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Meanwhile, more than 20,000 Ukrainians have already taken advantage of an easing of visa requirements by 30 European countries that was granted as an incentive for Kiev to adhere to E.U. standards.

For the mentality of the country to change, to get rid of the Soviet legacy, you need to see other parts of the world, one owner of a small business said.

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The grim deaths of two brothers from the Senegalese village of Togo, above, match those of a growing number of young African men who are determined to reach Europe or die trying.

More than 2,100 migrants and refugees have drowned this year in the Mediterranean. But the sea is only one in a deadly series of obstacles. Its a suicide mission, one man said.

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In Washington, Senate Republicans released their version of the health care bill. It would shift resources from the poor to the wealthy.

Separately, President Trump said he did not record meetings with James Comey, the former F.B.I. director, largely confirming suspicions that he had been bluffing previously.

Canada, meanwhile, is bypassing confrontation with the White House by taking its business directly to American state and local governments.

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Amid the searing summer heat, spare a thought for Romes police officers, scrambling to control the hordes of tourists who descend upon the Eternal Citys historic sites.

Many of these tourists, whom some call the New Barbarians, brandish selfie sticks. Some climb on sculptures. And then there are the skinny dippers, the gawkers and those with dripping ice cream.

If you are seeking respite from the heat or want to avoid the crowds, consider exploring the treasures hidden in Italys historic libraries.

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Somewhat cooler temperatures are forecast for much of Europe, but a new analysis found that 35-degree Celsius days are expected to become much more frequent in the coming decades, hurting crop yields and straining electric grids.

Just how hot it will get depends on what action is taken to slow climate change. If no action is taken, large swaths of sub-Saharan Africa will experience those temperatures for most of the year.

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You can imagine the uproar among frites-stall operators in Brussels when E.U. officials proposed changes to an age-old (but probably carcinogenic) cooking process. Heres a look at the E.U.s politically charged food disputes.

BMW and Volkswagen are trying to build the computing capacity they will need as vehicles digitize and become driverless.

Uber announced that passengers would soon be able to tip through the app a move meant to mend fences with drivers. Thats just one of the changes to come.

As millennials enter the labor force, employers are contending with helicopter parents.

Heres a snapshot of global markets.

The British authorities said they had found at least 11 buildings that shared the same kind of cladding with the apartment tower that burned in London. [The New York Times]

Lawmakers in Germany voted to quash the convictions of tens of thousands of gay men persecuted under a law that was repealed in 1994. The estimated 5,000 victims who are still alive have been promised compensation. [The Guardian]

Senior officials in the Church of England, including a former archbishop of Canterbury, colluded with a bishop to help cover up his serial abuse of young men and boys, an independent review found. [The New York Times]

Germanys intelligence services are said to have carried out extensive espionage in the United States. [Der Spiegel]

Surveillance footage we analyzed suggests that Al Nuri Grand Mosque, in Mosul, was blown up from the inside and not hit by an airstrike. [The New York Times]

Who wants to be king? No one in his family, says Prince Harry, fifth in line to the British throne. [The New York Times]

Long-haul truck drivers offer practical advice about highway safety.

Here are tips to prepare for the challenges of college life and what comes after.

Recipe of the day: Ramadan is coming to an end. Whether youre Muslim or not, consider these Eid al-Fitr recipes for a family feast.

Astronomical salaries in soccer, driven by the cash-soaked Premier League, Europes superclubs and the lure of Chinas riches, demand the question: How much is a player really worth?

If you are headed to Russia for the Confederations Cup, or otherwise, consider taking the kids along. St. Petersburg, it turns out, is a great family travel destination. And heres the tournaments schedule.

Wim Wenders, the German film director, will make his debut staging an opera at the Staatsoper in Berlin tomorrow.

Lo-fi rap is thriving on SoundCloud, the streaming service. We stage-dived into hip-hops unruly new underground.

Finally, our movie critic says the new Transformers movie, The Last Knight, is surprisingly good, thanks largely to Anthony Hopkins.

Sightings of U.F.O.s have been reported around the world, but none are more famous than one 70 years ago.

In June of 1947, W. W. Brazel, a rancher in New Mexico, came across some odd debris. A few days later, he whispered kinda confidential-like to the local sheriff that it might be remnants of a flying disk.

A local military base, the Roswell Army Air Field, issued a release about the debris, prompting a newspaper article headlined RAAF Captures Flying Saucer.

Officials changed their story the next day, saying the debris came from a weather balloon, but Roswell has since been nearly synonymous with tales of alien visitations.

Almost exactly 20 years ago, the Air Force tried to end the speculation. In The Roswell Report: Case Closed, officials wrote that any aliens spotted in the desert were actually anthropomorphic test dummies carried aloft by Air Force high-altitude balloons.

As for Mr. Brazel, he didnt believe the debris was a weather balloon, but he regretted setting off the furor.

In the future, he said, if I find anything else besides a bomb, they are going to have a hard time getting me to say anything about it.

Evan Gershkovich contributed reporting.

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