Europe
Racing against time
Half Ukraine’s power is knocked out; winter is coming
Ingenuity can get you only so far
The French parliamentary election
France is desperately searching for a government
Party rivalry threatens deadlock before compromise
The latest outrage
A Russian missile hits a children’s hospital in central Kyiv
The Kremlin tries to deny responsibility
Charlemagne
Viktor Orban solidifies his credentials as the EU’s pantomime villain
The Hungarian prime minister’s “peace mission” to Russia has peeved Europeans
Houdininomics
Germany’s debt brake and the art of fantasy budgeting
The country is tiring of its self-imposed fiscal straitjacket
A bridge too far?
When will Ukraine join NATO?
Its road to membership could be blocked if Donald Trump becomes president
The French parliamentary election
After a deadlocked election, can anyone govern France?
The country is scrambling to find a new prime minister
France’s parliamentary election
A shock election result in France puts the left in the lead
But they are well short of a majority; uncertainty looms
Charlemagne
Europe faces a new age of shrunken French influence
Sharing power will weaken the federalist president’s sway in Brussels
Green policies
The EU should be the world’s heat-pump pioneer
But the union is falling behind in its efforts
Send in the Turks
Turkish tourists can now easily visit nearby Greek islands
A cheering sign of reduced tension in the eastern Mediterranean