U.K. Police Charge 3 Men With Aiding Hong Kong Intelligence Service
Three men have been charged with assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service, the London Metropolitan Police said on Monday, following an investigation in which arrests and searches were carried out…
A Night to Remember at the Opera, Complete With a Phantom
In the pitch-dark auditorium of Rome’s Teatro Costanzi, a high-pitched lament floated from the top galleries. Dozens of flashlights snapped on, their beams crisscrossing crazily, seeking the source of the…
Spain’s Socialists Win Catalan Vote Dominated by Amnesty for Separatists
Spain’s governing Socialist party emerged on Sunday as the winner of regional elections in Catalonia that had been widely seen as a litmus test for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s polarizing…
Secret Hamas Files Show It Spied on Everyday Palestinians
The Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has for years overseen a secret police force in Gaza that conducted surveillance on everyday Palestinians and built files on young people, journalists and those…
How to Plan a Visit to the V&A Museum in London
Even for someone who loves getting lost in museums — especially “everything museums” like the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York — London’s Victoria and Albert Museum might have…
Ahead of Olympics, World Anti-Doping Agency Faces a Trust Crisis
Two months before the Olympics are scheduled to begin in Paris, the global agency tasked with policing doping in sports is facing a growing crisis as it fends off allegations…
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Russian Forces Push Deeper Into Northern Ukraine
In the past three days, Russian troops, backed by fighter jets, artillery and lethal drones, have poured across Ukraine’s northeastern border and seized at least nine villages and settlements, and…
Putin Replaces Defense Minister in Rare Cabinet Shake-up
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia replaced his minister of defense on Sunday with an economist, shaking up his national security team for the first time since his invasion of…
Mystery of Mona Lisa’s Location May Be Solved
She’s been smeared with cake and doused with acid. Vigilantes have stolen her, and protesters have defaced her. She’s been lasered and prodded, displayed for the masses, and relegated to…