Putin’s War Will Soon Reach Russians’ Tax Bills
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is about to institute a rare tax increase on corporations and high earners, a move that reflects both the burgeoning costs of his war…
Lessons in Democracy From F.C. Porto
Things started with a brawl and have scarcely gotten better from there. Over the course of the past five months or so, there have been a string of arrests; allegations…
A Novelist Who Finds Inspiration in Germany’s Tortured History
She became a writer because her country vanished overnight. Jenny Erpenbeck, now 57, was 22 in 1989, when the Berlin Wall cracked by accident, then collapsed. She was having a…
In Western Ukraine, a Community Wrestles With Patriotism or Survival
It was sunset when Maj. Kyrylo Vyshyvany of the Ukrainian Army stepped into the yard of his childhood home in Duliby, a village in western Ukraine, just after his younger…
At the Louvre, the Olympics Are More French Than You Might Think
“The flame is coming home,” the director of the Paris Olympics, Tony Estanguet, told a crowd of reporters and critics gathered in the Louvre’s interior sculpture garden on Tuesday. The…
Why Gaza Protests on U.S. College Campuses Have Become So Contagious
The past week has seen a growing wave of protest encampments and other demonstrations on university campuses across the United States, many of which have been met by mass arrests…
King Charles to Resume Public Duties Next Week Amid Cancer Treatment
King Charles III will return to public duties next week, Buckingham Palace announced on Friday, an encouraging sign of his recovery, nearly three months after he disclosed that he had…
UK tech darling Darktrace rallies after agreeing $5.32 billion sale to private equity firm Thoma Bravo
In this photo illustration a DarkTrace logo is displayed on a smartphone with stock market percentages in the background. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images LONDON — British cybersecurity…
Russia Strikes Ukraine’s Railways and Vows to Slow Arrival of U.S. Aid
Russia attacked railway facilities in three different regions across Ukraine on Thursday night and Friday morning, as the country’s defense minister vowed to step up strikes aimed at slowing the…
A350 plane production increase not tied to Boeing troubles
An Airbus employee works on an aircraft part of the Airbus A350 at the Airbus Atlantic plant in Bouguenais, near Nantes, western France, on Feb. 29, 2024. Sebastien Salom-gomis |…