Une prise de conscience raciale en France, où le sujet reste tabou
PARIS — En France, en grandissant, Maboula Soumahoro ne s’était jamais considérée comme Noire. Chez elle, ses parents immigrés mettaient l’accent sur la culture Dioula,...
Category: European News
He Changed His Country’s Name. Will North Macedonia Punish Him?
SKOPJE, North Macedonia — Zoran Zaev, the front-runner in a general election on Wednesday in North Macedonia, got more done during his 30 months as...
Knife-Wielding Polish Man Flees Into Woods, Hoping to Keep Pet Puma
A man in Poland wielded a knife and fled to the woods, refusing to give up his beloved — but illegal — pet puma when...
Protests Rock Russian Far East With Calls for Putin to Resign
MOSCOW — Tens of thousands of people protested in Russia’s Far East on Saturday in a rare display of opposition to President Vladimir V. Putin...
Jack Charlton, Soccer Hero in England and Ireland, Dies at 85
LEEDS, England — Jack Charlton, a soccer star who was a central part of the England team that lifted the World Cup on home soil...
Erdogan Signs Decree Allowing Hagia Sophia to Be Used as a Mosque Again
ISTANBUL — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a decree Friday ordering Hagia Sophia to be opened for Muslim prayers, an action likely to provoke international...
NASA Scientist Jailed in Turkey for 3 Years Recounts His Ordeal
ISTANBUL — When Turkish police officers stopped him as he set out for the airport to return to the United States after a family vacation...
Erdogan Talks of Making Hagia Sophia a Mosque Again, to International Dismay
ISTANBUL — Since it was built in the sixth century, changing hands from empire to empire, Hagia Sophia has been a Byzantine cathedral, a mosque...
London Police Stop Star Athletes, Setting Off Racial Profiling Debate
LONDON — The couple, a top British sprinter and a Portuguese track star, were driving their Mercedes through the elegant Maida Vale neighborhood in West...
U.K. Announces $2 Billion Bailout to Help Keep the Arts Afloat
LONDON — Britain’s arts sector, largely shuttered since March because of the pandemic and warning of an imminent collapse, is being given a lifeline through...