|
![]() |
![]() Lee HockstaderWashington Post |
PARIS — Europeans are quickly learning a lesson that Americans internalized years ago: They ignore Elon Musk at their peril. Until recently,...
PARIS — When will Europe tire of playing the chump as Russian President Vladimir Putin escalates his shadow war of sabotage, assassination and...
PARIS — Donald Trump is not, at last check, a French politician. But his signature approach to politics — as a guardrail-crashing agent of chaos...
PARIS — The immense volumes of Paris’s brand-new, 860-year-old cathedral are a transcendent marvel, repaired, restored and rebuilt to a high gleam....
PARIS — The Notre Dame Cathedral, a sprawling construction site for the past five years, is a quick stroll from where I live, and it is an...
BRUSSELS — NATO’s brand-new secretary general, Mark Rutte, stands 6-foot-4, so he can look Donald Trump straight in the eye. He’s a deft...
PARIS — Spend a little time in Europe, and it’s easy to be dazzled by the veneer of progress that has been made in wiping away borders and...
BARCELONA — Oh, to be young, footloose and lucky enough to live in Barcelona, Europe’s vibrant, lovely “it” city. It also helps to be highly paid,...
PARIS — Einstein was a genius. Precious few politicians are. Yet bold national leaders prone to audacious gambles are often credited with...
PARIS — Many of Donald Trump’s pronouncements on foreign affairs are off-kilter, but he is right that Europe needs huge increases in military...
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron last week handed a noose to the nation’s hard right, a movement animated by bigotry, and empowered it to...
PARIS — The ethnonationalist party at or near the top of the polls ahead of German state elections starting Sunday is scaring the wits out of...
LEIPZIG, Germany — This broad-minded university town in eastern Germany was the cradle of a “peaceful revolution” that toppled the Berlin Wall and...
Los Angeles’s problems of crime and homelessness far outweigh the challenges Paris faced. Actor Tom Cruise accepts the Olympic flag from Los...
A Ukrainian breakdancer rallied for the Olympics as her country did after Russia’s invasion. Ukraine's Kateryna Pavlenko competes in the women's...
In the 2024 Olympics, a transformed Paris is the main event, not just a backdrop. People celebrate Olympic medal-winners near the Eiffel Tower in...
After the war in Ukraine ends, the Kremlin might seek revenge against the United States and Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the...
Pageantry, history and risk combine for what might be an indelible new chapter in the city’s history. The Eiffel Tower on Thursday, ahead of the...
France and President Macron, beset by political paralysis, turn their attention to the Olympics. French President Emmanuel Macron meets with French...
Post-pandemic ‘revenge tourism’ keeps surging in European hotspots, and the problem may soon worsen. Demonstrators outside a restaurant protest...