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Thursday Briefing
A major declaration by NATO.
By Natasha Frost
A major declaration by NATO.
By Natasha Frost
The government promised housing elsewhere. We followed the buses and found a desperate situation.
By Sarah Hurtes and Ségolène Le Stradic
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made the accusation, which was in a declaration approved by the 32 leaders of the alliance, during the NATO summit in Washington on Wednesday.
By Associated Press
The statement was a major departure for the alliance, which until 2019 never officially mentioned China as a concern.
By David E. Sanger
In an open letter, the French president rejected any role in government for the far-left France Unbowed party, setting the stage for a heated showdown.
By Roger Cohen
Vladimir Kara-Murza’s legal representatives said they were denied access to their client in a remote Siberian penal colony for six days.
By Valerie Hopkins
The specter of a second Donald J. Trump presidency injects new urgency into the NATO summit this week. President Biden and other leaders agree Ukraine should have an “irreversible” path to membership.
By Edward Wong, Julian E. Barnes and Helene Cooper
Demonstrators protesting mass tourism, housing shortages and high costs of living doused people dining at restaurants in the city with squirt guns.
By Reuters
The women died at the scene near London on Tuesday, the police said. The BBC identified the victims as the wife and children of one of its commentators.
By Claire Moses
Locals confronted visitors to the Catalan capital in a whimsical (but very serious) demonstration against mass tourism and housing shortages.
By Amelia Nierenberg and Rachel Chaundler
Britain gave Rwanda hundreds of millions of pounds, even though no asylum seekers were deported to the Central African nation under the agreement.
By Abdi Latif Dahir
Discovering evidence of deadly deluges of snow from the past could help protect people on mountains around the world, researchers say.
By Katherine Kornei
By welcoming visitors with glorious scents and a natural beauty that rivals Provence in France, the annual lavender harvest has revitalized the medieval town of Brihuega.
By Shaan Merchant
The sport, in which you strap on a 30-foot kite and skim across the waves, is about to make its Olympic debut. Here’s where non-Olympians can give it a try.
By Nora Walsh
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Biden at the NATO summit in Washington.
By Natasha Frost
A coarsening of public discourse and contempt for mainstream parties have politicians on both sides denouncing what they say are extreme positions by their opponents, analysts say.
By Andrew Higgins
With thousands of voices and a few well-choreographed dance moves, Dutch fans have transformed match days into pulsing, joyous celebrations. Their next one is Wednesday.
By Claire Moses and Rory Smith
Archaeologists unearthed some 4,000 ancient skeletons from the heart of the city. After years of study, they were reinterred in a rare and solemn tribute.
By Sarah Maslin Nir
Analysts warn that the Labour Party’s proposals are unlikely to be cheap and could come at the cost of jobs in the oil and gas industry.
By Stanley Reed
Families and patients were not unfamiliar with the sound of missiles flying overhead. But the Russian assault on the hospital marked one of the worst days of violence against civilians in months.
By Marc Santora, Megan Specia and Brendan Hoffman
The court accused Ms. Navalnaya, who left Russia in 2021, of “participating in an extremist community.” She would be subject to arrest if she ever returns to Russia, the court said.
By Neil MacFarquhar
All eyes are on President Biden, but looming over the meeting is the possibility that Vladimir Putin might pull a stunt to disrupt the gathering.
By Michael Crowley, Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt and John Ismay
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India made his first visit to Russia in five years, even as Ukraine reeled from an attack on a children’s hospital.
By Paul Sonne and Anupreeta Das
Some of the country’s top players had urged voters to reject the far right in a pivotal election. With that battle over, a date with Spain in Euro 2024 offers a more familiar challenge.
By Rory Smith
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Researchers in Bulgaria think the artifact could offer a window into ancient tensions around the rise of Christianity.
By Amelia Nierenberg
Jean-Luc Mélenchon led his coalition to a narrow victory in elections. But even some of his allies bristle at the thought of the combative former Trotskyist becoming prime minister.
By Adam Nossiter
Russian state news media footage showed the two leaders hugging and petting horses during the first visit to Russia in five years by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India.
By Russian Pool Via The Associated Press
Ariane 6 reached orbit on Tuesday. But a problem made the European Space Agency rocket deviate from its flight plan late in the mission.
By Katrina Miller
Russian forces continue to inflict pain, but NATO leaders gathering in Washington can say that their efforts to strengthen Ukraine are working.
By Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt
The fallout from France’s election.
By Natasha Frost
Politically aligned, Joe Biden and the new U.K. prime minister agree on climate change, Ukraine and Northern Ireland. Donald Trump would be a different story.
By Mark Landler
A summit meant to convey confidence in the newly expanded alliance opened with a dazzling celebration and no mention of President Biden’s political peril.
By David E. Sanger and Lara Jakes
When he takes over as secretary general in October, Mark Rutte will face strains over Russia, Ukraine and the potential return of Donald J. Trump.
By Steven Erlanger, Lara Jakes and Claire Moses
A Russian missile strike on a children’s hospital in Kyiv on Monday highlighted the growing number of deadly attacks on medical facilities, vehicles and workers.
By Eve Sampson
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Far from producing clarity, the snap election called by President Emmanuel Macron of France has yielded a muddle that could take months to sort out.
By Roger Cohen, Rebecca Suner, James Surdam and Christina Shaman
A single image captures a day of horror at a children’s hospital in Ukraine hit by a Russian missile.
By Brendan Hoffman
Far from producing a “clarification,” President Emmanuel Macron’s snap election has yielded a muddle that could take months to sort out.
By Roger Cohen
A theater director and playwright were sentenced to prison, a stark indication of the increasing suppression of free speech since Russia’s attack on Ukraine, their lawyers and critics say.
By Valerie Hopkins
No party got an absolute majority in the National Assembly. Here are some of the ways the country could escape political gridlock. None are easy.
By Aurelien Breeden
The Biden administration is trying to get foreign companies to invest in chip-making in the United States and more countries to set up factories to do final assembly and packaging.
By Edward Wong and Ana Swanson
No party secured an absolute majority in legislative elections on Sunday, leaving France headed for gridlock or political instability.
By Matthew Bloch, Andrew Park, Urvashi Uberoy and Véronique Brossier
The final tally confirms that the left has the most seats in the National Assembly, with the far right third. Now, there’s a scramble to figure out a way forward.
By Catherine Porter
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched at least 40 missiles at targets across Ukraine, including the country’s largest children’s hospital.
By Marc Santora and Brendan Hoffman
India is determined to keep its close ties to Russia despite pressure from the West. Russia sees the meeting as a chance to show it still has influential friends.
By Anupreeta Das and Hari Kumar
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Trey Cunningham said friends and peers reacted to his decision to come out with a shrug. He wishes the same was true for other men in elite sports.
By Rory Smith
A new arts district, stylish restaurants and a museum that pays homage to the Games greet visitors to this Swiss city, home to the International Olympic Committee.
By Seth Sherwood
The New Popular Front outpaced the far-right National Rally during the second round of voting. But no party secured an absolute majority, leaving France with a hung Parliament.
By AFP and Reuters
The left surges in French elections.
By Natasha Frost
It was a day of big surprises in France, with the left surging unexpectedly, the far right falling far short of expectations and the question of who will be the next prime minister still unclear.
By Adam Nossiter and Aurelien Breeden
Mr. Orban said his meeting with President Xi Jinping was part of a “peace mission” for Ukraine. But both leaders want to offset Western power.
By Chris Buckley and Andrew Higgins
The party fell short of expectations but had captured its highest number of National Assembly seats.
By Ségolène Le Stradic and Matthew Mpoke Bigg
The left-wing alliance includes the divisive Jean-Luc Mélenchon, a combative politician who has been accused of antisemitism.
By Catherine Porter
Gérald Darmanin, France’s interior minister, said that more than 50 people — including candidates, their substitutes or supporters — had been “physically assaulted” during the campaign.
By Catherine Porter
The outcome left no party with an absolute majority and France bracing for potential political paralysis.
By Roger Cohen
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Experts said the country could be headed for months of political instability, with the National Assembly divided into three major blocs that appear unable to work with the others.
By Aurelien Breeden
The vote has turned into a race between the two main opponents of President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party: the far-right National Rally and the New Popular Front, a left-wing coalition.
By Catherine Porter
The Paris landmark has completed its restoration after the blades fell off this spring — and just in time for the Summer Olympic Games to begin.
By Amelia Nierenberg
Treasury officials want to impose penalties on tankers that help Russian oil evade sanctions. White House aides worry that risks making gasoline more expensive.
By Jim Tankersley and Alan Rappeport
In the shadow of Labour’s landslide victory over the upended Conservatives, Nigel Farage’s small insurgent right-wing party, Reform U.K., is on a roll.
By Stephen Castle
With President Biden’s future unclear, Donald J. Trump’s support uncertain and a major NATO meeting looming, Ukrainian leaders are straining to keep their balance.
By Marc Santora and Steven Erlanger
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