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In Thailand and around the world, dogs are being trained to sniff out the coronavirus in people. So far, the results have been impressive. https://ift.tt/3fxZhUO https://ift.tt/3yPZ5Ig World New York Times May 30, 2021 at 08:00PMOn the Covid Front Lines, When Not Getting Belly Rubs
The move is the Communist Party’s latest attempt to reverse declining birthrates and avert a population crisis, but experts say it is woefully inadequate. https://ift.tt/34yryUQ https://ift.tt/3vQ70U5 World New York Times May 30, 2021 at 08:00PMChina Says It Will Allow Couples to Have 3 Children, Up From 2
Naftali Bennett, an ultranationalist, and Yair Lapid, a centrist, have moved closer to forming a fragile coalition government that would oust the longtime prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. https://ift.tt/3c65l4F https://ift.tt/3c3f9fG World New York Times May 29, 2021 at 08:00PMIsrael Moves Toward Coalition Deal That Could Sideline Netanyahu
Some 62 percent of the country’s adults Americans have had at least one shot of a vaccine, and the U.S. is on pace to bring the number to 70 by July 4. https://ift.tt/3yR7P0s https://ift.tt/3vFCTOU World New York Times May 29, 2021 at 08:00PMThe U.S. inches closer to Biden’s vaccination goal, making gains among teenagers and the hard-to-reach.
Nahla al-Othman lived in a tent camp for displaced Syrians where her father often chained her to stop her from wandering. She was malnourished and choked to death while eating too quickly. https://ift.tt/3fBoAFE https://ift.tt/34JClvL World New York Times May 29, 2021 at 08:00PMA 6-Year-Old Was Chained and Hungry in a Syrian Camp. Then She Died.
The British prime minister’s marriage to Carrie Symonds at London’s main Roman Catholic cathedral was carried out in extreme secrecy. https://ift.tt/3p1MJbe https://ift.tt/2SGCugm World New York Times May 28, 2021 at 08:00PMBoris Johnson Married in Stealth Ceremony
https://ift.tt/3hZrg1j https://ift.tt/3yMqeM0 World New York Times May 28, 2021 at 08:00PMA Nashville hat store sold ‘Not Vaccinated’ Star of David patches.
For half a year, the rodents have been chewing their way around the country’s eastern grain belt, leaving economic and psychological scars. https://ift.tt/3wKpTHI https://ift.tt/3fwE6SX World New York Times May 28, 2021 at 08:00PMPlague of Mice in Australia Overruns Farms, Shops and Bedrooms
She joined the Resistance brigade after her family was executed and used her photographs as proof of German barbarity and Jews’ determination to fight back. https://ift.tt/2SwymzD https://ift.tt/2SFVn31 World New York Times May 27, 2021 at 08:00PMFaye Schulman Dies; Fought Nazis With a Rifle and a Camera
An Indigenous community says it has found evidence that 215 children were buried on the grounds of a British Columbia school, one of the many in Canada set up to forcibly assimilate them. https://ift.tt/2R3o3CQ https://ift.tt/3yJaysR World New York Times May 27, 2021 at 08:00PM‘Horrible History’: Mass Grave of Indigenous Children Reported in Canada
After appearing naked during a virtual House of Commons session in April, a member of Parliament said that he urinated while on video this week. https://ift.tt/3fy43ln https://ift.tt/3uvKtdz World New York Times May 27, 2021 at 08:00PMCanadian Lawmaker Is Exposed on Camera for a Second Time
With more new infections per capita than almost anywhere else in Asia, the country reimposed restrictions as the prime minister called on Malaysians to observe “a self-lockdown.” https://ift.tt/3fLo6M0 https://ift.tt/3fruI30 World New York Times May 26, 2021 at 08:00PMA surge of cases in Malaysia is partly linked to prayer gatherings.
Dozens of besieged outposts or bases, and four district centers, have given up to the insurgents this month, in an accelerating rural collapse as American troops leave. https://ift.tt/3fLDYxX https://ift.tt/3vrriTz World New York Times May 26, 2021 at 08:00PMA Wave of Afghan Surrenders to the Taliban Picks Up Speed
The coronavirus is spreading faster per capita in Manitoba than in any other state or province in Canada, the United States or Mexico, and its hospitals are overflowing. https://ift.tt/34o8NU6 https://ift.tt/3un8wev World New York Times May 25, 2021 at 08:00PMThe coronavirus is raging in Manitoba, hitting Indigenous people especially hard.
Aided by his famous name, Mr. Shakespeare made headlines last year when he became one of the first in the country to be vaccinated. https://ift.tt/3cfD0cv https://ift.tt/34pUkqx World New York Times May 25, 2021 at 08:00PMWilliam Shakespeare, the first man in Britain to receive an approved Covid vaccine, dies at 81.
A supermoon and total lunar eclipse combined to put on a big red show. https://ift.tt/3fKNn95 https://ift.tt/3hV1w6m World New York Times May 25, 2021 at 08:00PMA Super Blood Moon Dazzles Earthlings
Aided by his famous name, Mr. Shakespeare made headlines last year when he became one of the first in the country to be vaccinated. https://ift.tt/3yDLcwp https://ift.tt/34pUkqx World New York Times May 25, 2021 at 08:00PMWilliam Shakespeare, the first man in Britain to receive an approved Covid vaccine, dies at 81.
Mr. Cena, a star of the newest “Fast and Furious” movie, posted a video apology in Mandarin, saying, “I’m really sorry. You have to understand that I love and respect China.” https://ift.tt/3fl8f7W https://ift.tt/34cHbRQ World New York Times May 24, 2021 at 08:00PMJohn Cena Apologizes to China for Calling Taiwan a Country
https://ift.tt/34dJmV6 World New York Times May 23, 2021 at 08:00PMPassengers recall the fear that gripped the dissident journalist as their flight was diverted.
European leaders moved with uncharacteristic speed to step up the pressure on Belarus’s strongman leader. https://ift.tt/3oLQIsl https://ift.tt/34biy7R World New York Times May 23, 2021 at 08:00PMThe E.U. moves quickly to isolate Belarus, denouncing its plane interception.
Mr. Protasevich, 26, is an exiled dissident whose reach drew an authoritarian ruler into a gambit that outraged Western governments. https://ift.tt/3ueKyCi https://ift.tt/3wzxt8h World New York Times May 22, 2021 at 08:00PMWho Is Roman Protasevich, the Captive Journalist in Belarus?
The cable car was traveling at a height of nearly 40 feet, going from the Lake Maggiore area in northern Italy to Mottarone Mountain, when it suddenly fell. https://ift.tt/2QJwCm1 World New York Times May 22, 2021 at 08:00PMCable Car Plunges in Italy, Killing at Least 14 People
The dissident, Roman Protasevich, co-founded a Telegram channel that is a popular opposition outlet in Belarus. The plane was flying from Athens to Lithuania when it was forced down. https://ift.tt/3fd8DoL https://ift.tt/3oHaaqp World New York Times May 22, 2021 at 08:00PMBelarus Forces Down Plane to Seize Dissident; Europe Sees ‘State Hijacking’
Kerala uses tracking of patients and supplies, a network of health care workers and coronavirus “war rooms” to succeed where the national government has fallen short. https://ift.tt/3bO2Sf8 https://ift.tt/3ywx489 World New York Times May 22, 2021 at 08:00PMAs India Stumbles, One State Charts Its Own Covid Course
https://ift.tt/3fChHm1 https://ift.tt/3ywAcRB World New York Times May 21, 2021 at 08:00PMThe Netherlands’ Eurovision entry featured a Black Lives Matter moment.
The first major global cultural event to be held in person since the coronavirus pandemic hit last year ended in a triumph for Italy’s Maneskin, who won with a hard-rocking song called “Zitti E Buoni.” https://ift.tt/3bPEOsa World New York Times May 21, 2021 at 08:00PMItaly wins the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest.
The 62-mile mountain race in Gansu Province left athletes in shorts and T-shirts facing freezing rain, hail and high winds. https://ift.tt/3feWUGq https://ift.tt/3faHa7e World New York Times May 22, 2021 at 08:00PM21 Runners Dead After Extreme Weather Hits Chinese Ultramarathon
Fewer babies’ cries. More abandoned homes. Toward the middle of this century, as deaths start to exceed births, changes will come that are hard to fathom. https://ift.tt/3u6fdBG https://ift.tt/3fbrrVp World New York Times May 21, 2021 at 08:00PMLong Slide Looms for World Population, With Sweeping Ramifications
This week the police disinterred a body, found on a beach in 1948, that has puzzled investigators for decades. “There’s lots of twists and turns in this case, and every turn is pretty weird,” one said. https://ift.tt/3hLlKiF https://ift.tt/3fG9rS2 World New York Times May 21, 2021 at 08:00PMAustralia Exhumes the Somerton Man, and His 70-Year Mystery
Since surviving the 2015 attack on the French satirical magazine’s office, Corinne Rey has created a graphic novel and won national recognition in a man’s world. https://ift.tt/347TsqF https://ift.tt/3bLCvGF World New York Times May 20, 2021 at 08:00PMCoco’s Choice: A Charlie Hebdo Cartoonist’s Road Back From Hell
The iceberg broke off from the edge of the Ronne Ice Shelf into the Weddell Sea this week, researchers said. https://ift.tt/3oyDxet https://ift.tt/3uaHK9c World New York Times May 19, 2021 at 08:00PMIceberg Splits From Antarctica, Becoming World’s Largest
A Chinese influencer was barred from a video-sharing app after luring viewers to a livestreamed engagement, where he promoted makeup, perfume and mobile phones. https://ift.tt/3u8QIUi https://ift.tt/3oHHUE6 World New York Times May 20, 2021 at 08:00PMHe Promised a Dreamy Wedding Proposal. Fans Got a 5-Hour Sale.
The island’s border controls had shielded it from the worst of the pandemic. But new variants and a slow vaccine rollout gave the virus an opening. https://ift.tt/3yAZz4S https://ift.tt/3hGiWUa World New York Times May 19, 2021 at 08:00PM‘This Day Was Bound to Come’: Taiwan Confronts a Covid Flare-Up
The bloc’s new rules, which are coming just in time for the summer tourism season, will open the door for Americans. https://ift.tt/3u3ArAg https://ift.tt/3hKGU0i World New York Times May 18, 2021 at 08:00PMThe E.U. agrees to reopen to vaccinated visitors and those from Covid-safe countries.
The bloc has reached an agreement on entry criteria for tourists who have had their shots and for those from “safe” countries. The changes could come into effect as early as next week. https://ift.tt/2QAGbDS World New York Times May 18, 2021 at 08:00PMVaccinated Travelers Will Be Allowed to Visit, E.U. Says
The story of Joefred and Ralfred Gregory has resonated widely as India suffered the most virus deaths in a single day of any country during the pandemic. https://ift.tt/2RusKFX https://ift.tt/3hJHfAn World New York Times May 18, 2021 at 08:00PMThese Twins Lived Together. In Covid, They Died Together.
The bloc’s new rules, which are coming just in time for the summer tourism season, will open the door for Americans. https://ift.tt/3hDVHK3 https://ift.tt/3whl1tx World New York Times May 18, 2021 at 08:00PME.U. agrees to reopen to vaccinated visitors and those from Covid-safe countries.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, already hampered by an economic crisis and a surge in coronavirus cases, is now battling allegations of corruption in his ranks. https://ift.tt/3ymTQ2s https://ift.tt/2T0WOcL World New York Times May 17, 2021 at 08:00PMClaims From an Organized Crime Boss Rock Turkey’s Government
Critics of the country’s immigration system say the death reveals an opaque and capricious bureaucracy with nearly unchecked power over foreigners caught inside it. https://ift.tt/2STCBoZ https://ift.tt/3fpYtzV World New York Times May 17, 2021 at 08:00PMJapan Is Shaken After a Detainee, Wasting Away, Dies Alone in Her Cell
Erosion caused the natural archway in the remote Pacific islands to fall into the sea, officials said. https://ift.tt/346Iy4B https://ift.tt/3opaxFX World New York Times May 17, 2021 at 08:00PMDarwin’s Arch, a Famed Rock Formation in the Galápagos, Collapses
Ma Thuzar Wint Lwin hopes to use her international platform as a pageant contestant to criticize the country’s military coup and support the pro-democracy movement. https://ift.tt/3ohBwmH https://ift.tt/3w6jeY8 World New York Times May 13, 2021 at 08:00PMMiss Universe Myanmar Arrives in Florida With a Message for the Junta
Czech archaeologists say marks found on a cattle bone are sixth-century Germanic runes, in a Slavic settlement. The find has provoked an academic and nationalist brawl. https://ift.tt/3fooik4 https://ift.tt/33KoswN World New York Times May 15, 2021 at 08:00PMA Scratched Hint of Ancient Ties Stirs National Furies in Europe
In a round of Sunday morning news, Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky sought to quell the public confusion over her agency’s new masking guidance. https://ift.tt/3bynU14 https://ift.tt/3ePBVcJ World New York Times May 15, 2021 at 08:00PMThe C.D.C. director offers a stark reassurance: Only unvaccinated people are at risk by unmasking.
Experts believe Brazil’s overloaded hospital system and uneven access to health care are among the reasons babies and small children are succumbing to the virus at a high rate. https://ift.tt/3buVZzc https://ift.tt/2SStkxE World New York Times May 15, 2021 at 08:00PMWhy Is Covid Killing So Many Young Children in Brazil? Doctors Are Baffled
National Nurses United, the largest U.S. union of registered, nurses called on the federal agency to revise its guidance, saying that “lives are in the balance.” https://ift.tt/2Reey3W https://ift.tt/3fei0mM World New York Times May 14, 2021 at 08:00PMA major nurses’ union condemns the C.D.C.’s new mask advice for vaccinated people.
A little-noticed police action in Jerusalem last month was one of several incidents that led to the current crisis. https://ift.tt/2SUWa0j https://ift.tt/3tNs0Je World New York Times May 14, 2021 at 08:00PMAfter Years of Quiet, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Exploded. Why Now?
A spokesman led the international media to believe that Israeli forces had entered Gaza. They hadn’t. But the army wanted Hamas to think they had. https://ift.tt/2RPZpWi https://ift.tt/3feTPVs World New York Times May 13, 2021 at 08:00PMA Press Corps Deceived, and the Gaza Invasion That Wasn’t
In a wide-ranging interview for a podcast, Harry said his existence in the British monarchy had been “a mix between ‘The Truman Show’ and being in a zoo.” https://ift.tt/3fgmtFG https://ift.tt/2SU5rG5 World New York Times May 13, 2021 at 08:00PMPrince Harry Shares ‘Pain and Suffering’ of Growing Up in Royal Family
Sandeep Mathrani’s comments at a Wall Street Journal event prompted intense debate on Twitter. https://ift.tt/3hklgzU https://ift.tt/3hrbWtZ World New York Times May 11, 2021 at 08:00PMWeWork’s C.E.O. says ‘least engaged’ employees enjoy working from home.
Rioting and mob violence between Arabs and Jews tore through towns and cities across Israel. Rockets from Gaza and Israeli airstrikes continued to kill civilians. https://ift.tt/3y4TwFf https://ift.tt/3tIIli8 World New York Times May 11, 2021 at 08:00PMAs Gaza War Escalates, New Front Opens in Israeli Cities