Hong Kong, Dominic Cummings, New Zealand: Your Monday Briefing
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Category: European News
For Some Italians, the Future of Work Looks Like the Past
CORCOLLE, Italy — On a small farm outside Rome, workers crouched in the corridors of a cornfield and tended to stalks for the coming harvest....
European Defense and ‘Strategic Autonomy’ Are Also Coronavirus Victims
BRUSSELS — The coronavirus has upended the best-laid plans and priorities of many, including the European Union. But one of the biggest casualties may be...
The Circus Came to Town, Then It Couldn’t Leave
CORCOLLE, Italy — At the end of Italy’s coronavirus lockdown, one of the camels broke free. On a narrow field surrounded by low-rise apartments, bus...
In Istanbul Under Lockdown, Baklava Makers Are Essential Workers
ISTANBUL — Every weekend, for over a month now, Istanbul has been under a strict curfew because of the coronavirus. No one is allowed out,...
Coronavirus Inquiry, E.U. Fund, Cyclone Amphan: Your Wednesday Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. We’re covering the W.H.O. approving a coronavirus inquiry, Germany and France joining forces...
When Cadaver Dogs Pick Up a Scent, Archaeologists Find Where to Dig
On a sunny summer day in Croatia several years ago, an archaeologist and two dog handlers watched as two dogs, one after another, slowly worked...
This Is What Watching Sports Looks Like Now
As soon as you leave Dortmund’s central station, you see the black and yellow. Decked out in the team’s luminous colors, Borussia Dortmund’s club shop...
How France Lost the Weapons to Fight a Pandemic
PARIS — When President Emmanuel Macron repeatedly declared “war” on the coronavirus in March, he solemnly promised that France would support “front-line” health workers with...
A Mogul’s Wife Vanishes. Now Norway Has a National Obsession.
FJELLHAMAR, Norway — Her last phone call was at 9:14 a.m., around the time that her husband, one of the richest men in Norway, passed...