Europe
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‘You’re Not Helpless’: For London Women, Learning to Fight Builds Confidence
LONDON — The thwack of fists hitting hand pads echoed through the studio as pairs of women circled each other,…
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Laszlo Z. Bito, Scientist, Novelist and Philanthropist, Dies at 87
Laszlo Bito, a research scientist who fled communist oppression in Hungary, discovered a breakthrough treatment for glaucoma while at Columbia…
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A Tale of Culinary Reconciliation, Beside the Eiffel Tower
PARIS — A couple decades ago France suffered a severe shock. A Spanish restaurant called El Bulli, on the Catalan…
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As Omicron Variant Circles the Globe, African Nations Are Blamed and Banned
Nations in southern Africa protested bitterly on Saturday as more of the world’s wealthiest countries cut them off from travel,…
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U.K. confirms two cases of Omicron coronavirus variant.
As the world scrambles to prevent the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus variant that was first detected in southern…
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Germany finds a suspected case of the variant.
The highly mutated new coronavirus variant known as Omicron is “very likely” to already be present in Germany, a regional…
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This Oceans Invaded Its Neighbor Earlier Than Anyone Thought
Arctic. Atlantic. Long ago, the two oceans existed in harmony, with warm and salty Atlantic waters gently flowing into the…
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A Times correspondent reports from a plane held on the tarmac in Amsterdam.
Someday, I may appreciate the irony in this situation. For now, I’m in my fourth hour trapped on the tarmac…
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Europe’s Theaters Go Back to the Future With Covid Restrictions
For months, Europe’s opera, music and theater fans have been flocking to packed venues as if the coronavirus pandemic was…
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A Refugee’s Harrowing Story, Finally Told Through Animation
COPENHAGEN — Midway through Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s latest documentary, a decrepit boat crowded with Afghans fleeing violence crosses paths with…