Notre-Dame Musicians Rejoice That Cathedral’s Organ Was Spared
On the evening of April 15, Olivier Latry, one of the world’s greatest organists, arrived at a hotel in Vienna ahead of a planned concert....
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Trump’s State Visit to Britain, Long Delayed, Now Has a Date
LONDON — Britain plans to welcome President Trump with the formality of a state visit in June, Buckingham Palace announced on Tuesday, two and a...
Chasing Rembrandt’s Tulips on Two Wheels
While primarily a painter of people, the Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn immortalized at least one tulip. In 1634 he painted his wife, Saskia van...
HELSINKI DISPATCH: Finland’s Hobbyhorse Girls, Once a Secret Society, Now Prance in Public
Video CreditCreditVideo by Dmitry Kostyukov For The New York Times HELSINKI, Finland — A dozen girls waited in line in a Helsinki arena for the...
Kosovo Flies Home Jihadists’ Families From Syria
PRISTINA, Kosovo — The authorities in Kosovo said on Saturday that more than 100 of their citizens, mostly women and children who were relatives of...
Once He Was the ‘Godfather of British Crime.’ Now He’s Just a Grandfather.
LONDON — It was Easter Monday, and five thieves — three wearing balaclavas, two in monkey masks and all of them armed and speaking with...
Critic’s Pick: A Cult Favorite Enters the Art Canon
It’s not often that the paintings of an Italian Renaissance master arrive in a New York museum unadorned by the aura of fame and towering...
Tombstone Tourism’s Last Stop, Plot of Your Own in Vienna
Vienna’s No. 71 tram leaves from outside the old Vienna Stock Exchange building in the city’s central district, and reaches the end of the line...
Scorned British Tabloids to Harry and Meghan: Show Us Your Baby!
LONDON — Of the various press rituals surrounding the British royal family, few are sillier than the vigil outside a London maternity ward, where squadrons...
Google, Trump, Tiger Woods: Your Monday Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning, We start today with Google data used by law enforcement, the Trump administration’s...