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On the streets of Israel and in the corridors of power, a standoff over the government’s plan to take greater control over the country’s courts was as heated as ever on Thursday.Protesters opposed...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III had a rare phone call with his Russian counterpart in the aftermath of a collision between a Russian warplane and an American spy drone,...

France’s Senate approved President Emmanuel Macron’s widely unpopular plans to raise the retirement age by two years on Thursday, setting the stage for a decisive, if far more unpredictable, vote in the...

Pentagon Chief Says He Spoke With Russia Over Drone Incident

The British government ramped up its efforts to get more people into work and make Britain an enticing investment destination as it announced on Wednesday an expansion of free child care, extended...

Tech companies, like Meta and Apple, sell users the promise of privacy. They say the encryption on their smartphones and apps will keep user data safe.But there is one powerful form of...

Defense officials from Ukraine’s closest allies will attend a virtual meeting on Wednesday to discuss how to supply Ukraine’s military as it blows through ammunition faster than producers can meet demand.Wednesday’s meeting...

Mounds of food waste piled in view of the Eiffel Tower. Small cobblestone streets lined with overflowing garbage bins. The bank of the Seine skirted by heaps of trash.For more than a...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been fought mostly in a series of grinding land battles, but for the governments in Kyiv and Moscow the Black Sea also has been a vital theater...

It’s a mystery that has intrigued and confounded scholars for centuries: Who, exactly, was Leonardo da Vinci’s mother?A few facts are known. Her name was Caterina, and sometime in 1451, she had...