The continent’s far right is claiming the activist as a martyr. Our colleague Jason Horowitz explains why.

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Brazil’s top court convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro on charges of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 presidential election. Ana Ionova, reporting from Brasília, explains the charges and what comes next.

As France drifted to the right, the president has tried to make the country more business-friendly and win back voters. His strategy hasn’t worked.

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As France drifted to the right, the president has tried to make the country more business-friendly and win back voters. His strategy hasn’t worked.

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Demonstrators have set fire to government buildings. The military has sent in troops to restore order.

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Demonstrators have set fire to government buildings. The military has sent in troops to restore order.

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Russian authorities are using a festival to showcase Moscow as a place where life is better than in the West.

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Russian authorities are using a festival to showcase Moscow as a place where life is better than in the West.

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Xi Jinping is using a summit with leaders like Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin as an opportunity to pull countries away from the U.S.

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Xi Jinping is using a summit with leaders like Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin as an opportunity to pull countries away from the U.S.

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Moscow is hosting a big summer festival as Russia continues its war in Ukraine. Katrin Bennhold, a senior international reporter for The New York Times, talks with Ivan Nechepurenko, a Times reporter in Russia, about the spectacle and what it says about Russian public opinion more than three and a half years into the war.