A France in Turmoil Mourns Françoise Hardy, Its Voice of Melancholy Cool
It was like Françoise Hardy, the wistful singer and songwriter of a certain French melancholy and style, to slip away in the midst of a...
Putin Makes Cease-Fire Offer With Sweeping Demands on Ukraine’s Territory
President Vladimir V. Putin said on Friday that Russia would be ready to order a cease-fire in Ukraine and enter negotiations with its government if...
Ukraine Welcomes Pledges of More Military Aid With Cautious Optimism
“There will also be more equipment and other necessary supplies for the front,” Mr. Zelensky said in his evening address on Thursday, striking an unusually...
Stephen Colbert and Whoopi Goldberg Met the Pope in the Vatican. No Joke.
At the audience, Francis repeatedly cited the “Prayer for Good Humor” attributed to St. Thomas More, which he said he had prayed for 40 years....
Israel-Hamas War: Live Updates – The New York Times
Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s far-right finance minister, in Jerusalem last year.Credit…Maya Alerruzzo/Associated Press Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s far-right finance minister, said on Thursday that he had ordered...
Urban Tandoor Lures Customers With Campy TikTok Videos
The tables were filling up at Urban Tandoor, a British curry house wholesome enough for a family meal and elegant enough for a low-key first...
Parisians on TikTok Plead: ‘Don’t Come’ to Paris for the Olympics
“This is a video for anyone that’s coming to Paris Olympics 2024,” a woman says in a clip posted to TikTok. She pauses briefly, and...
Carnage and Contradiction: Examining a Deadly Strike in Rafah
Fear plagued Saleh Mohammed al-Hila, 37, on that Sunday. “I was lying on the ground of the tent and told my son ‘May God save...
South Africa Moves Closer to Electing a Leader, but Unity Is Elusive
Entering a new era of unpredictable politics, South Africa’s newly elected Parliament convened for the first time on Friday as lawmakers prepared to elect the...
Capturing a ‘Mosaic of Shifting Battle Fronts’ in Sudan
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Every month since Sudan’s catastrophic...
Geneviève de Galard, French ‘Angel’ of Dien Bien Phu, Dies at 99
For almost two months, in the hell of the besieged French military base at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam, Geneviève de Galard, a military nurse,...
Snow or No Snow, Australia’s Winter Resorts Are Open
The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. This week’s issue is written by Julia...
G7 Leaders, Expanding the Circle, Shift Focus to Migration and the South
The leaders of the Group of 7 countries will share the stage on Friday with leaders from India, Brazil, Turkey and other non-Western countries, showcasing...
Friday Briefing
G7 leaders agreed to give Ukraine a $50 billion loan At the G7 summit in Italy, the member countries agreed on a plan to give...