First Barr, Now Pompeo: Italy Is Hub of Impeachment Intrigue for Trump Officials
ROME — The “ancestral homeland” in Italy’s Abruzzo region that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he was looking forward to visiting on Thursday barely...
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She Speaks for France’s President. And ‘Explosions of Color’
PARIS — There’s no hiding when you’re the spokeswoman for the Élysée Palace. Especially if you are the first black spokeswoman for the Élysée Palace....
How Iran’s President Left Trump Hanging, and Macron in the Hall
The telephone line had been secretly set up. President Trump waited on the other end. All President Hassan Rouhani of Iran had to do was...
Boris Johnson Still Basks in Favor of Hard-line Tories, Who Forgive All for Brexit
MANCHESTER, England — He has been accused of inciting violence, misleading Queen Elizabeth II, running roughshod over the British Constitution and having a conflict of...
Dutch Railroad Reckons With Holocaust Shame, 70 Years Later
AMSTERDAM — The indispensable role that German railroads played as part of the Nazi machinery of genocide during World War II has long been known....
Austria’s Kurz, Leading in Polls, Looks Open to a Reunion With Far Right
VIENNA — When Sebastian Kurz became Austria’s youngest-ever chancellor two years ago, he made a pact to govern with the far right. He would in...
BBC Rebukes Anchor Who Criticized Trump ‘Go Back’ Tweet. Now, It’s Under Fire.
LONDON — The BBC was taken to task on Thursday after it ruled that one of its veteran television anchors had broken the company’s editorial...
Boris Johnson Back Home. Parliament Back in Session. What Could Go Wrong?
LONDON — A day after suffering a crushing rebuke from his country’s highest court, a notably unchastened Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared before a hastily...
Sigmund Jähn, First German in Space and a Hero Back Home, Dies at 82
BERLIN — Sigmund Jähn, whose distinction as the first German to travel into space made him a Cold War symbol of socialist unity at a...
A German Court Defines Hangovers as an Illness
Last night’s Oktoberfest party went late, and your brain now feels as fragile as antique pottery on a bumpy flight. So you reach for an...