Paris Promised the Olympics Would Be Accessible. The Clock Is Ticking.
Paris put inclusivity and accessibility at the center of its bid to host the Summer Games, and the city has made a great deal of headway. For example, the newly…
Laurent Cantet, Whose Films Explored France’s Undersides, Dies at 63
Laurent Cantet, an eminent director who made penetrating films about the prickly undersides of French life and society, died on April 25 in Paris. He was 63. His screenwriter and…
DNA Tests and Stranded Bodies: Ukraine’s Struggle to Name Its Dead
The bodies of the two Ukrainian soldiers lay motionless in a field for months. Around them were bloodstains and their rifles. The soldiers’ relatives identified their bodies from aerial footage…
His Skull Was Taken From Congo as a War Trophy. Will Belgium Finally Return It?
Once a powerful local Congolese leader, Lusinga Iwa Ng’ombe fought back against Belgian colonial invaders in the late 19th century. He was such a thorn in their side that Émile…
China’s Xi Visits Europe, Seeking Strategic Opportunity
On his first visit to Europe in five years, the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, appears intent on seizing opportunities to loosen the continent’s bonds with the United States and forge…
Just How Dangerous Is Europe’s Rising Far Right?
In Italy, Ms. Meloni has proposed a constitutional change that would automatically give the party with the highest number of votes (right now her Brothers of Italy) 55 percent of…
Investor’s Lawsuit Accuses 777 Partners of $600 Million Fraud
The American investment firm 777 Partners, whose bid to buy the English Premier League soccer team Everton has been on hold for months amid doubts about the company’s finances, was…
Rishi Sunak’s Dismal Task: Leading U.K. Conservatives to Likely Defeat
A few days before Britain’s Conservative Party suffered a stinging setback in local elections on Thursday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recorded a short video to promote some good news from…
Sadiq Khan Heads for 3rd Term as London Mayor
Sadiq Khan, the two-term center-left mayor of London, was poised on Saturday to become the first three-time winner of the job by a clearer margin than some of his supporters…
Family Values or Fighting Valor? Russia Grapples With Women’s Wartime Role.
The Russian Army is gradually expanding the role of women as it seeks to balance President Vladimir V. Putin’s promotion of traditional family roles with the need for new recruits…