Europe

The celebration of French heritage in the run-up to the Paris Olympics was unveiled on the feast day of Saint Honoré, the patron saint of bakers.

Advances by Russian forces have raised fears they could bring their artillery in range of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city.

Though the history-inflected “Furiosa” and “Megalopolis” were the hottest tickets, films by Andrea Arnold and Rungano Nyoni proved to be discoveries.

Western leaders looking for signs that the Chinese leader used his influence on President Vladimir V. Putin to end the war in Ukraine are likely to be disappointed.

The stunning incursion into the Kharkiv Region lays bare the challenges facing Ukraine’s weary and thinly stretched forces as Russia ramps up its summer offensive.

People who know the suspect described a “weird and angry” loner who wrote erotic poetry, and whose resentments ranged across the political spectrum.

Political violence and polarization stalk Europe today, with ominous echoes of the past.

American officials say they do not want U.S. weapons used in cross-border attacks or intelligence reports used to strike inside Russia.

Soccer’s leaders have landed on the wrong solution. Again.

Authoritarian governments have long sought to target dissidents abroad. But the digital age may have given them stronger motives, and better tools, for transnational repression.