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The F.D.A. has notified Moderna that it needs more time to review the vaccine’s safety and may not deliver a decision until January. https://ift.tt/3ByJxbI https://ift.tt/3mwaQ2o World New York Times October 30, 2021 at 08:00PMThe F.D.A. is assessing whether the Moderna vaccine can cause heart problems in adolescents.
As the Group of 20 seals a new global minimum tax for companies, the president has scaled back his plans to tax U.S. corporations more. https://ift.tt/3bn0Ce3 https://ift.tt/3mqmoEg World New York Times October 29, 2021 at 08:00PMBiden Finds Raising Corporate Tax Rates Easier Abroad Than at Home
Xi Jinping’s lack of face time with world leaders signals a turn inward on domestic issues and a reluctance to compromise on the global stage. https://ift.tt/3pRzL2y https://ift.tt/3BxcMf4 World New York Times October 29, 2021 at 08:00PMXi Hasn’t Left China in 21 Months. Covid May Be Only Part of the Reason.
Australia’s plan to build the submarines with U.S. and British help faces big hurdles. Supporters say they can be overcome. Critics say they may be too much. https://ift.tt/2ZFQ07R https://ift.tt/3vWBSTJ World New York Times October 28, 2021 at 08:00PMNuclear-Powered Submarines for Australia? Maybe Not So Fast.
President Biden said abortion had not come up in their private meeting. “We just talked about the fact he was happy that I was a good Catholic and I should keep receiving communion,” he said. https://ift.tt/3nFbnhB https://ift.tt/3bsFGlS World New York Times October 28, 2021 at 08:00PMBiden: Pope said he should receive communion, despite U.S. bishops’ rift on abortion rights.
Students who do not comply with the school district’s vaccine mandate will have two choices: switch to an independent-study school or be dropped from the rolls. https://ift.tt/3EnMQED https://ift.tt/31aY3Ku World New York Times October 27, 2021 at 08:00PMOakland educators approve a plan to transfer or unenroll students who are not vaccinated by January.
The government has staked its political legitimacy on controlling the virus better than other countries, especially its geopolitical rivals. https://ift.tt/3EoNUIw https://ift.tt/31aJuqj World New York Times October 26, 2021 at 08:00PMWhy China Is the World’s Last ‘Zero Covid’ Holdout
Iran is glad the Americans are gone, but the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan creates a host of problems for Tehran, with no easy solutions. https://ift.tt/3bs3I0J https://ift.tt/2ZvWfev World New York Times October 25, 2021 at 08:00PMIran Wanted U.S. Out of Afghanistan. It May Be Sorry the Wish Came True.
Two Times journalists drive the length of Israel to discover what it means to be Israeli today. They meet a kaleidoscope of people, searching for belonging but far apart on how to find it. https://ift.tt/3vFeJVE World New York Times October 24, 2021 at 08:00PMWhose Promised Land? A Journey Into a Divided Israel
The torturous path to marriage for Princess Mako of Japan leads to a registry office in Tokyo and most likely a life abroad. https://ift.tt/3m9z0PT https://ift.tt/3pHYINB World New York Times October 24, 2021 at 08:00PMAt Last, a Royal Wedding. But No Trumpets, Just a News Conference.
A princess who will soon marry represents the third generation to suffer intense emotional distress in a country that often consigns women to rigid roles. https://ift.tt/3b3qiMM https://ift.tt/3vFoyCL World New York Times October 23, 2021 at 08:00PMHeavy Is the Burden on Japan’s Royal Women
The hunt for an elusive Somali militant illustrates why Al Shabab, despite a decade of American covert action, are at their strongest in years. https://ift.tt/3CoKapT https://ift.tt/3Gj2PFV World New York Times October 23, 2021 at 08:00PMA C.I.A. Fighter, a Somali Bomb Maker, and a Faltering Shadow War
Sanitary pads and makeup: A Chinese astronaut’s six-month stay aboard the country’s space station has revealed conflicted cultural values toward gender. https://ift.tt/2ZcrvyD https://ift.tt/3C90c76 World New York Times October 22, 2021 at 08:00PMShe Is Breaking Glass Ceilings in Space, but Facing Sexism on Earth
Women are reporting being injected with syringes at crowded clubs in a horrifying variation of dropping pill into drinks. “This is a new depth,’’ said a former chief of police. https://ift.tt/2ZbR3Mv https://ift.tt/3B48Ge7 World New York Times October 21, 2021 at 08:00PM‘Needle Spiking’ of Women in Britain Stirs Alarm Over New Kind of Assault
Global warming may pose grave dangers around the world, but as one tiny Russian town on the Arctic Ocean shows, it can also be a ticket to prosperity. https://ift.tt/3jqRRUM https://ift.tt/3GbzQni World New York Times October 21, 2021 at 08:00PMHow Russia Is Cashing In on Climate Change
She was discharged on Thursday after undergoing tests the day before and spending the night. The queen, 95, had just canceled a planned trip to Northern Ireland. https://ift.tt/3pnhsBZ https://ift.tt/2Zb8ZGK World New York Times October 20, 2021 at 08:00PMQueen Elizabeth Was Hospitalized, Palace Discloses
The broadcaster has survived cancer and open-heart surgery and has multiple sclerosis. https://ift.tt/2Z6NZkI https://ift.tt/3lYGuFy World New York Times October 18, 2021 at 08:00PMFox News anchor Neil Cavuto tests positive for coronavirus.
A Senate committee’s report initially recommended that Jair Bolsonaro be charged with mass homicide and genocide, after concluding that he had purposely let the coronavirus kill Brazilians in a failed bid for herd immunity. https://ift.tt/3DTeKrS https://ift.tt/30wZwdA World New York Times October 18, 2021 at 08:00PMBrazilian Leader Accused of Crimes Against Humanity in Pandemic Response
A gang abducted 17 people associated with a Christian aid group, including five children. Most of those being held are Americans; one is Canadian. https://ift.tt/3n7PAPA https://ift.tt/3BRkqSB World New York Times October 18, 2021 at 08:00PMKidnappers in Haiti Demand $17 Million to Free Missionary Group
A gang abducted 17 people associated with a Christian aid group, including five children. Most of those being held are Americans; one is Canadian. https://ift.tt/3AVoXlI https://ift.tt/3BRkqSB World New York Times October 18, 2021 at 08:00PMKidnappers in Haiti Demand $17 Million to Free Missionary Group
The sword, recovered off the coast of Israel, most likely belonged to a knight who fell into the sea or lost the weapon in battle, experts said. https://ift.tt/3FYxloh World New York Times October 17, 2021 at 08:00PMDiver Discovers 900-Year-Old Sword Dating to the Crusades
The city of Christchurch has paid Ian Brackenbury Channell, 88, about $10,000 per year since 1998 for “acts of wizardry and other wizard-like services.” But he has been condemned recently for his jokes about women. https://ift.tt/3BSRjhN https://ift.tt/3ASqusL World New York Times October 17, 2021 at 08:00PMAn Official Wizard in New Zealand Loses His Job
Tons of dead fish have washed ashore in recent years from the Mar Menor, a once-crystalline lagoon on the Mediterranean coast that has become choked with algae. Farm pollution is mostly blamed. https://ift.tt/3AOVnOL https://ift.tt/3n0sl9W World New York Times October 16, 2021 at 08:00PMHow a Stunning Lagoon in Spain Turned Into ‘Green Soup’
The 78-year-old millionaire and former real estate mogul was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for the murder of a friend in 2000. https://ift.tt/3FUc6DR https://ift.tt/3vjU2y7 World New York Times October 15, 2021 at 08:00PMRobert Durst has Covid, his lawyer says, and is on a ventilator.
Part of the Catholic church in Sicily has imposed a three-year prohibition on naming godparents, arguing that the tradition has become merely a way to fortify family ties — and mob ties, too. https://ift.tt/3j8ASqi https://ift.tt/3DM7r5f World New York Times October 15, 2021 at 08:00PMIn the Land of the Godfather Comes a Ban on Them
Up to 17 missionaries and their family members were taken by gangs in the capital of a country where kidnappings have become increasingly common. https://ift.tt/2Xk8tG5 https://ift.tt/3pdV5ia World New York Times October 15, 2021 at 08:00PMAmerican Missionaries Kidnapped in Haiti, Officials Say
Staffing shortages at long-term care facilities are preventing hospitals from discharging patients and admitting new ones. https://ift.tt/3nhdY1l https://ift.tt/3aIJRtx World New York Times October 15, 2021 at 08:00PMMinnesota’s governor calls up the National Guard to ease crowding in hospitals.
Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman, is accused in the U.S. of siphoning millions from programs intended to help the needy in Venezuela. https://ift.tt/3pavua6 https://ift.tt/3vjUV9V World New York Times October 15, 2021 at 08:00PMU.S. Extradites Key Financial Ally of Venezuela’s President, Inciting Retaliation
David Amess, a Conservative member of Parliament, was holding a meeting in his constituency at the time. He is the second politician killed in an attack in just over five years. https://ift.tt/3p5A49x World New York Times October 14, 2021 at 08:00PMLongtime U.K. Lawmaker Stabbed to Death in Attack Labeled Terrorism
After a fireball streaked through the Canadian sky, Ruth Hamilton, of British Columbia, found a 2.8-pound rock the size of a large man’s fist near her pillow. https://ift.tt/2XbDkof https://ift.tt/3AHU6sJ World New York Times October 13, 2021 at 08:00PMMeteorite Crashes Through Ceiling and Lands on Woman’s Bed
The police said that they had contacted the suspect, a 37-year-old Danish citizen who is believed to have killed five people, over concerns that he had been radicalized. https://ift.tt/3p2oY5a https://ift.tt/3aA0x6u World New York Times October 13, 2021 at 08:00PMBow-and-Arrow Rampage in Norway Treated as Apparent Terrorist Attack
Pope Francis approved a miracle attributed to the last Italian pope, bringing him a step closer to becoming a saint. https://ift.tt/3v61zAC https://ift.tt/3AD5Exi World New York Times October 12, 2021 at 08:00PMJohn Paul I, Pope for 33 Days in 1978, Will Be Beatified
As the country went on alert, the police scrambled to investigate an attack in a town 50 miles outside Oslo. https://ift.tt/3j1yphf World New York Times October 12, 2021 at 08:00PMMan With Bow and Arrows Kills Five in Norway
An Australian man claimed a real estate agent did not pay its “employees” retirement funds. The lack of a punctuation mark may cost him thousands. https://ift.tt/3AtcxkD https://ift.tt/305pHYC World New York Times October 10, 2021 at 08:00PMMissing Apostrophe in Facebook Post Lands a Man in Defamation Court
The study will follow participants for up to one year to find out how long vaccine protection lasts against Covid-19 and new variants. https://ift.tt/3BpFj78 https://ift.tt/2YyKfZp World New York Times October 9, 2021 at 08:00PMPfizer to vaccinate entire city in Brazil as part of study.
A day after President Biden visited to issue a national plea for more vaccine mandates, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Chicago’s public workers could opt out of the city’s until the end of the year by getting regularly tested. https://ift.tt/2WWX273 https://ift.tt/3DqXV7g World New York Times October 7, 2021 at 08:00PMChicago’s mayor guts the city’s vaccine mandate for public workers.
The self-ruled island has moved to the heart of deepening discord and rivalry between the two superpowers, with the potential to ignite military conflagration and reshape the regional order. https://ift.tt/3lnzhyn https://ift.tt/3BqDQNS World New York Times October 8, 2021 at 08:00PM‘Starting a Fire’: U.S. and China Enter Dangerous Territory Over Taiwan
Singapore’s experience offers lessons for other countries that want to reduce pandemic restrictions but have yet to deal with widespread infections. https://ift.tt/3mDELVf https://ift.tt/3AtyfoY World New York Times October 7, 2021 at 08:00PMThey Had the Vaccines and a Plan to Reopen. Instead They Got Cold Feet.
She died at age 14 in the Democratic Republic of Congo after “a prolonged illness,” said the park where she lived. https://ift.tt/3BneUqx https://ift.tt/3oU0niX World New York Times October 6, 2021 at 08:00PMNdakasi, Gorilla Who Photobombed a Selfie, Dies in the Arms of Her Caretaker
The country is changing course seven weeks into a lockdown that has failed to end the outbreak and tested the patience of many residents. https://ift.tt/3ox1yVi https://ift.tt/3Dbrb1K World New York Times October 3, 2021 at 08:00PMBattling Delta, New Zealand Abandons Its Zero-Covid Ambitions
An ecologically minded experiment to make Paris a cycling capital of Europe has led to a million people now pedaling daily — and to rising tensions with pedestrians. https://ift.tt/3on8Yu5 https://ift.tt/2ZFufET World New York Times October 1, 2021 at 08:00PMAs Bikers Throng the Streets, ‘It’s Like Paris Is in Anarchy’
Peter Nygard, a former fashion executive, will soon be extradited from Canada to the United States to face charges of sex trafficking and other crimes against women and teenage girls. https://ift.tt/3D1rign https://ift.tt/2Y9yU1K World New York Times September 30, 2021 at 08:00PMFashion Mogul Agrees to Face Sex-Trafficking Charges in U.S.
For the groom, a Romanov and descendant of the imperial throne, and his Italian bride, the wedding represents the pinnacle of their attempts to re-establish a monarchic presence in Russia’s public life. https://ift.tt/2YalGll World New York Times September 30, 2021 at 08:00PMAfter 100 Years, a Royal Wedding in Russia Evokes Days of the Czars
Portugal is among the most highly vaccinated countries in the world. Vice Adm. Henrique Gouveia e Melo, who led the campaign, said there was a key to his success: Keep politics out of it. https://ift.tt/2YiFHpN https://ift.tt/3uuRmgJ World New York Times September 30, 2021 at 08:00PMIn Portugal, There Is Virtually No One Left to Vaccinate
Princess Mako of Japan will forgo the trappings of royal nuptials when she marries her college boyfriend, a commoner, after a long and arduous engagement. https://ift.tt/39XsB3v https://ift.tt/3B252Cp World New York Times September 30, 2021 at 08:00PMA Princess Is Set to Be Wed. But It’s No Fairy Tale.