Sarah Hurtes

The main things to know as voters in 27 countries head to the ballot box to shape the next five years of European Union policies.

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Undocumented workers played a larger and more dangerous role in delivering the Games than the Macron administration acknowledges.

The international police organization has toughened oversight of its protocols, which autocrats have used to pursue dissidents. But the autocrats have adapted.

The veto came amid a warning that “civil order is breaking down” in Gaza, and a day after the Biden administration warned that Israel’s military had not done enough to reduce harm to civilians.

Governments have declared the practice a human rights violation. But they have made exceptions that are divisive among parents, doctors and social workers.

The season was scheduled to begin on Friday, but the players refused to play after talks with the league brought no agreement. The dispute comes amid a debate over sexism and soccer in Spain.

More than a dozen women described sexism ranging from paternalism to verbal abuse. “What you really need is a good man,” a former national captain said players were told.

For an architect trying to renovate his beloved but crumbling Palace of Justice in Brussels, once the largest building in the world, the design challenges pale compared with the political ones.