Europe

Veterans of the pivotal battle of World War II are disappearing. Europe, dealing with new battle, recollects what their comrades died for. By Roger Cohen Photographs by Laetitia Vancon Roger Cohen reported from Normandy, and Laetitia Vancon from Normandy and the United States. June 6, 2024 They had been abnormal. The younger males from afar […] More

War has pushed Sudan towards the abyss My colleague Declan Walsh and the photographer Ivor Prickett spent three weeks in Sudan, the place few international reporters have had entry prior to now yr. Since battle erupted there in April 2023, tens of millions of individuals have been displaced, and a looming famine threatens the lives […] More

A courtroom in Russia on Wednesday sentenced a Russian American nationwide to 3 and a half years in a penal colony after he had criticized the nation, its management and its struggle in Ukraine on social media. Yuri Malev, 60, recognized in courtroom as a safety guard on the MatchPoint sports activities complicated in Brooklyn, […] More

Bertien van Manen, a Dutch photographer who used point-and-shoot cameras to seize intimate pictures of each day life in China’s massive cities and distant villages, the dismal flats and alleyways of post-Soviet Russia and coal miners in Kentucky, died on May 26 in Amsterdam. She was 89. Her studio manager, Iris Bergman, confirmed the demise, […] More

Even as Hamas and the Israeli authorities look like inching nearer to a cease-fire settlement, analysts are deeply skeptical that the perimeters will ever implement a deal that goes past a brief truce. At difficulty is a three-phase settlement, proposed by Israel and backed by the United States and a few Arab nations, which if […] More

Knowledgeable skier and his girlfriend fell greater than 2,000 ft to their deaths whereas mountaineering within the Italian Alps, sports activities officers within the nation mentioned. The deaths of the 2, Jean Daniel Pession and Elisa Arlian, had been reported by FISI, Italy’s winter sports activities federation, which known as the episode an “accident” and […] More

Amanda Knox, an American who was convicted after which exonerated of murdering her housemate whereas they have been learning in Italy, on Wednesday misplaced one other trial in an Italian courtroom towards slander costs associated to the 2007 killing. Ms. Knox was convicted by a courtroom in Florence on costs that she had slandered a […] More

Juliet has been to many weddings, and he or she’s a professional. While the joyful couple are exchanging vows, she comes out of a darkish field and hops onto the gloved arm of Duncan Blake, her handler. With a 270-degree flip of her head, she takes in her environment. A squeaky sound immediately jolts her […] More

European Central Bank officers are anticipated to chop rates of interest this week for the primary time in additional than 5 years, drawing a line below the worst of the eurozone’s inflation disaster and easing the stress on the area’s weak economic system. But as policymakers within the eurozone transfer forward, they depart behind their […] More

Modi received, however his party suffered losses Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India claimed a 3rd time period in workplace yesterday. But his party received by a far narrower margin than anticipated, and the aura of invincibility round Modi has been shattered. His Bharatiya Janata Party nonetheless received essentially the most parliamentary seats, nevertheless it […] More

The two contenders to turn into Britain’s subsequent prime minister clashed angrily over tax, immigration and well being coverage on Tuesday in a televised debate that at occasions descended into ill-tempered exchanges because the political rivals talked over one another. The confrontation got here precisely a month earlier than a pivotal common election that may […] More

Rob Burrow, a rugby standout who overcame his diminutive stature with fleetness and ferocity to turn out to be an eight-time champion of Britain’s Super League and who was later hailed for elevating consciousness of motor neuron illness after being recognized with it in 2019, died on Sunday. He was 41. His dying — from […] More