HAMBURG, Germany — The European parliamentary elections, long seen as merely a test run for “real” — that is, national — elections later in the year, have been getting an unusual amount of attention this spring. Explicitly anti-European Union forces across the continent could win up to a third of the seats, a possibility that […]

It’s understandable that the extensive coverage around the sudden flurry of anti-abortion laws in the United States would lead to some apprehension here in Canada. After all, the pro-life movement in Canada views the issue in the same sort of black-and-white manner as its American counterparts, so why wouldn’t the former seek to emulate the […]

‘Boris has negotiated in Europe. I seem to remember last time he did a deal with the Germans, he came back with three nearly new water cannon.” A great joke that, and well delivered too, by a woman looking decidedly happy with her lot in life, comfortable in a tartan Vivienne Westwood trouser suit and […]

They call to see us at least once a year. They have the flavour of a slightly aged couple who would drop round for Sunday tea and some sponge cake in former days. Charles and Camilla are bonded by a time and tide that has endured. They make up a familiar foursome when going out […]

To the Editor: Re “Farmers Stung by Trade Strife Get $16 Billion” (front page, May 24): President Trump exclaims that “we’re winning it big” when it comes to his trade war with China. So why does he need to use taxpayer money to bail out Americans who are being hurt by his actions? As has […]

Thank you so much for the invitation to your party. It went to my spam folder, but I fished it out. I would love to R.S.V.P., I just need to wait for Abby to see if she can dog sit that weekend. She can let me know about the dog sitting when she hears back […]

Twenty-five years ago, the Carnegie Corporation released “Starting Points,” a report that described the lack of child care for infants and toddlers as a “quiet crisis.” It painted a bleak picture of overwhelmed families, persistent poverty, inadequate health care and child care of such poor quality that it threatened young children’s intellectual and emotional development. […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India has led his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party to a major victory in the country’s general elections, winning more than 300 of the 543 parliamentary seats and five more years to run the country. This is an impressive achievement, but how has Mr. Modi been able to do it? […]

LONDON — In the final season of Game of Thrones, a once-powerful and arrogant queen stands almost alone at the top of her castle, abandoned by the multitudes who once feared and followed her, her strategies in ruins, watching with dulled horror as her enemy swoops closer, burning her city down. At the last, as she […]

LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – France’s Total is seeking to sell part of its stake in Kazakhstan’s giant Kashagan oilfield to raise up to $4 billion, four banking sources said. Total holds a 16.8% stake in Kashagan, one of the world’s largest oil fields with production of around 400,000 barrels per day, and is seeking to sell […]