Amelia Nierenberg

By SWANSEA, Wales — A caller is on the line. And Elis James, a comic who hosts a podcast and radio show, is bracing for the ultimate test of his Welsh identity.

LONDON — The extreme heat that gripped Western Europe over the past week was easing Sunday, but in Central and Eastern Europe, countries such as Poland and the Czech Republic braced for more dangerous days to come.

LONDON -- "This is their stronghold," a television announcer intoned as the camera swept around the teeming stands of the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, some 7,350 feet above sea level.

After President Trump once more said that the island should be under U.S. control, the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, told reporters, “We will defend the kingdom of Denmark.”

Robert Jimison and Amelia Nierenberg The New York Times He died of “a brief and sudden illness” on Saturday evening, his office said.

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and stalwart ally of President Donald Trump who was a forceful advocate for an interventionist U.S. foreign policy, died Saturday evening. He was 71.

WASHINGTON • Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and a onetime opponent turned stalwart ally of President Donald Trump who was a forceful

Lindsey Graham’s death comes as another influential Republican senator, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, has spent several weeks in the hospital for undisclosed reasons.

This article originally appeared in The New York Times WASHINGTON -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator from South Carolina and a

While the full toll will take months to calculate, death statistics already look substantial compared with historical averages.