Europe

Talks about Ukraine.

By Natasha Frost

Two dozen works from museums and private collectors around the world are on display, with some reunited for the first time in centuries.

By Elisabetta Povoledo

The officials plan to meet next week to discuss the first steps of an agreement, after President Trump cast doubt on U.S. support for Ukraine in recent days.

By Luke Broadwater and Marc Santora

In an audio recording from the hospital, which was taped earlier on Thursday, the pope thanked Catholics for their prayers.

By Elisabetta Povoledo

An audio message from Pope Francis was played for thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square, where the faithful have prayed for the pope, who has been hospitalized since February.

By Vatican Media

Residents and aid workers said they received warnings only a few minutes before a missile struck a hotel in the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky in central Ukraine.

By Reuters, The Associated Press and Storyful

Republicans are pitching the strategy as a way of avoiding a politically damaging shutdown fight while giving President Trump more power to go around Congress and set funding levels himself.

By Catie Edmondson and Carl Hulse

American officials, including in the C.I.A., are concerned about mass closures hampering national security work. And China has overtaken the United States in global diplomatic footprint.

By Edward Wong and Mark Mazzetti

The Roundabout Theater Company will also present Noël Coward’s “Fallen Angels,” starring Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara.

By Michael Paulson

Soccer’s governing body will look into another expansion of its marquee event, the most lucrative in sports, after a request by one of its 2030 co-hosts.

By Tariq Panja