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Some groups still ride out even though the hunting of foxes using dogs was banned in 2004. They are confronted by anti-hunt activists in a very British clash of class, tradition and town versus country.

His masquerade — a tale recounted in a memoir and in the film “Europa Europa” — saved his life. But “to this day,” he said, “I have a tangle of two souls in one body.”

As the death toll in Turkey and Syria passed 28,000, Ankara was coming under growing criticism for its slow response and tolerance of shoddy construction.

As prosecutors close their case against Genaro García Luna, the eventual verdict will be felt by Mexican officials and among U.S. agents who work there.

Mr. Lauder agreed to the restitution and repurchase of the painting from the relatives of an art collector who fled Europe in 1943 to avoid Nazi persecution.

As the death toll in Turkey and Syria passed 25,000, Ankara was coming under growing criticism for its slow response and tolerance of shoddy construction.

Russia hit several regions with Iranian-made drones overnight, capping a day in which its forces unleashed a major barrage of missiles on critical sites around Ukraine.

He established a modern brand of Buddhism in Taiwan and opened temples around the world, becoming the rare religious figure backed by Beijing.

A furor is building among some survivors over the government’s handling of the crisis. “I have been voting for this government for 20 years,” said one. “I will never forgive them.”

As the death toll in Turkey and Syria neared 25,000, daunting challenges loomed to care for hundreds of thousands of homeless people amid the wreckage.