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1 month ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Gaya Gupta |Anthony Faiola |Daniel Wu |Marisa Bellack
Ahead of the conclave to select the next pope, names circulating include cardinals Bo of Myanmar, Tagle of the Philippines and Italians Pizzaballa and Parolin.
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1 month ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Anthony Faiola |Chico Harlan |Marisa Bellack |Leo Sands |Gaya Gupta |Anumita Kaur | +1 more
Live updates: Vatican confirms Pope Francis’s cause of death as Catholics mourn worldwide (washingtonpost.com) Live updates: Vatican confirms Pope Francis’s cause of death as Catholics mourn worldwide By Anthony Faiola; Chico Harlan; Marisa Bellack; Leo Sands; Gaya Gupta; Anumita Kaur; Sammy Westfall 2025042108122400 Pope Francis died at age 88 at 7:35 a.m. local time Monday, the Vatican said, ending a historic chapter — and setting in motion a carefully orchestrated transition aimed at...
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Aaron Steckelberg |Annabelle Timsit |Marisa Bellack
(Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images)(Kiran Ridley/AFP/Getty Images)More than five years ago, Parisians and the world watched in horror as a devastating fire tore through the centuries-old Notre Dame cathedral. Scroll to continueAs the cathedral reopens, here's a look at what survived, what was restored and what's new. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Scroll to continue3 minSorry, a summary is not available for this article at this time.
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Ellen Francis |Marisa Bellack
Prime Minister Michel Barnier attends a Sept. 14 parade of athletes who participated in the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics in Paris. (Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)By Ellen Francis and Marisa BellackSeptember 21, 2024 at 3:07 p.m. EDTFrench Prime Minister Michel Barnier unveiled the country’s new government on Saturday, seeking to end months of political uncertainty, if not the accompanying acrimony.
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Jul 7, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Annabelle Timsit |Marisa Bellack
PARIS — Polls are open in an election that could result in France’s first far-right government since World War II — or end in political deadlock just ahead of the Summer Olympics here. The populist, anti-immigration National Rally party is hoping to expand its lead in this second-round vote, claim a majority in the National Assembly and insert 28-year-old leader Jordan Bardella as prime minister.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | William Booth |Frances Vinall |Marisa Bellack
LONDON — After a stunning victory that shattered the Conservative Party’s 14-year hold on power, Britain’s left-leaning Labour Party moved to take hold of the reins of government. Incoming prime minister Keir Starmer promised to help Britain “get its future back" and claimed a “mandate to relight the fire” after difficult years of economic crisis and hardship. He will visit King Charles III at Buckingham Palace later Friday and ask to form a government.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
bostonglobe.com | Amanda Ferguson |Marisa Bellack
BELFAST — The annual St. Patrick’s Day reception at the White House is shaping up to be a potentially tense affair, as President Biden prepares to welcome Irish leaders who strongly oppose his stance on Israel and Gaza and as a portion of the usual delegation boycotts the event. Ireland’s prime minister, Leo Varadkar, and Northern Ireland’s first minister, Michelle O’Neill, are still among those scheduled to meet with Biden on Friday.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Amanda Ferguson |Marisa Bellack
BELFAST — The annual St. Patrick’s Day reception at the White House is shaping up to be a potentially tense affair, as President Biden prepares to welcome Irish leaders who strongly oppose his stance on Israel and Gaza and as a portion of the usual delegation boycotts the event. Ireland’s prime minister, Leo Varadkar, and Northern Ireland’s first minister, Michelle O’Neill, are still among those scheduled to meet with Biden on Friday.
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Andrew Jeong |Maham Javaid |Bryan Pietsch |Mikhail Klimentov |Amanda Ferguson |Marisa Bellack | +6 more
Humanitarian groups and several governments are stepping up efforts by air, land and sea to ease the suffering in aid-starved Gaza. Aid organizations say the spiraling humanitarian disaster is particularly bad in the north, where some 300,000 people live on the brink of famine. In southern Lebanon, an Israeli strike Wednesday killed a Hamas militant on the outskirts of Tyre.
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Elana Gordon |Monica Campbell |Carmen Escobar |Marisa Bellack
President Nayib Bukele speaks Sunday from the National Palace in San Salvador alongside his wife, Gabriela Rodriguez de Bukele, after winning reelection. (Bienvenido Velasco via EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)Nayib Bukele first took office in 2019 as an independent, becoming El Salvador’s – and Latin America’s – youngest president. He made a name for himself through his alleged crackdown on gangs and savvy use of social media to market his efforts.
