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Is the Seine Clean Enough to Swim? Olympic Triathletes Wait on Testers.
Water-quality results recorded before dawn on Tuesday will determine if the men’s triathlon race will take place hours later.
By Catherine Porter
Water-quality results recorded before dawn on Tuesday will determine if the men’s triathlon race will take place hours later.
By Catherine Porter
Rachel Reeves, the chancellor of the Exchequer, cut some infrastructure funding and pensions benefits, adding that more “difficult decisions” would come later this year.
By Eshe Nelson
Huw Edwards, who led the BBC’s coverage of major events, including King Charles III’s coronation, has been charged with three offenses, the police said on Monday.
By Stephen Castle
A 17-year-old was arrested after an assault that left two children dead and nine children and two adults injured. The police said it did not appear terrorism-related.
By Megan Specia
The man was picked up near Rouen days after arsonists damaged train signaling cables around the country, but he is not a suspect in that case, prosecutors say.
By Aurelien Breeden
A death certificate filed last week revealed the natural causes behind the death last July of Ms. O’Connor, the Irish singer and activist.
By Amelia Nierenberg
The Sentiero dell’Arte e dell’Anima, or Path of Art and Soul, in Pienza, is lined with 28 benches created by well-known artists where visitors can take in the countryside of the Val d’Orcia.
By Ondine Cohane
Here’s what you need to know.
By Natasha Frost
Plug-and-play solar panels are popping up in yards and on balcony railings across Germany, driven by bargain prices and looser regulations.
By Melissa Eddy
Her novels and short stories often explored the lives of willful women who loved men who were crass, unfaithful or already married.
By Anthony DePalma
Grudges from the World Cup and rugby union have spilled over to the Games. But is this new sports feud even real?
By Rory Smith and James Wagner
Ukraine wants to deploy its first F-16 jets this summer, hoping to counter Russia’s dominance in the air. But stepped-up Russian bombing attacks on air bases complicate the effort.
By Marc Santora and Eric Schmitt
Military analysts say Russian forces are increasingly investigating Ukrainian lines to identify weakened positions before attacking and breaking through.
By Constant Méheut
Heads of state and diplomats who have interacted with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee say she uses humor, and talk of food, to help leaven hard discussions.
By Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
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France’s national railway company said traffic was gradually returning to normal a day after arsonists disrupted three high-speed rail lines. But who was behind the attacks remains mysterious.
By Catherine Porter and Aurelien Breeden
Here is what we know about the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s views on issues like migration and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
By Eve Sampson
With the closure of checkpoints, Israeli Arabs cannot come to Jenin and Tulkarm to shop, and West Bank Palestinians cannot leave to work in Israel, cutting incomes and building militancy.
By Steven Erlanger and Sergey Ponomarev
Prosecutors in Ukraine are pursuing cases of sexual assault by Russian soldiers, but survivors say more financial and psychological support is needed.
By Monika Pronczuk and Ada Petriczko
Most soccer fans long ago internalized the idea that truth is a slippery concept.
By Rory Smith
The arson attacks were carefully planned to cause maximum disruption on a train network so vast it is virtually impossible to fully secure.
By Catherine Porter and Aurelien Breeden
The Paris Olympic Games are opening under tightened security after a coordinated arson attack disrupted France’s national rail system.
By Nailah Morgan and Karen Hanley
A lawyer and confidant of François Mitterrand, he was in the forefront of French politics for decades, only to be undone by his taste for the high life.
By Adam Nossiter
The move underscored the wartime risks for the Kremlin as the government pumps enormous sums of money into the Russian economy.
By Anton Troianovski
The new Labour government confirmed it would drop the previous government’s objection to I.C.C. arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the defense minister, Yoav Gallant.
By Stephen Castle
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The BBC said it would add chaperones to rehearsals after allegations of abusive behavior at a hugely popular dance show that inspired international versions.
By Isabella Kwai
A diverse cast of characters and a murder to solve each school year have helped make this teen drama one of Netflix’s longest-running original shows.
By Precious Adesina
Coordinated arson attacks on France’s high-speed rail network disrupted travel leading up to the Paris Olympics opening ceremony and into the weekend.
By Lynsey Chutel
The use of artificial intelligence is exploding around the world, but the technology’s language models are primarily trained in English, leaving many speakers of other languages behind.
By Sara Ruberg
Russia’s defense minister said he needed to talk to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about an alleged Ukrainian operation. What happened next remains murky.
By Eric Schmitt
A new poll from the U.S. presidential race.
By Natasha Frost
Family, friends and fans were missing from two straight Covid Games. In Paris, one athlete said, competitors will have the kind of experience they dream about.
By Andrew Keh
A single image captures the change in fortunes for a wine cellar turned field hospital in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
By Nanna Heitmann and Eric Nagourney
His audacious descents around the world inspired a generation of extreme skiers. “One mistake,” he once said, “you die.”
By Michael S. Rosenwald
A premiere cyclist in women’s competitions, he helped pave the way for future athletes when he announced that he wanted to live the rest of his life as a man.
By Michael Waters
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Even if Paris weren’t scarred by terrorist attacks, protecting the opening ceremony, which will float down the Seine, offers a daunting challenge.
By Catherine Porter
Polish divers think they have found cases of Champagne on a 19th-century merchant vessel that sank off Sweden.
By Amelia Nierenberg
An 18-year-old suspect was arrested after an intense manhunt. The authorities are investigating evidence that suggests that the suspect planned the killing with others.
By Constant Méheut
In an interview airing on ITV on Thursday, Prince Harry talks about his marathon battle with British tabloids over privacy and the effect it had on his relationship with other royals.
By Associated Press, Itn, Itv1, Itvx
In a TV interview airing on Thursday, Harry said his dispute with British newspapers over illegal information gathering was a “central piece” of his estrangement from other royals.
By Mark Landler
Only 15 athletes from Russia will compete at the Paris Games, under a “neutral” designation. The Kremlin is framing the ban as part of its showdown with Western adversaries.
By Valerie Hopkins
The French Riviera resort town brims with the unexpected, including a wealth of prehistory, ancient ruins and newer attractions.
By Chloé Braithwaite
Why Biden quit the race.
By Natasha Frost
Britain’s new government is likely to withdraw objections to the International Criminal Court prosecutor’s pursuit of a warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, two people told The Times.
By Mark Landler and Stephen Castle
Defying sanctions, Russia has obtained nearly $4 billion in restricted chips since the war began in Ukraine. Many were shipped through a cluster of shell companies in Hong Kong.
By Aaron Krolik and Paul Mozur
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France has promised an unusually heavy blanket of security for Israeli athletes at the Games. In its first test, it pulled out all the stops.
By Tariq Panja
Organizers avoided disruption by agreeing to give performers on temporary contracts a greater cut of broadcast royalties.
By Aurelien Breeden
To open the Games, the theater director Thomas Jolly has masterminded a spectacular waterborne ceremony depicting 12 scenes from French history.
By Catherine Porter
Olympic officials insisted on the right to pull the Games amid U.S. investigations into how the World Anti-Doping Agency handled positive tests for banned substances among Chinese swimmers.
By Jeré Longman, Tariq Panja and Michael S. Schmidt
The Games will usher visitors through France’s history, with events at the Grand Palais and Versailles. But, as host, Paris is also becoming a new city.
By Roger Cohen and James Hill
In a small town near Rome, real nonnas teach the dying art of making farfalle, ravioli and other forms with a rolling pin, some flour and eggs.
By John Henderson
The authorities also searched dozens of properties linked to the Islamic Center Hamburg, which has long faced accusations of being a front for the Iranian government.
By John Yoon
Kamala Harris’s rally in Wisconsin.
By Natasha Frost
French businesses had hoped the Games would bring an economic boom, but metal fences and police checkpoints have turned some areas of Paris into dead zones.
By Liz Alderman
Parts of southern Italy and other countries in the region are experiencing one of their worst droughts in decades. The authorities say they are working to at least save tourism.
By Emma Bubola and Gianni Cipriano
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The work of those who guide people coping with acute grief has grown in importance in war-torn Ukraine, where death has become a daily reality since the Russian invasion.
By Daria Mitiuk, Constant Méheut and Laura Boushnak
Profits at the Crown Estate doubled thanks to offshore wind deals, while visitors to royal palaces are almost back to prepandemic levels.
By Stephen Castle
In a move brokered by China, Fatah and Hamas endorsed a unified government for the West Bank and Gaza, but Palestinians are skeptical that the two parties can put aside their differences.
By Adam Rasgon, Matthew Mpoke Bigg, Alexandra Stevenson and Thomas Fuller
The left-wing parties stopped quarreling and tapped a little-known civil servant for the job. But President Emmanuel Macron said he would not appoint anyone until after the Paris Summer Olympics.
By Aurelien Breeden
The artist aimed to use sleight of hand to point to what he described as the museum’s problematic legacy of colonial-era acquisitions.
By Sarah Hurtes
Pete Buttigieg said on Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Transportation had opened an investigation into Delta’s ongoing response to Friday’s global tech outage.
By Yan Zhuang
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