Europe

Starting in the early 1960s, he set himself apart from his contemporaries with paintings that critiqued the cultural dominance of the United States.

By Alex Williams

There is widespread concern that the November election will not end well and that American democracy has frayed to the breaking point.

By Roger Cohen

Thousands of residents of Nysa, in southern Poland, formed a human chain overnight to pass each other sandbags, building a wall along a river embankment to keep the raging waters at bay.

By Amelia Nierenberg and Anatol Magdziarz

Extreme heat and high winds have exacerbated deadly wildfires in the country.

By Christina Kelso

U.S. and European officials are struggling to honor their pledge to use Russian assets to aid Ukraine.

By Alan Rappeport

The world’s richest soccer league accused its champion of years of financial violations. A hearing that began this week could tarnish the club’s accomplishments and reshape the competition.

By Tariq Panja

More than 200 years after a ceiling painted by the Tuscan artist Vasari was dismembered and sold on the antiquarian market, it is (almost) whole again.

By Elisabetta Povoledo

Prosecutors say that, for almost a decade, Dominique Pelicot drugged his wife to rape her, alongside dozens of other men he invited to abuse her.

By Ségolène Le Stradic and Catherine Porter

More than 5,000 personnel are battling a number of wildfires, the authorities said, and the prime minister called it an “extremely difficult weather situation.”

By Derrick Bryson Taylor

Ursula von der Leyen named her choices for the European Commission as she navigates a host of challenges, including the rise of nationalist forces.

By Jenny Gross and Emma Bubola