Jeanna Smialek

THE HAGUE — A woman sprawled on a lounger under a beach umbrella sips from a pitcher of sangria. Sailboats dot the bright horizon, and steel drum music streams from

THE prospective buyers eyeballed, sniffed and ran their fingers through the merchandise.

BRUSSELS -- Seniors died in stifling apartments. Emergency calls were left on hold. Doctors treated an onslaught of people sick from heat, sometimes in wards without air conditioning.

A WOMAN sprawled on a lounger under a beach umbrella sips from a pitcher of sangria. Sailboats dot the bright horizon, and steel drum music streams from a nearby restaurant. The tang of coconut sunscreen lingers on the salty breeze.

LONDON — Just hours after Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain arrived in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, on Monday for his first foreign trip since taking office, Russia issued yet another darkly-worded statement.

A few years ago, some feared the European Union was going out of style. Now Iceland is mulling membership alongside a long list of candidates.

Alumina processed at a refinery in County Limerick may be feeding Russia’s war in Ukraine, an investigation suggested. There is little agreement on what to do about it.

Europe’s largest alumina refinery has come under scrutiny after an investigation reported that a large quantity of its products were possibly sold to a company that supplies Russian weapons manufacturers.

AUGHINISH, Ireland — The industrial plant rises over a flat stretch of the Shannon estuary in County Limerick, Ireland, a harsh silhouette against an otherwise picturesque landscape.