Moscow caps OSCE observers, OSCE cancels mission: Russia’s Duma vote will go unwatched
Warsaw — The OSCE’s election observation office has cancelled its mission to Russia’s parliamentary elections next month, after Moscow imposed restrictions on…
Simone Biles withdraws in Tokyo: the greatest gymnast of her era puts her mind before the medals
TOKYO — The biggest star of these Olympics came to the Ariake arena on Tuesday to compete, and left having done something…
Italy are champions of Europe: England’s 55-year wait goes on after Wembley penalties
LONDON — The final of Euro 2020 had everything the occasion promised and an ending English football knows too well. Italy beat…
Christian Eriksen collapses at Euro 2020 — and is saved on the pitch in Copenhagen
COPENHAGEN — The European Championship match between Denmark and Finland was suspended on Saturday evening after Christian Eriksen, Denmark’s best player and…
David Diop wins the International Booker: a Senegalese rifleman takes the translated fiction crown
LONDON — The International Booker Prize has its first French winner. David Diop’s “At Night All Blood Is Black”, translated from the…
Måneskin win Eurovision for Italy: rock band’s Rotterdam triumph sends ‘Zitti e buoni’ to the top of Europe
ROTTERDAM — After a year of silence, the Eurovision Song Contest returned on Saturday night with 3,500 fans in the arena, 26…
Chloé Zhao and ‘Nomadland’ win a pandemic Oscars: a ceremony in a train station crowns an outsider’s year
LOS ANGELES — The 93rd Academy Awards were held in a train station, at tables, before a masked audience the size of…
The Super League collapses in 72 hours: England’s rebels withdraw after fan revolt
LONDON — It was announced with twelve founding clubs, a midweek format and the promise of a new era. Less than 72…
Tirana Ministerial: OSCE fills its empty chairs at last, and names a 2023 chair
Tirana — The OSCE closed its twenty-seventh Ministerial Council on Friday with the appointment it had been unable to make for months:…
Diego Maradona dies at 60: Argentina begins three days of mourning for its most loved and divisive son
BUENOS AIRES — Diego Armando Maradona, the footballer who lifted Argentina to a World Cup and Napoli to heights it has never…