World
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Deadly Toll in Greece as Heat Waves Sweep the Country
Several foreigners have gone missing or been found dead after going out for walks in recent days as temperatures in…
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Italians Respond to Pope’s Slur by Taking Francis to Pride
At Saturday’s celebration in Rome, Pope Francis’ image was on cardboard cutouts adorned with flower necklaces. People came dressed as…
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Police Shoot Man With Ax Before Euro 2024 Match in Germany
The shooting took place in Hamburg, in an area packed with thousands of soccer fans, and hours before the Netherlands…
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A Brief History of Iran’s Hostage Swapping
Since the 1979 revolution, Iran has made detaining foreigners and dual nationals a centerpiece of its foreign policy, trading them…
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5 Numbers to Know About the Coming Heat Wave
Stifling conditions are forecast to spread this week over the eastern half of America — and linger for days.
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The Resistance to a New Trump Administration Has Already Started
Opponents of Donald J. Trump are drafting potential lawsuits in case he is elected in November and carries out mass…
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In a Divided Nation, an Infrastructure Develops to Build Bridges
Bernard Clay, a Black, middle-aged data analyst and poet from Louisville, Ky., was leery when he was thrown together with…
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House G.O.P.’s Spending Chief Faces a Primary from the Right
Representative Tom Cole of Oklahoma is fighting off a right-wing challenger who has tried to make the lawmaker’s influential perch…
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Inside the Chechen Units Helping to Fight Russia’s War
Russia’s fighters are waging bloody battles in Ukraine’s east to add to its captured territory. Moscow supports this war effort…
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Reimagining Bloomsday for Molly, and All Women
To help honor 100 years of James Joyce’s “Ulysses,” an all-women Irish festival refocuses the annual re-enactment of the novel’s…