding of space and color.
Spanish cinema has entered a new and more diverse era, film experts say. Oliver Laxe, the director of Oscar-nominated “Sirat,” embodies the shift.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz were “something we are dealing with.” And about 2,500 Marines were headed to the Middle East to bolster the war effort.
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In a 40-year career as an international correspondent for The New York Times, Mr. Burns had a talent for capturing the sweep of history in intricate detail.
Kremlin officials said the American move, which Europe opposes, showed that Moscow could not be dislodged from the center of global energy markets.
Turkey did not say where the missile was intercepted. But residents near Incirlik Air Base, which hosts U.S. troops, reported hearing sirens and a loud boom.
La ceremonia de los Premios de la Academia es el domingo. Esto es lo que hay que saber.
Ukraine wants to leverage its defense expertise into security partnerships and to reap potentially vast profits for its arms industry.
Allies have rushed to defend the Mediterranean nation, where the drone hit a British base. Some Cypriots wonder why the bases are still there.
The gonzo Irish M.C.s first gained notice for their playful antics. After attracting global attention for their pro-Palestinian views, their new LP is more serious.
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Each night, the coat check at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin deals with hundreds of jackets, no matter how fancy the audience dresses.
Trump’s plans for Washington bring to mind what Mussolini did — and tried to do — to Rome.
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“Estados Unidos primero” no tiene sentido desde el punto de vista financiero. Es una estrategia que invita al mundo a utilizar nuestra deuda como un arma contra el país.
La guerra en Medio Oriente ha puesto a la primera ministra de Italia en una situación política interna compleja ante uno de los mayores desafíos de un mandato que había sido notablemente estable.
Un recorrido por algunos de los bares más famosos de la capital irlandesa revela una nueva filosofía: no necesitas alcohol para divertirte.
European politicians have colluded in their dependency on a rogue America.
Four years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine sent energy prices soaring, the war in Iran is posing another challenge to efforts to revive European factories.
Despite ethical concerns about using battlefield videos to train artificial intelligence, Ukraine’s defense ministry said it needs to improve A.I. targeting to compete with Russia.
The attack on Temple Israel is just the most recent in a string of attacks. They have taken place in the United States and around the world.
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The Trump administration is expected to begin a trade investigation into whether dozens of countries have policies to combat forced labor.
As a Villanova student, he captured the 1,500-meter event in the 1956 Games in Melbourne. No Irish athlete since then has won another Olympic gold medal in track and field.
At least 149 people died in the 2024 terror attack outside the Russian capital, for which the Islamic State claimed responsibility.
Es un año electoral crucial y los costos económicos y políticos de la guerra están en aumento. Tendría sentido suponer que el presidente declarará la victoria y se retirará.
War in the Middle East has left Italy’s prime minister in a domestic bind, presenting her with one of the biggest challenges of a previously stable tenure.
Either the budget changes, or America’s relationship with the rest of the world does.
“Dinosaur,” a sculpture, has been in residence for 18 months. It has its fans who are sad to see it depart.
Strikes on Ukrainian energy systems have tripled this winter. Continuous repairs and Western aid staved off a total breakdown.
Las autoridades de Londres entrevistaron en tres ocasiones a Virginia Giuffre por sus acusaciones sobre Jeffrey Epstein, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor y Ghislaine Maxwell, pero nunca se abrió una investigación penal.
High prices have pushed more Londoners to live with roommates well into their late 20s and 30s — if they can afford to move out of their parents’ homes at all.
The United States and Israel launched more strikes against Iran, where crowds mourned military commanders killed in the war. Israel also bombed targets in Lebanon, where the death toll climbed.
It’s a crucial election year and economic and political costs of the war are rising. It won’t be easy for the president to declare victory and walk away.
Documents released by the U.K. government on Wednesday showed that Prime Minister Keir Starmer was told of Peter Mandelson’s ties to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
His best-known work, “The Wall Jumper,” proved prescient in its contention that the country would remain split even after reunification.
A judge granted a request for a 90-day pause in the pending criminal case against Halkbank. Now it must pass an independent review to prove that it is no longer evading U.S. sanctions.
A Dutchman, he was considered the best player outside the Soviet Union for two decades, although he described himself as “lazy” and was open about using alcohol and drugs early on.
“The Popinjay Cavalier,” written and directed by Tarantino, will open next year. It is described as a “rambunctious comedy of deception” set in 1830s Europe.
Karpatka, also known as Polish Mountain cake, gets its name from the Carpathian Mountains, a 1,500-kilometer range that stretches from the Czech Republic to Romania.
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Officials in Tokyo and Berlin said they planned to release oil from their strategic reserves to address disruptions of supplies from the Middle East.