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German Court Fines Far-Right Politician for Using Nazi Phrase, Again
In his ruling against Björn Höcke, the judge said it was “essential that we counter the danger of old Nazi-era symbols from becoming acceptable again.”
By Christopher F. Schuetze
In his ruling against Björn Höcke, the judge said it was “essential that we counter the danger of old Nazi-era symbols from becoming acceptable again.”
By Christopher F. Schuetze
Driven by the war with Russia, many Ukrainian companies are working on a major leap forward in the weaponization of consumer technology.
By Paul Mozur and Adam Satariano
The country has sworn in its first far-right government and is trying a new approach after nearly 14 years of Mark Rutte’s leadership. That could have broad implications for the nation and its standing in Europe.
By Claire Moses
Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, who has resisted European military and financial aid for Ukraine, met with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
By Andrew Higgins and Marc Santora
The Labour leader still struggles with the “performative side” of British politics, even as he has pulled his party to the center.
By Stephen Castle and Mark Landler
Here’s what you need to know.
By Natasha Frost
Officials said there was no specific intelligence about possible Russian attacks on American bases, but Moscow has made vague threats over Ukraine’s use of long-range weapons on its territory.
By Julian E. Barnes and John Ismay
The far-right National Rally won big in the first round of voting. Just how big will not be clear until after runoffs are held on July 7.
By Aurelien Breeden
Squeezed by the far-right National Rally party and the left, President Emmanuel Macron faces a country that may prove ungovernable.
By Roger Cohen
While the viability of the plan was not immediately clear, officials said it was a reminder that the Kremlin remained determined to bring down President Volodymyr Zelensky.
By Marc Santora
Regulators said the subscription service introduced last year is a “pay or consent” method to collect personal data and bolster advertising.
By Adam Satariano
Many expressed shock that Marine Le Pen’s nationalist party was so close to power after the first round of a snap election.
By Catherine Porter
Often compared to Orwell and Kafka, he walked a political tightrope with works that offered veiled criticism of his totalitarian state.
By Rusha Haljuci
A battle over the history of Britain’s prized country houses offers a window into the national mood before a pivotal election.
By Megan Specia
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In the towns of Tulkarm and Jenin, armed militants are flocking to more hard-line factions, such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad, while the Israeli military tries to rein them in.
By Steven Erlanger and Sergey Ponomarev
France’s National Rally leader Marine Le Pen asked voters for an “absolute majority” as her party held a strong lead during the first round of snap elections.
By The New York Times
Elections in France and Iran.
By Natasha Frost
It was a big day for the far-right National Rally. Just how big will not be clear until after a second round of voting.
By Aurelien Breeden
A surprise decision by President Emmanuel Macron to hold a snap election appears to have backfired badly, giving the National Rally a decisive victory.
By Roger Cohen
A barrage on Vilniansk, a town in the south, killed seven, including three children, as attacks across Ukraine in the past few days have left dozens dead, according to local authorities.
By Marc Santora
The region has long seen itself as distinct from its country and disinterested in the national team. Can a Euro 2024 squad studded with Basque stars turn heads?
By Rory Smith
Participation was unusually strong as voters headed to the polls for a parliamentary election that could put the country on a new course. Here’s what to watch for.
By Aurelien Breeden
The U.S. presidential debate and Sunday’s snap election in France have emboldened nationalist forces that could challenge NATO and undo the defense of Ukraine.
By Roger Cohen
In the latest tactic for storming trenches, Russians use motorcycles and dune buggies to speed across open space, often into a hail of gunfire.
By Andrew E. Kramer, Maria Varenikova and Daniel Berehulak
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The WikiLeaks founder spent years in captivity in London before talks accelerated this spring, allowing him to go home to Australia as a felon, but a free man.
By Glenn Thrush and Megan Specia
Many young people in the northern English cities of Liverpool and Manchester say they feel disillusioned by politics.
By Megan Specia
The announcement appeared to be the Russian leader’s latest attempt to raise the stakes in his conflict with the West, coming less than two weeks after his visit to North Korea.
By David E. Sanger and Anton Troianovski
The debates between contenders to be U.K. prime minister showed that Britain’s political culture, and the leaders who have emerged from it, are far removed from those across the ocean.
By Mark Landler
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak denounced a slur used against him by a man campaigning for Reform U.K., the anti-immigration party led by Nigel Farage.
By Stephen Castle
Many young people feel disillusioned by politics in the United Kingdom, as the country readies for a pivotal general election after 14 years of Conservative governments. Megan Specia, an international correspondent for The New York Times based in London, spoke with young voters in the northern English cities of Liverpool and Manchester to hear their perspectives on the election.
By Megan Specia and Nikolay Nikolov
The Republican-led House loaded its funding measures with provisions that have no chance of becoming law, as both parties look toward a bigger fight later this year, most likely after the elections.
By Catie Edmondson
Steven van de Velde, a beach volleyball player, spent time in prison for the 2014 rape of a 12-year-old girl. His inclusion on the Olympic team has caused a stir in the international news media.
By Claire Moses
His designs made it onto the covers of fashion magazines and onto the heads of celebrities like Greta Garbo. His business closed after he died in a plane crash.
By Jillian Rayfield
A back and forth over the pundit’s one-word analysis of his country’s performances rests on a misconception about the media’s role.
By Rory Smith
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Looking for answers, or an escape, in a fraught world.
By Amanda Taub
The Labour lawmaker Thangam Debbonaire has a plan to turn Britain’s ailing cultural sector around. Will she get to implement it?
By Alex Marshall
Anne, the younger sister of King Charles III, suffered a concussion and other injuries in an accident at her country residence, palace officials said.
By Mark Landler
The region along the northwest coast has few immigrants and little crime or unemployment, but the far-right National Rally has made inroads saying that all three are coming.
By Catherine Porter and Dmitry Kostyukov
A place of windswept, austere beauty, this corner of the Canary Islands is a growing L.G.B.T.Q. destination as well as a perfect place to clear the mind.
By Alexander Lobrano
As museums encounter increasing claims on their collections, experts say much of the debate hearkens back to 1815, when the Louvre was forced to surrender the spoils of war.
By Nina Siegal
A writer used Camille Pissarro’s paintings of suburban London and a ‘lost’ railway as a lens for exploring the city’s history — and settling an arcane mystery.
By Mike Ives
Across Asia and Europe, the event stoked concerns about American stability, both domestically and on crucial foreign policy issues like Washington’s commitment to alliances.
By Steven Erlanger and Motoko Rich
Biden stumbled in the first 2024 debate.
By Daniel E. Slotnik
The embattled Conservative Party is embroiled in investigations over whether some of its own staff members used insider knowledge to bet on the timing of the general election.
By Rory Smith
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Europe will need to navigate turmoil at home and a potential Trump presidency abroad. These people were picked to steer its institutions for the next five years.
By Matina Stevis-Gridneff
The disruption affected mostly visitors with AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon service, cutting them off data networks across the continent for 24 hours or more.
By Derek M. Norman
The cause of the incident, which added to a growing amount of dangerous space junk in low Earth orbit, remains unknown.
By Katrina Miller
More than 1,000 Russian soldiers in Ukraine were killed or wounded on average each day in May, according to NATO and Western military officials.
By Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt and Marc Santora
President Emmanuel Macron’s governing style has always been intensely top-down. But with far-right nationalists in France closing in on power, some believe he may have gone too far this time.
By Roger Cohen
The painting, “Odalisque,” was sold to the Stedelijk Museum in the early 1940s by a German-Jewish family desperate to escape the Nazis.
By Nina Siegal
The co-founder of WikiLeaks was a heroic crusader for truth to many people for publishing government secrets. To others, he was a reckless leaker endangering lives.
By Mark Landler and Megan Specia
Anna Wintour called Vogue Germany’s latest cover star, 102-year-old Margot Friedländer, a “meaningful” subject.
By Ruth La Ferla
Explore a whiskey renaissance, tour the country’s oldest public library and brave a brisk sea dip in the Irish capital.
By Megan Specia
Evan Gershkovich’s trial began in Russia.
By Daniel E. Slotnik
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The British monarch is constitutionally barred from any role in politics. But experts say that Charles and the leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer, have much in common.
By Mark Landler
Hard-core fan groups, embracing a strong nationalistic streak, have provoked pushback from soccer’s authorities at the European Championship.
By Rory Smith and Christopher F. Schuetze
Officials say Kyiv won’t get membership negotiations at the coming NATO summit, but the alliance will announce a structure to coordinate aid over the longer term.
By Steven Erlanger
Can artificial intelligence devise a bucket-list vacation that checks all the boxes: culture, nature, hotels and transportation? Our reporter put three virtual assistants to the test.
By Ceylan Yeğinsu
Mr. Rutte, who served as the Dutch prime minister for nearly 14 years, has been a harsh critic of Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, and a strong supporter of Ukraine.
By Steven Erlanger
The Wall Street Journal reporter stood in a glass cage and nodded at people in the courtroom as his espionage trial began in Russia.
By Associated Press and Reuters
Anti-tax protests tore through Kenya’s capital.
By Daniel E. Slotnik
With his populist, anti-immigration campaign, Nigel Farage is once more shaking up Britain’s politics. Can he finally win a seat in the national Parliament?
By Stephen Castle
Evan Gershkovich of The Wall Street Journal has endured 15 months in prison by reading letters and Russian classics, while the authorities have not publicly offered any evidence that he was a spy.
By Neil MacFarquhar, Milana Mazaeva and Ivan Nechepurenko
He elevated many of France’s most provocative writers through his publishing house, La Fabrique, but he made his greatest mark as a politically engaged, and strolling, historian of Paris.
By Adam Nossiter
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VW and Rivian, a maker of electric trucks that has struggled to increase sales and break even, will work together on software and other technologies.
By Jack Ewing
Communications between Washington and Moscow have become rare since Russia invaded Ukraine more than two years ago.
By Helene Cooper
Lawmakers expressed openness to withholding funding from the agency after reports that Chinese swimmers were allowed to compete in the 2021 Games after testing positive for a banned drug.
By Jenny Vrentas and Michael S. Schmidt
Many long considered Marine Le Pen’s party too extreme to be anywhere close to power. Now, the party could win a parliamentary election — and fill the prime minister’s seat.
By Catherine Porter
The European Court of Human Rights listed multiple violations. Its findings paint a grim picture of life under a decade of Russian occupation.
By Lynsey Chutel
Sergei K. Shoigu, a former defense minister, and Gen. Valery V. Gerasimov, the country’s highest-ranking military officer, were accused of directing attacks against civilians in Ukraine.
By Anatoly Kurmanaev and Marc Santora
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