Europe

Likened to a “court composer” for Germany, he wrote more than 500 pieces and was considered one of the most original and independent musical voices in Europe.

By Jeffrey Arlo Brown

The brainy machines are predicting global weather patterns with new speed and precision, doing in minutes and seconds what once took hours.

By William J. Broad

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature and new movies from Luca Guadagnino and Pablo Larraín will also debut at this year’s event.

By Alex Marshall

Kamala Harris’s first campaign appearance.

By Natasha Frost

While most Georgians support closer integration with Western Europe, many people in industrial areas that collapsed along with Communism in the 1990s express nostalgia for the old Soviet prosperity.

By Ivan Nechepurenko

Britain’s last Conservative government spent almost a billion dollars on its controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, the newly appointed minister for immigration said Monday.

By Megan Specia

Ms. Kurmasheva, a Russian American working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, had been charged in relation to an antiwar book she edited.

By Ivan Nechepurenko

President Zoran Milanovic called for stricter gun control after an attack that shook Croatia, where mass killings are rare. A suspect was arrested nearby.

By Joe Orovic and Amelia Nierenberg

The deal with private bondholders will help preserve Kyiv’s limited state budget, which is crucial to fund its military. An agreement to suspend debt payments was to expire on Aug. 1.

By Constant Méheut

Mr. Watson, the founder of the conservation group Sea Shepherd, was arrested when his boat docked in Nuuk. He could face extradition to Japan.

By Ali Watkins

President Biden’s stance on Ukraine was shaped by a deep commitment to America’s trans-Atlantic alliance. Some Europeans fear he may be among the last of his kind.

By Matina Stevis-Gridneff

More than any election in decades, this one will be marked by starkly different approaches to an era of simultaneous confrontations, from China to Russia to the Middle East.

By David E. Sanger

Comfort was at times questionable and the food so-so, but for everyone on board, the trip was an experience unto itself.

By Evan Rail

Here’s what you need to know.

By Natasha Frost

Foreign leaders did not wade into the turmoil of U.S. politics. Many opted instead for statements of empathy that lauded the president’s record.

By Sarah Maslin Nir

Waiters in London competed in an annual footrace designed to test their mettle, their coordination and their skill as servers.

By Amelia Nierenberg

An M.I.T. physicist, he engineered an East-West deal that reduced nuclear threats and produced one of the greatest peace dividends of all time.

By William J. Broad

Kyiv ponders what another Trump administration would mean for its war initiatives.

By Constant Méheut

Iryna Farion, a former lawmaker, was known for controversial campaigns to discredit Russian-speaking Ukrainians.

By Constant Méheut

The Games brought billions to redevelop this Paris suburb. What will the thousands of homeless people who live there do?

By Sarah Hurtes