Germany Approves Tribunal to Decide Nazi-Looted Art Claims NYT | Top Stories By: Catherine Hickley 10 January 2025 at 01:50 The new body will be easier to access and its decisions will be legally binding. But some lawyers and Jewish heirs are not happy with the reform. © John Macdougall/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesGermany’s culture minister Claudia Roth, center, said that the reform would enable Germany to better meet its commitment to “fair and just solutions” for Nazi-looted art claims.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, Rabble-Rousing Leader of French Far Right, Dies at 96 NYT | Top Stories By: Robert D. McFadden 7 January 2025 at 20:31 He ran unsuccessfully for the French presidency five times, riding waves of discontent and xenophobia as the leader of the National Front party. © Jacques Pavlovsky/Sygma/CORBIS, via Getty ImagesJean-Marie Le Pen, foreground, at a rally in Paris in 1984.