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Torn, folded, stitched and bound into a book of property records from the 1500s, rare tales of Merlin shapeshifting into King Arthur’s court and Sir Gawain gaining power from the sun had gone unnoticed for centuries, stacked among the records of an English manor and then among the millions of volumes of a university library. … Read more

Another eclipse is upon us. On Saturday, the moon will cast its shadow on Earth’s surface, a phenomenon that people in parts of the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Russia and Africa will get to experience as a partial solar eclipse. It is only partially as impressive as the total solar eclipse that cut … Read more

In a major bet last summer, Ukraine launched a daring offensive on Russian soil, the first invasion of Russia since World War II. That incursion into the Kursk region stunned Moscow and provided a much-needed morale boost for Ukrainians, but after months of fierce fighting, Russia has recently clawed back almost all of the territory … Read more

One of the biggest corporate donors to the populist Reform U.K. party has sold almost $2 million worth of transmitters, cockpit equipment, antennas and other sensitive technology to a major supplier of Moscow’s blacklisted state weapons agency, documents show. From 2023 to 2024, the company, part of the British aerospace manufacturer H.R. Smith Group, shipped … Read more

For years, the threat of a Russia intent on expansion has loomed over much of Europe. It is not just the war in Ukraine. Moscow has also stationed military forces in friendly countries and fanned the flames of destabilizing political movements across the continent. Now, as the Trump administration strikes a conciliatory tone toward Russia … Read more

Another eclipse is upon us. On Saturday, the moon will cast its shadow on Earth’s surface, a phenomenon that people in parts of the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Russia and Africa will get to experience as a partial solar eclipse. It is only partially as impressive as the total solar eclipse that cut … Read more

U.S. auto tariffs raised the risk of a global trade war President Trump’s plan to impose a 25 percent tariff on cars and parts has sent a shudder through the global auto industry. Markets in Asia, Europe and the U.S. wobbled yesterday as many automakers’ share prices fell. Trump has threatened to target the E.U. … Read more

The pope’s doctors did not think he was going to make it. “It’s terrible,” Pope Francis gasped during a breathing crisis last month. The pope, his hand bruised with needle pricks and his oxygen saturation dipping to a dangerously low 78 during his long hospitalization, acknowledged in a failing voice that he might die. He … Read more

King Charles III was briefly hospitalized on Thursday morning after suffering side effects from his cancer treatment, Buckingham Palace said in a statement. The palace said Charles, 76, had since returned to his London residence, Clarence House, and that his public schedule for Friday would be canceled as a precautionary measure. The king announced he … Read more