Daredevil Proposal on the Empire State Building Ends in Arrest as New York Watches in Shock NEW YORK — At first, people on the sidewalks of Midtown thought it was a maintenance operation. Th... Read more
Oceans Hit Record June Temperatures as Emerging El Niño Raises Fears of Global Climate Shock PARIS / WASHINGTON / GENEVA / SYDNEY – The warning did not come with sirens. No explosions.... Read more
Parcel Bomb Rocks Monaco, Wounds Ukrainian Oligarch in Unprecedented Attack MONACO / NICE / PARIS – In one of the most shocking security breaches in modern Monegasque history, an explo... Read more
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France’s Infrastructure Pushes to the Edge as Heatwave Turns Cities into Pressure Cookers PARIS — The asphalt shimmered first. Then it softened. By midday, highways across parts of France be... Read more
Trump Demands $88 Billion as Iran War Sparks Revolt Inside Washington WASHINGTON / TEHRAN / BRUSSELS — The war may be slowing on the battlefield. But in Washington, a different battle has ex... Read more
Kim Jong Un Unveils Destroyer as North Korea Pushes into a New Era of Naval Power PYONGYANG / SEOUL / WASHINGTON — The sea was calm. The message was not. Under gray skies at the western port... Read more
The Bitter Truth Behind the World’s Favorite Drink GENEVA / BRUSSELS / SÃO PAULO – For billions, it begins the same way. A kettle whistles. Beans grind. Steam rises. Morning starts with comf... Read more
