In a Memoir, the Impeachment Witness Fiona Hill Recounts Her Journey From ‘Blighted World’ to White House
The arresting title of Fiona Hill’s new book, “There Is Nothing for You Here,” is what her father told her when she was growing up in Bishop …
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Europe’s Social Democrats Show Signs of Life, but France Poses a Roadblock
PARIS — For France’s venerable Socialist Party, languishing at 4 percent support ahead of next year’s presidential elections, news of a surprise …
A Battle of the Bubbles: War Comes to the Prosecco Hills
VALDOBBIADENE, ITALY — Small pickup trucks carrying mounds of green grapes wound through Prosecco Road. Workers harvesting in the terraced …
This Parasite Turns Plants Into Zombies
A mustard plant infected with a certain parasite grows strangely, its development warped by tiny invaders. Its leaves take on odd shapes, its …
New Supertalls Test the Limits, as the City Consults an Aging Playbook
The skyscrapers of New York’s so-called Billionaires’ Row in Midtown Manhattan have something in common besides eye-watering prices: The city …
Steven Mnuchin Sells a Duplex on Park Avenue for $22.5 Million
Apartments at the ultraexpensive 220 Central Park South continue to appreciate in value in resales. The financier Richard Leibovitch just sold …
Fashion Mogul Set to Face Sex-Trafficking Charges in U.S.
OTTAWA — Peter Nygard, the Canadian former fashion executive who was once given to boasting about his flamboyant lifestyle, waived a Canadian …
The Marvelous Physics of Swarming Midges
On early autumn afternoons across the temperate world, the midges are now gathering to swarm: clouds of tiny flies, wings lit by the sun like so …
He Sees Migrants as ‘Modern Slaves,’ and Has Devoted His Life to Helping Them
Sept. 24, 2021, 10:31 a.m. ET BRUSSELS — Wherever he goes in St. John the Baptist Church in Brussels, the Rev. Daniel Alliët finds himself …
London Police, Under Fire on Everard Murder, Respond With Safety Tips
LONDON — Hours after the murderer who used his status as a police officer to kidnap, rape and kill Sarah Everard was sentenced to life in prison …