Europe
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U.K.’s Migrant Boat Dispute Has Eyes Fixed on the Channel
FOLKESTONE, England — Using high-powered binoculars and a telescope, three volunteers from a humanitarian monitoring group stood on the Kent…
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In Britain, Rising Prices and Shortages Evoke 1970s-Style Jitters
LONDON — Long lines at gas stations, rising fuel prices, empty shelves in supermarkets, and worries about runaway inflation. Britons…
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Ahead of German Election, Hundreds of Thousands Demand Climate Action
BERLIN — Hundreds of thousands of young people around the world on Friday returned to the streets for the first…
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Overlooked No More: Remedios Varo, Spanish Painter of Magic, Mysticism and Science
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported…
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Man Convicted in Thefts of a van Gogh and a Hals From Dutch Museums
A three-judge panel in the Netherlands on Friday found a man guilty of stealing paintings by van Gogh and Frans…
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Can Macron Lead the European Union After Merkel Retires?
PARIS — After Germans vote on Sunday and a new government is formed, Chancellor Angela Merkel will leave office after…
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To His Surprise, His Play About 2 Dead U.K. Politicians Struck a Chord
LONDON — A play about two long-dead British politicians might not be an obvious winner in London’s West End. But…
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Will Italy Hand a Wanted Catalan Separatist Leader to Spain?
An Italian court released the former leader of Spain’s Catalonia region on Friday, a day after his arrest, but ordered…
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He Taught Ancient Texts at Oxford. Now He Is Accused of Stealing Some.
He had impeccable credentials. No one disputes that. Dirk Obbink was an esteemed lecturer at the University of Oxford. He…
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Suspect Held in Teacher’s Killing as U.K. Women Demand Safer Streets
LONDON — A suspect has been arrested in the killing of Sabina Nessa, a 28-year-old teacher whose body was discovered…