With Pickets, Russian Protesters Look to Sustain Momentum
MOSCOW — Antigovernment protesters staged a series of pickets across Moscow on Saturday, trying to sustain the momentum of the growing Russian opposition movement that...
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Jean-Pierre Mocky, Iconoclastic French Film Director, Dies at 90
Jean-Pierre Mocky, a fiercely independent French filmmaker whose dozens of movies gleefully skewered what he saw as society’s vices and hypocrisies, died on Aug. 8...
U.K. Lawmaker Rejects Jeremy Corbyn’s Call to Lead Caretaker Government
LONDON — A leading opposition lawmaker has thrown cold water on a proposal by the leader of Britain’s Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, aimed at preventing...
Denmark Considers More Control With Swedish Border After Copenhagen Blast
COPENHAGEN — Denmark’s government is considering strengthening controls at its border with Sweden after a bomb attack aimed at a government agency in Copenhagen that...
Dr. Carl Weiss Jr., 84, Dies; His Father, He Said, Didn’t Kill Huey Long
Carl A. Weiss Jr. was 3 months old when his father died in Baton Rouge, La. The cause, his mother would later tell him cryptically,...
In Russia, Days of Fake News and Real Radiation After Deadly Explosion
MOSCOW — In online posts and calls to local officials, Russians on Monday expressed anger that the explosion of a small nuclear reactor at a...
‘First’ Porsche Heads to Auction, and a Record Price Is Expected
The road race was going to speed along Germany’s new Autobahn, into the Austrian Alps and on to Rome, through the new heart of fascist...
After Attack on Norway Mosque, Body Found at Home Tied to Assailant
OSLO — A worshiper thwarted an attack on a mosque Saturday by a young man wearing a helmet and body armor, according to Norwegian authorities...
Major Power Outage Hits Britain, Causing Rush Hour Chaos
LONDON — Large parts of Britain were hit by a power cut, affecting trains, knocking out traffic lights and disrupting an airport during rush hour...
Anner Bylsma, Eminent Cellist With an Ear for the Past, Dies at 85
Anner Bylsma, an eminent Dutch cellist and a groundbreaking figure in the early music movement, the postwar effort to create performances closer to what past...