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Merz Says Relationship Between U.S. and Germany Is ‘Changing’

Brigitte Bardot’s Legacy of Racist Rhetoric

Eurostar Faces Severe Delays After Power Failure

How Russia and Ukraine Are Fighting to Shape President Trump’s View of the War

George and Amal Clooney Become French Citizens

For Zelensky, Just Keeping Trump Talking About Ukraine Peace Deal Counts as a Win

Experts Question Denmark’s Vaccine Program as a Model for the U.S.

Twins’ Peaks: The Gilbertson Brothers Want to Rewrite Your Country’s Map

‘Counting Every Day’: The Soldier Who Spent More Than a Year on the Front Line

Russia Attacks Kyiv Ahead of Trump-Zelensky Meeting

Pope Leo Surprises St. Peter’s Crowd Before Christmas Eve Mass

Pope Leo Surprises St. Peter’s Crowd Before Christmas Eve Mass

Why Russia Is Likely to Reject the New US-Ukrainian Peace Plan

They Seek to Curb Online Hate. The U.S. Accuses Them of Censorship.

Blast Kills Three in Moscow Near Site of General’s Car Bombing

Zelensky Opens Way to Demilitarized Zone in Eastern Ukraine to Reach Peace

German Leaders, Undercutting the Far Right, Are Leaning on the Far Left

Trump Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts

Élysée Palace Silver and Tableware Stolen by Steward, Prosecutors Say

Russia Dismisses Reports of Progress in Ukraine Peace Talks

Jimmy Kimmel Will Deliver Britain’s ‘Alternative Christmas Message’

The Pompidou Center Has Been Emptied of Its Art. We Watched It Happen.

Freed From a Belarus Prison, a Nobel Peace Laureate Experiences ‘Oxygen Intoxication’

Overlooked No More: Inge Lehmann, Who Discovered the Earth’s Inner Core

Paloma Wool’s Rebrand Is Moving Past the ‘Basic’ Era

After the Louvre Heist, Museums Look for Lessons to Help Stop Thieves

The Putin Confidant Who Pushed Back Against Russia’s War in Ukraine

Australia Shooting Is a Reminder of Islamic State’s Power to Inspire Attacks

UK Rejoins EU’s Erasmus Student Exchange Program That It Left After Brexit

Dutch Return ‘Java Man’ Bones, With 40,000 Fossils Set to Follow

‘Don’t Feed the Pig’: The Anti-Corruption Call That Helped Topple a Government

Zelensky Meets U.S. Envoys in Berlin in New Round of Ukraine Peace Talks

The Turbulent Times of Friedrich Merz

AfD Pushes to Publish German Information That Officials Say May Help Russia

Ivan Urgant Was Russia’s Late-Night King Until Putin’s War in Ukraine

Ukrainians, Worrying More About Power Cuts, See U.S. Peace Push as Just Noise

How Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Became a Gaming Tour de Force

5 New Chocolate Shops in Paris to Try Out

Lithuania Declares National Emergency Over Suspicious Balloons From Belarus

Another Front in the War in Ukraine: Who Gets to Claim a Famed Artist?

Marooned off the English Coast: Lots of Bananas

Heathrow Airport Is Briefly Locked Down After Spray Is Used in Altercation

Battlefield Picture Worsening for Ukraine as Trump Pushes Peace Plan

Austria Forms Panel to Study Its Rights to Famed Florentine Diamond

Air Traffic Control Issue Grounds All Flights at Edinburgh Airport

Macron Urges Xi to Help End War in Ukraine

Whoops, the New Skating Rink Is Encroaching on Luciano Pavarotti

5 Cooking Classes in Italy Where You Can Make Pizza, Pasta and More

Why Is the ‘City of Baths’ Running Out of Bathhouses?

The Ukrainians Stuck in Russia’s New Gulag