The Best Tech Gifts That Aren’t Gadgets
My favorite holiday tech gift doesn’t require batteries or software updates. It’s not even a gadget, though it was made with technology. Can you …
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He’s the Brusque Mr. Fix-It for Mexico City’s Accordions
MEXICO CITY — “Your accordion is a piece of garbage.” Francisco Luis Ramírez shook his head. The old man was carefully inspecting the dusty …
A slate of foreign policy crises awaits the new chancellor.
Rarely has a German leader come into office with so many burning crises. When Olaf Scholz is sworn in as chancellor in early December, he will …
8 New Books Coming in December
‘The Ballerinas,’ by Rachel Kapelke-Dale (St. Martin’s, Dec. 7) In this debut thriller, three dancers try to conceal their secrets at the Paris …
‘In the Eye of the Wild,’ a Haunting Memoir About Life After a Bear Attack
“Attack” didn’t seem like the right word, and neither did “mauling.” In Nastassja Martin’s new book, “In the Eye of the Wild,” she calls it …
What’s next for Angela Merkel?
She’ll miss it by less than two weeks: Angela Merkel in all likelihood will not be the longest-serving German chancellor since Otto von Bismarck …
German public transportation controllers start checking vaccine papers.
Tickets! Vaccination passes! Covid tests! Starting Wednesday, ticket inspectors on public transportation networks in Germany began conducting …
Karim Benzema, French Soccer Star, Is Convicted in Sex Tape Scandal
PARIS — Karim Benzema, a star striker for Real Madrid, was found guilty by a French court on Wednesday on charges that he was part of an attempt …
Can Liberals Survive Progressivism?
It’s been nearly 30 years since then-Gov. Bill Clinton took a break from the campaign trail to oversee the execution of death-row inmate Ricky …
America Has More Than One Spanglish
It’s easy to think that where language is concerned, in the United States we have a sort of vanilla, mainstream English and then some minor …