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The Cold War-era Leopard 1A5 may be old, but it is still effective, Germany says. The country is now training Ukrainian troops to operate the weapons. https://ift.tt/6pc30IF https://ift.tt/ilWyvm7 World New York Times August 30, 2023 at 08:00PMAn Obsolete German Tank Seeks a Second Life on Ukraine’s Front Lines
A dozen beekeepers converged to help rescue a swarm of angry bees that escaped when their boxes fell off a truck in Burlington, Ontario, on Wednesday. https://ift.tt/GDcp6mv https://ift.tt/3P8qwlE World New York Times August 29, 2023 at 08:00PM‘Bee Emergency’: How Beekeepers Got 5 Million Bees Off a Road in Ontario
In unusually sharp remarks published this week, Pope Francis said some conservative American Catholics wrongly ignore much of the Church’s mission and reject the possibility of change. https://ift.tt/OMAsyTH https://ift.tt/yz5Dk7t World New York Times August 29, 2023 at 08:00PMPope Says a Strong U.S. Faction Offers a Backward, Narrow View of the Church
President Gabriel Boric authorized a new national search plan ahead of the 50th anniversary of the coup that toppled the government and led to the disappearance and killing of thousands. https://ift.tt/fqeMtwC https://ift.tt/UBxkhZn World New York Times August 29, 2023 at 08:00PMDecades After Dictatorship, Chile Mounts Search for Hundreds Who Vanished
The effects of a summer of environmental catastrophes were felt everywhere in Canada, from its vast boreal forests to a river on Vancouver Island once fished by Hollywood royalty. https://ift.tt/XU6ifjM https://ift.tt/2SiWf6J World New York Times August 29, 2023 at 08:00PMIn a Storied River, Fish Are Dying in Droves as Climate Change Scorches Canada
Beijing has characterized concerns about the economic slowdown as being inflated by Western critics. Widespread anxiety and pessimism paint a different picture. https://ift.tt/qrPDi2F https://ift.tt/5haw48L World New York Times August 28, 2023 at 08:00PMChina’s Economic Outlook: Pep Talks Up Top, Gloom on the Ground
Visitors, some tearful, left flowers and other tributes to Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner private military company, at a sidewalk memorial. https://ift.tt/AlqkseD https://ift.tt/FTMWsIa World New York Times August 26, 2023 at 08:00PMWagner Mourners in Moscow Reflect Prigozhin’s Appeal Among Russians
The nonconsensual kiss that Luis Rubiales, the president of Spain’s soccer federation, pressed on Jennifer Hermoso has come to embody the generational fault line between a culture of machismo and more recent progressivism. https://ift.tt/bWgtDXu https://ift.tt/7L0oxtp World New York Times August 27, 2023 at 08:00PMA Forced Kiss, and a Reckoning With Sexism in Spain
Luis Rubiales caused outrage with his conduct after Spain won the Women’s World Cup and then for his defiant stand when he came under heavy criticism. https://ift.tt/7A4BQGY https://ift.tt/F2H43kc World New York Times August 27, 2023 at 08:00PMSpanish Prosecutors Open Inquiry Into Soccer Official Who Kissed Player
It could be hard for the Kremlin to find a way to neutralize the mercenary group after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death while retaining its fighting power and geopolitical links. https://ift.tt/rg3nzRb https://ift.tt/MSClrsP World New York Times August 26, 2023 at 08:00PMLeaderless and Exposed, Russia’s Wagner Faces an Uncertain Future
The frequency of drone attacks inside Russia has increased in recent weeks, bringing the war to areas deep inside Russian territory. https://ift.tt/d8HyQJM https://ift.tt/tSQ79zF World New York Times August 26, 2023 at 08:00PMRussia Says Ukraine Fired Drones at Three Regions
An Osprey aircraft with 23 people on board crashed during a joint training exercise near Darwin, in the north of Australia. Several others were seriously injured. https://ift.tt/NYDQamW https://ift.tt/AMKHXTp World New York Times August 26, 2023 at 08:00PMThree U.S. Marines Die in Air Crash in Australia
The Egyptian government has demolished historic tombs, cultural centers, artisan workshops and gardens in pursuit of large-scale urban renewal. https://ift.tt/QD8RLYh https://ift.tt/vYFLPfX World New York Times August 25, 2023 at 08:00PMIn Push to Modernize Cairo, Cultural Gems and Green Spaces Razed
Investigators saying on Sunday that genetic testing showed that the victims of a plane crash last week matched all the names on the jet’s manifest. https://ift.tt/8zaUQZL https://ift.tt/IykmbD7 World New York Times August 26, 2023 at 08:00PMInvestigators said genetic testing showed the dead match the names on the flight log.
Remarks by Nicolas Sarkozy have raised fears that Europe’s pro-Putin chorus may grow louder as Ukraine’s plodding counteroffensive puts pressure on Western resolve. https://ift.tt/7eQdCwy https://ift.tt/FAsCh2g World New York Times August 26, 2023 at 08:00PMA Former French President Gives a Voice to Obstinate Russian Sympathies
A noted educator and anthropologist, she spent almost her entire life in China, where she was a committed friend of the Communist government. https://ift.tt/Nc1uBfi https://ift.tt/FDyVckK World New York Times August 24, 2023 at 08:00PMIsabel Crook, 107, Dies; Her Life in China Spanned a Century of Change
In an apparent break with Pentagon advice, Oleksandr Syrsky, Ukraine’s top general in the east, called for “all measures” to defend an area where Russia was threatening to take more territory. https://ift.tt/qmlbL3s https://ift.tt/1NGj3x0 World New York Times August 25, 2023 at 08:00PMUkrainian Commander Urges More Defenses in the Northeast
The kiss and its aftermath have stirred debate over the treatment of women in Spanish soccer. https://ift.tt/JybXsNl https://ift.tt/d0Iuj3b World New York Times August 25, 2023 at 08:00PMFIFA Suspends Spanish Soccer Federation Chief Involved in Post-Game Kiss
An expedition to find the creature will take place this weekend in Scotland. Here’s a look at previous attempts. https://ift.tt/CicWL50 https://ift.tt/uAoMvSC World New York Times August 24, 2023 at 08:00PMThe 1,300-Year Search for the Loch Ness Monster
The players demanded change after Luis Rubiales declined to quit over kissing Jennifer Hermoso, a member of the World Cup-winning team. https://ift.tt/nSUdFC8 https://ift.tt/C8AFyQv World New York Times August 24, 2023 at 08:00PMSpanish Women’s Squad Refuses to Play Until Soccer Chief Resigns
The Kremlin appears to be sending the signal that no degree of effectiveness can protect someone from punishment for disloyalty. https://ift.tt/pGyoQNv https://ift.tt/UmW2bN7 World New York Times August 24, 2023 at 08:00PMWith Prigozhin’s Death, Putin Projects a Message of Power
The fate of Yevgeny V. Prigozhin is a reminder of all those who have paid a heavy price for standing up to President Vladimir V. Putin, and of how quickly people can fall from his favor. https://ift.tt/RUC7X5o https://ift.tt/DUTeS79 World New York Times August 23, 2023 at 08:00PMRule No. 1 in Putin’s Russia: Defy Him at Your Peril
The Wagner mercenary group leader, who staged a short-lived mutiny against Russia’s military leadership in June, was listed as a passenger on a plane that crashed on Wednesday. Here’s what to know. https://ift.tt/RgGTNSi https://ift.tt/V7Hxq8G World New York Times August 23, 2023 at 08:00PMWhat to Know About the Plane Crash Linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin
Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia have been invited to join the club of emerging nations, strengthening its role as a geopolitical alternative to Western-led forums. https://ift.tt/iPBR0K2 https://ift.tt/tjVfRYv World New York Times August 23, 2023 at 08:00PMBRICS Group Announces New Members, Expanding Its Reach
The Times tracked several months of Russian state messaging in the Kremlin’s effort to recruit soldiers. https://ift.tt/rm6Cizu https://ift.tt/EsfpBqA World New York Times August 22, 2023 at 08:00PM‘Aren’t You a Man?’: How Russia Goads Citizens Into the Army
Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, is the target of multiple criminal investigations. One includes a watch, gifted by the Saudis, sold in a Pennsylvania mall. https://ift.tt/rMuxW24 https://ift.tt/nOwLAzX World New York Times August 21, 2023 at 08:00PMA Saudi Rolex Sold in a U.S. Mall Could Get Bolsonaro Arrested
The authorities said the bodies were found near the border with Turkey, in an area that is a crossing point for thousands of migrants seeking to enter Europe. https://ift.tt/kwP5ZnN https://ift.tt/HAGTrML World New York Times August 21, 2023 at 08:00PM18 People Killed in Greek Wildfire May Be Migrants
In the face of regional and domestic objections, the country plans to proceed with a discharge at Fukushima that will eventually reach more than a million tons of water. https://ift.tt/OEoipxr https://ift.tt/kDQe8x5 World New York Times August 20, 2023 at 08:00PMJapan to Release Treated Water From Ruined Nuclear Plant Despite Concerns
A summer getaway southwest of London put up signs asking people to stop posing for risqué photos where other guests, including children, could see. https://ift.tt/fHFJ1gA https://ift.tt/gYlH9vT World New York Times August 21, 2023 at 08:00PM‘Keep Your Clothes On,’ Sunflower Farm Warns Guests
Eight passengers, including children headed to a nearby school, were left stranded for hours after two cables broke as they traveled high above a valley in a remote, mountainous region of Pakistan. https://ift.tt/wWoBLiN  World New York Times August 21, 2023 at 08:00PMAt Least 5 Students Rescued From Dangling Cable Car
A Human Rights Watch report says the guards regularly fire on African migrants trying to enter the kingdom from Yemen and killed hundreds in a 15-month period. https://ift.tt/DgdA8Ft https://ift.tt/4sZHbYU World New York Times August 20, 2023 at 08:00PMSaudi Border Guards Accused of Killing Hundreds of African Migrants
The urge to play a violent video game in the midst of the most brutal land war in Europe since World War II may seem baffling. But it’s a way to cope. https://ift.tt/ZCiARPK https://ift.tt/oes5thM World New York Times August 20, 2023 at 08:00PMThe Smartphone Game That Ukrainian Soldiers Play on the Front Line
The neighbors may complain about the noise, but outdoor spaces that bloomed under a pandemic program are now a permanent and vibrant fixture of city life. https://ift.tt/MYRyUjr https://ift.tt/XGZhYOw World New York Times August 20, 2023 at 08:00PMCan There Be Too Many Cafes in Paris?
China wants to expand the five-nation bloc, but the members’ conflicting interests may get in the way. https://ift.tt/RcuNJj0 https://ift.tt/XVZvc3M World New York Times August 20, 2023 at 08:00PMThe BRICS Club of Emerging Nations Debates Letting Others In
A man, his daughter, and the many items left behind. https://ift.tt/0QAcBxe https://ift.tt/uZWzmvy World New York Times August 20, 2023 at 08:00PMThe Steepest Hill
Ms. Letby was convicted last week of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others, making her the most prolific killer of children in modern British history. https://ift.tt/sT7A5V1 https://ift.tt/Fj9vJlP World New York Times August 20, 2023 at 08:00PMU.K. Nurse Lucy Letby Handed Whole Life Sentence for Killing Newborns
A soccer federation chief kissed the Spanish forward Jennifer Hermoso fully on the lips during the medals ceremony, an unpleasant reminder to many of the sexism that has plagued women’s soccer. https://ift.tt/BLDqUZi https://ift.tt/6US0wbX World New York Times August 19, 2023 at 08:00PMA Kiss After Spain’s World Cup Win Prompts Many to Cry Foul
Despite tough fighting and heavy casualties, Ukrainian commanders say their forces are in better shape now than just months ago, while Russian troops appear worse off. https://ift.tt/ngf8Urw https://ift.tt/hnK3w2Y World New York Times August 19, 2023 at 08:00PMOn the Front Line, Ukrainian Commanders Are Buoyed to Be on the Offensive
Fire is raging in the suburban fringes of the resort town of Kelowna, British Columbia, as a state of emergency across the province continued. https://ift.tt/lnd2FPc https://ift.tt/tiaMD1Z World New York Times August 18, 2023 at 08:00PMBritish Columbia Wildfire in Photos: ‘A Long-Lasting Scar’
The attack, which killed at least seven people and wounded more than 100, came after President Vladimir V. Putin visited a Russian city that was briefly seized by the Wagner group. https://ift.tt/PIeZkO5  World New York Times August 18, 2023 at 08:00PMDeadly Russian Strike Hits City Center in Northern Ukraine
Pakyi and Tamandua are the final known isolated members of the Piripkura people. They are posing a tricky challenge for Brazil. https://ift.tt/0nImcxw  World New York Times August 18, 2023 at 08:00PMBrazil Found the Last Survivors of an Amazon Tribe. Now What?
The emergency order was issued late Friday as wildfires threatened Yellowknife, in the Northwest Territories, and Kelowna, in British Columbia. https://ift.tt/3gIJd2B https://ift.tt/IrNW4yc World New York Times August 17, 2023 at 08:00PMBritish Columbia Under State of Emergency as Wildfires Rage in Canada
The housing market in China is in turmoil. But more and more women, facing a less equal society, are buying their own homes in search of security. https://ift.tt/pYTW7J5 https://ift.tt/jlwUec3 World New York Times August 17, 2023 at 08:00PMFor Single Women in China, Owning a Home Is a New Form of Resistance
The pilot, part of a three-member crew, died after the Latam Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Panama on Monday, the airline said. https://ift.tt/ukeA7YW https://ift.tt/XJ7DCGp World New York Times August 16, 2023 at 08:00PMPilot Dies After Medical Emergency on Flight From Miami to Chile
Officials told residents to clear out of the Northwest Territories city of Yellowknife by Friday afternoon. Most were expected to flee south by road. https://ift.tt/A3E0FnM  World New York Times August 16, 2023 at 08:00PMAs Wildfire Nears, Entire Canadian City Evacuates
Maps of Hurricane Hilary as it approaches Baja California https://ift.tt/heFzx7u https://ift.tt/rPMOAJQ World New York Times August 16, 2023 at 08:00PMMaps: Tracking Hurricane Hilary
Torrential rain is expected to hit the Southwestern United States starting Friday. https://ift.tt/utNDiOl https://ift.tt/f6RzA5i World New York Times August 15, 2023 at 08:00PMHilary Becomes a Hurricane and Is Rapidly Strengthening
Thanks in part to careful media handling, the British prime minister, who has been criticized for his wife’s wealth and his U.S. ties, survived a trip to California with barely a peep of reproach. https://ift.tt/3vcTzVH https://ift.tt/4h5YFWm World New York Times August 15, 2023 at 08:00PMRishi Sunak’s Vacation: Taylor Swift and Disneyland. (The Rest Is a Secret.)
A 40-mile channel, best known outside shipping circles as a magnet for bird watchers, is now a crucial route allowing Ukrainian grain to reach the sea, protected by a NATO umbrella. https://ift.tt/T2EdgzK https://ift.tt/scWdoXL World New York Times August 15, 2023 at 08:00PMAs Russia Threatens Ships in the Black Sea, a Romanian Route Provides a Lifeline
As lounge chairs that rent for up to $130 pop up across the islands, local people have decided they won’t take it lying down. https://ift.tt/hXSeJ4b https://ift.tt/b5fhLw7 World New York Times August 14, 2023 at 08:00PM‘No Space for Us’: Greeks Fight Beach Takeover by Pricey Sun Chairs