Overlooked No More: Edmonia Lewis, 19th Century Black Sculptor of Worldwide Acclaim As an artist she transcended constraints, and as a woman of color, she confronted a society that wished to categorize her.
In Aftermath of Greek Fires, Suspicion Combines With Grief and Recrimination As rescuers continued to search for the missing, Greeks were asking how so many scattered fires had broken out in so short a span and spread with such velocity. By JASON HOROWITZ
Trump Wants to Delay Putin Meeting Until ‘After the Russia Witch Hunt’ “The president believes that the next bilateral meeting with president Putin should take place after the Russia witch hunt is over,” President Trump’s national security adviser said. By MARK LANDLER
A Watery Lake Is Detected on Mars, Raising the Potential for Alien Life The discovery suggests that watery conditions beneath the icy southern polar cap may have provided one of the critical building blocks for life on the red planet. By KENNETH CHANG and DENNIS OVERBYE
Does Kit Kat’s Shape Deserve a Trademark? E.U. Adds a Hurdle. Nestlé, which makes the candy bar outside the U.S., has fought for years to claim ownership of its four-fingered shape across Europe. By MILAN SCHREUER
Divorce on Demand? In U.K., It’s Not Quite That Simple The British Supreme Court grudgingly ruled that a woman must remain married to her husband. The court said it had never considered a case like this one. By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Venice Film Festival to Feature the Coen Brothers, Damien Chazelle and Lady Gaga The lineup of the festival’s 75th edition also includes premieres from Paul Greengrass, Orson Welles and Alfonso Cuarón. By ALEX MARSHALL
Swedish Student Blocks Afghan’s Deportation by Refusing to Sit Down on Flight The university student held up a Turkish Airlines flight to Istanbul for about two hours, and her video of the encounter went viral. By CHRISTINA ANDERSON and PALKO KARASZ
Ryanair, Long Opposed to Unions, Grapples With Strikes in Europe The low-cost airline has faced widespread unrest among its staff since a scheduling issue last year led to a dispute over work conditions. By AMIE TSANG
Sergio Marchionne, Who Revived Fiat and Chrysler, Dies at 66 Mr. Marchionne, who merged the two carmakers, pulling them back from the brink of collapse, led the combined Fiat Chrysler until just a few days ago. By NEAL E. BOUDETTE and ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
Europe Edition Greece, Trade, Novichok: Your Wednesday Briefing Here’s what you need to know to start your day. By REMY TUMIN
As Greek Wildfire Closed In, a Desperate Dash Ended in Death A New York Times correspondent reports from the ashes of a seaside resort town devastated by fire and death. By JASON HOROWITZ
Novichok Was in a Perfume Bottle, U.K. Victim Says The victim, Charlie Rowley, offered new clues about how he and his girlfriend came across the same Soviet-designed nerve agent that sickened a former Russian spy and his daughter. By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ and ERIC SCHMITT
Anne Olivier Bell, Editor of Virginia Woolf Diaries, Dies at 102 Married to Woolf’s nephew, she was a last link to the famed Bloomsbury Group, and also part of the wartime art-preservation unit known as the Monuments Men. By NEIL GENZLINGER
Christine Nöstlinger, Clear-Eyed Children’s Book Author, Dies at 81 An author who avoided sentimentality and took on contemporary issues of social justice in books that were translated into 30 languages. By HELEN T. VERONGOS
Its Eye on China, Britain Pushes Back on Foreign Takeovers As Beijing encourages its corporate sector to buy up the technology to build its own national champions, Britain is joining other countries in applying a microscope to such deals. By LIZ ALDERMAN
As Wildfires Burn in Greece, ‘Despair and Death Everywhere’ Fast-spreading wildfires have engulfed entire seaside towns in Greece, killing multiple people and injuring many others. The death toll is expected to rise. By NEETI UPADHYE and MALACHY BROWNE
Austria Dispatch This European Border Is Still Open. But for How Long? The memory of thousands of refugees arriving in 2015 has split the people of Spielfeld, Austria: Some welcome a new fence. Others fear a loss of freedom. By KATRIN BENNHOLD
The Tour de France Hits a Cloud of Tear Gas and Comes to a Stop Eyedrops and water were used to treat several riders inadvertently hit as the police targeted protesters. By IAN AUSTEN
Eye-Popping Portraits for an Age of Protest Aurore Valade’s bright and busy photographs show that resistance can be messy, joyful and sometimes lonely. By ANDREW DICKSON
Overlooked No More: Edmonia Lewis, 19th Century Black Sculptor of Worldwide Acclaim As an artist she transcended constraints, and as a woman of color, she confronted a society that wished to categorize her.
In Aftermath of Greek Fires, Suspicion Combines With Grief and Recrimination As rescuers continued to search for the missing, Greeks were asking how so many scattered fires had broken out in so short a span and spread with such velocity. By JASON HOROWITZ
Trump Wants to Delay Putin Meeting Until ‘After the Russia Witch Hunt’ “The president believes that the next bilateral meeting with president Putin should take place after the Russia witch hunt is over,” President Trump’s national security adviser said. By MARK LANDLER
A Watery Lake Is Detected on Mars, Raising the Potential for Alien Life The discovery suggests that watery conditions beneath the icy southern polar cap may have provided one of the critical building blocks for life on the red planet. By KENNETH CHANG and DENNIS OVERBYE
Does Kit Kat’s Shape Deserve a Trademark? E.U. Adds a Hurdle. Nestlé, which makes the candy bar outside the U.S., has fought for years to claim ownership of its four-fingered shape across Europe. By MILAN SCHREUER
Divorce on Demand? In U.K., It’s Not Quite That Simple The British Supreme Court grudgingly ruled that a woman must remain married to her husband. The court said it had never considered a case like this one. By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Venice Film Festival to Feature the Coen Brothers, Damien Chazelle and Lady Gaga The lineup of the festival’s 75th edition also includes premieres from Paul Greengrass, Orson Welles and Alfonso Cuarón. By ALEX MARSHALL
Swedish Student Blocks Afghan’s Deportation by Refusing to Sit Down on Flight The university student held up a Turkish Airlines flight to Istanbul for about two hours, and her video of the encounter went viral. By CHRISTINA ANDERSON and PALKO KARASZ
Ryanair, Long Opposed to Unions, Grapples With Strikes in Europe The low-cost airline has faced widespread unrest among its staff since a scheduling issue last year led to a dispute over work conditions. By AMIE TSANG
Sergio Marchionne, Who Revived Fiat and Chrysler, Dies at 66 Mr. Marchionne, who merged the two carmakers, pulling them back from the brink of collapse, led the combined Fiat Chrysler until just a few days ago. By NEAL E. BOUDETTE and ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
Europe Edition Greece, Trade, Novichok: Your Wednesday Briefing Here’s what you need to know to start your day. By REMY TUMIN
As Greek Wildfire Closed In, a Desperate Dash Ended in Death A New York Times correspondent reports from the ashes of a seaside resort town devastated by fire and death. By JASON HOROWITZ
Novichok Was in a Perfume Bottle, U.K. Victim Says The victim, Charlie Rowley, offered new clues about how he and his girlfriend came across the same Soviet-designed nerve agent that sickened a former Russian spy and his daughter. By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ and ERIC SCHMITT
Anne Olivier Bell, Editor of Virginia Woolf Diaries, Dies at 102 Married to Woolf’s nephew, she was a last link to the famed Bloomsbury Group, and also part of the wartime art-preservation unit known as the Monuments Men. By NEIL GENZLINGER
Christine Nöstlinger, Clear-Eyed Children’s Book Author, Dies at 81 An author who avoided sentimentality and took on contemporary issues of social justice in books that were translated into 30 languages. By HELEN T. VERONGOS
Its Eye on China, Britain Pushes Back on Foreign Takeovers As Beijing encourages its corporate sector to buy up the technology to build its own national champions, Britain is joining other countries in applying a microscope to such deals. By LIZ ALDERMAN
As Wildfires Burn in Greece, ‘Despair and Death Everywhere’ Fast-spreading wildfires have engulfed entire seaside towns in Greece, killing multiple people and injuring many others. The death toll is expected to rise. By NEETI UPADHYE and MALACHY BROWNE
Austria Dispatch This European Border Is Still Open. But for How Long? The memory of thousands of refugees arriving in 2015 has split the people of Spielfeld, Austria: Some welcome a new fence. Others fear a loss of freedom. By KATRIN BENNHOLD
The Tour de France Hits a Cloud of Tear Gas and Comes to a Stop Eyedrops and water were used to treat several riders inadvertently hit as the police targeted protesters. By IAN AUSTEN
Eye-Popping Portraits for an Age of Protest Aurore Valade’s bright and busy photographs show that resistance can be messy, joyful and sometimes lonely. By ANDREW DICKSON