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Dirndl Power

Behind the beer-soaked scenes at the corporate-networking extravaganza known as Oktoberfest

My Month of Rest and Relaxation

In Asia’s posh postpartum hotels, new mothers are pampered while newborns are sequestered in the nursery

Take the Money

Protest criminality, not charity, says the former head of Lincoln Center

Lady Hale, Boris Johnson, and the Spider Brooch

The president of the U.K.’s Supreme Court tells the prime minister what’s what, and creates a legion of fans

The Handmaid’s Kale

Western feminists make the misogyny in Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments all about them

Cocaine Diaries

On posh Brits and their unending love for the Colombian marching powder

Sex Ed Gets Really, Really Complicated

U.K.

All Aboard the S.S. Chernobyl!

Russia

The French Burst Brits’ Bubbles

FRANCE

It Was a Rough Week for …

Hot Girl High School

The mystery of teenage confidence in Euphoria

Dark Side of the Moon Cakes

China

Can the Russian Election Be Hacked?

Russia

Nazis in the Basement

France

He Puts the “Son” in Corruption

China

Kinder, Gentler Berlin Walls

Germany

If Greenland’s Not for Sale, How About Britain?

In which Boris Johnson threatens to take back the dead cat that is the U.K. economy

And the Name on Your Reservation, Madam?

Bagging Plastic

(Red) Scare

The only thing prospering in Kazungula is the AIDS pandemic

Nom de What?

It Was an All Too Typical Week for …

“Was It Good for Me?”

An impassioned plea to prioritize sexual well-being

It Was an Awkward Week for …