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One day after Israel began halting the entry of all goods and humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip, Palestinians there are already feeling the effects of the sweeping measure, with prices of essential goods on the rise. “It was a complete shock,” Iman Saber, a 24-year-old nurse from northern Gaza, said of Israel’s decision on … Read more
Pope Francis had two acute respiratory crises on Monday, the Vatican said, stoking further concerns about the health of the 88-year old pontiff, who has been hospitalized in Rome in serious condition for more than two weeks. The pope has been undergoing treatment for double pneumonia and a complex infection in a Rome hospital, and … Read more
Travelers know Maastricht, tucked along the southern border of the Netherlands, for its cobbled streets, stately 17th-century townhouses and the remnants of its fortifications, including bastions, towers and medieval gates. But some of the city’s most eye-catching locations are underground. These subterranean sites are among the roughly 500 quarries scattered throughout Limburg — the hilly … Read more
Driver Arrested After Crashing Car Into Crowd in Germany
President Volodymyr Zelensky returned to Ukraine on Monday after a whirlwind diplomatic mission that included both humiliation, by President Trump, and a warm embrace, from European leaders. He vowed to use all diplomatic avenues to pursue an end to Ukraine’s war with Russia, but acknowledged there was “a long way to go.” Russia has given … Read more
European defense stocks soared on Monday after the region’s leaders vowed to take on “the heavy lifting” of defending Ukraine from Russia. The rally comes as the three-year-old war appears set to move into a new stage after an Oval Office blowup on Friday put President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on the outs with President … Read more
One person was killed and several others injured when a man drove a car into a lunch-hour crowd in the southwestern German city of Mannheim, the police said on Monday. The police said that the driver had been arrested, adding that they were investigating whether other perpetrators had been involved. The authorities asked people to … Read more
Britain and France have promised to muster a “coalition of the willing” to secure a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia. Now comes the acid test for Europe: How many countries will step up, and does that even matter, given Russia’s rejection of such a coalition as part of any settlement? Prime Minister Keir Starmer … Read more
When a mortar round exploded on top of their American-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, the Ukrainian soldiers inside were shaken but not terribly worried, having been hardened by artillery shelling over three years of war. But then the small drones started to swarm. They targeted the weakest points of the armored Bradley with a deadly … Read more
The last time Barry Joule saw his friend Francis Bacon, it was 10 days before the celebrated painter’s death. No one in the art world disputes that. For over a decade before that spring day in 1992, Joule, a Canadian handyman with a rock-star mane, had been one of Bacon’s helpers, doing odd jobs around … Read more