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Lee Hockstader

Lee Hockstader

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A Russian insisted on ‘living in truth.’ He paid the price.

17.01.2025 8

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Lee Hockstader

Europe is learning a lesson about Elon Musk

PARIS — Europeans are quickly learning a lesson that Americans internalized years ago: They ignore Elon Musk at their peril. Until recently,...

08.01.2025 4

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Europe, on the brink, faces a pileup of threats for 2025

01.01.2025 30

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As Putin presses his hybrid war, Europe presses the ‘snooze’ button

PARIS — When will Europe tire of playing the chump as Russian President Vladimir Putin escalates his shadow war of sabotage, assassination and...

17.12.2024 30

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Trump’s fingerprints are all over France’s government crisis

PARIS — Donald Trump is not, at last check, a French politician. But his signature approach to politics — as a guardrail-crashing agent of chaos...

11.12.2024 40

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Postcard from Paris: Notre Dame hosts its first post-fire Mass

PARIS — The immense volumes of Paris’s brand-new, 860-year-old cathedral are a transcendent marvel, repaired, restored and rebuilt to a high...

08.12.2024 4

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Notre Dame’s miracle and France’s meltdown: A pas de deux for the ages

PARIS — The Notre Dame Cathedral, a sprawling construction site for the past five years, is a quick stroll from where I live, and it is an...

03.12.2024 3

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A NATO survival guide for the Trump era

BRUSSELS — NATO’s brand-new secretary general, Mark Rutte, stands 6-foot-4, so he can look Donald Trump straight in the eye. He’s a deft...

26.11.2024 30

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The Trump contagion is already in Europe — and it’s spreading

07.11.2024 3

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Biden has a 76-day window after the election to get Ukraine right

23.10.2024 2

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Lee Hockstader

Emmanuel Macron, Ehud Barak and the curse of ‘brilliance’

PARIS — Einstein was a genius. Precious few politicians are. Yet bold national leaders prone to audacious gambles are often credited with...

21.10.2024 2

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The losing strategy of underestimating Russia

19.09.2024 7

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Why immigration in Europe has become so incendiary

05.09.2024 10

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Germany’s Third Reich dog-whistlers are a fringe party no more

PARIS — The ethnonationalist party at or near the top of the polls ahead of German state elections starting Sunday is scaring the wits out of...

29.08.2024 1

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‘B-girl Kate,’ an Olympic emblem of Ukraine’s survival

A Ukrainian breakdancer rallied for the Olympics as her country did after Russia’s invasion. Ukraine's Kateryna Pavlenko competes in the women's...

10.08.2024 3

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In Paris, the Olympics feast isn’t just moveable. It’s everywhere.

In the 2024 Olympics, a transformed Paris is the main event, not just a backdrop. People celebrate Olympic medal-winners near the Eiffel Tower in...

06.08.2024 20

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Behind Russia’s absence at the Olympics, a deepening fury

After the war in Ukraine ends, the Kremlin might seek revenge against the United States and Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the...

31.07.2024 30

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‘Always audacity!’ In Olympic Opening Ceremonies, Paris goes for gold.

Pageantry, history and risk combine for what might be an indelible new chapter in the city’s history. The Eiffel Tower on Thursday, ahead of the...

26.07.2024 2

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The Olympic torch arrives in Paris, lighting up a political mess

France and President Macron, beset by political paralysis, turn their attention to the Olympics. French President Emmanuel Macron meets with French...

24.07.2024 2

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If Europe’s anti-tourism protesters think it’s bad now, just wait

Post-pandemic ‘revenge tourism’ keeps surging in European hotspots, and the problem may soon worsen. Demonstrators outside a restaurant protest...

18.07.2024 9

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