Mixed-Race Families in Germany on the Struggle to Belong
Three decades since the Berlin Wall fell, Germans remain deeply divided over the question of what it means to be German. In an article marking...
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Abandoning Everything You Ever Believed, for Brexit. (Or Trump.)
The premise of “Question Time,” the weekly BBC political discussion show, is simple: A panel of guests fields questions from the audience on matters of...
In Amsterdam, Floating Homes That Only Look Like Ships
AMSTERDAM — When Karen Bosma first moved her boat to the Borneokade, northeast of Amsterdam’s bustling city center, in 1999, the neighborhood was barely more...
A Disgraced Ukrainian Oligarch’s Bizarre Ski Resort Plan
CHORNA TYSA, Ukraine — With Ukraine besieged by questions about President Trump, mysterious goings-on along a dirt road through a mountain forest are raising what,...
A Show That Laughs at Boris Johnson, and May Have Aided His Rise
BOREHAMWOOD, England — There are many theories about how Boris Johnson, Britain’s prime minister, and Jacob Rees-Mogg, another politician leading Britain’s exit from the European...
Catholic Bishops Back Ordination of Married Men as Priests in Amazon Region, a Milestone
VATICAN CITY — A summit of Roman Catholic bishops meeting at the Vatican recommended on Saturday that Pope Francis allow the ordination of married men...
In Hungary, Viktor Orban Showers Money on Stadiums, Less So on Hospitals
ImageJanos Hospital in Budapest. Hungarians have suffered as the country’s health care system has decayed.Credit…Akos Stiller for The New York Times FELCSUT, Hungary — The...
200 Dispatches: Odd Animals, Offbeat Childhoods, Celebrity Origins and Extreme Sports
Suicidal dogs, homicidal crocodiles and très chic bees. The hometowns of Melania Trump, Stalin and the (very) remote village where Andy Warhol’s parents met. Icy...
In Montpellier, a Residential Tower Inspired by a Tree
MONTPELLIER, France — “It looks like a toothbrush. It’s quite strange,” said the Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto. He was speaking about his first project in...
Dam at Russian Gold Mine Collapses, Killing 15
MOSCOW — At least 15 people are dead after a dam at a small Siberian gold mine collapsed and water flooded two workers’ dormitories on...