Wednesday, 31 August 2022

Gov. Jay Inslee Is Taking a Well-Earned Climate Victory Lap


By BY DAVID WALLACE-WELLS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/cVmvb6A

The Wing Shuts Down


By BY KATHERINE ROSMAN from NYT Style https://ift.tt/YXiEpuf

Virginia Judge Dismisses Case That Sought to Limit Book Sales


By BY AMANDA HOLPUCH from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/ohHfmZC

John Simpson: Gorbachev was a man of decency but not vision

Mikhail Gorbachev changed the world - but he was a human being first and foremost, writes the BBC's John Simpson.

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Families of Israelis Killed at Munich Olympics Reach Compensation Deal


By BY CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZE AND RONEN BERGMAN from NYT World https://ift.tt/OS0syG1

EU Russia: Bloc toughens visa regime but no ban

The bloc remains divided on whether to issue a total ban on entry for Russian travellers.

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Tuesday, 30 August 2022

Justice Dept. Adds Limits on Political Activity of Staff


By BY GLENN THRUSH from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/puiMx9y

Jenifer Lewis, in High Gear


By BY GINA CHERELUS from NYT Style https://ift.tt/zSNUM01

Why Anthony Fauci’s Covid Legacy Is a Failure


By BY ARI SCHULMAN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/uoj0MZ7

Sunday, 28 August 2022

Clashes Between Rival Militias in Libya Kill at Least 32


By BY RAJA ABDULRAHIM from NYT World https://ift.tt/9JbSsGe

Artemis: Nasa ready to launch new era of Moon exploration

The clock is counting down to the debut flight of the rocket that will send people back to the Moon.

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Saturday, 27 August 2022

Cloud Wars: Mideast Tensions Rise Along a New Front


By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/UOF4hpt

Ashes of Nichelle Nichols Are Set for Journey to Deep Space


By BY AMANDA HOLPUCH from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/TRZbl15

Friday, 26 August 2022

Turkish singer Gulsen arrested over religious schools joke

Critics say the high-profile arrest is a bid by President Erdogan to consolidate support ahead of elections.

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The expansion averts mass Russian conscription.


By BY IVAN NECHEPURENKO AND ANTON TROIANOVSKI from NYT World https://ift.tt/Uu2TFtJ

Wednesday, 24 August 2022

Consumer Demand Has Been Key Driver of Inflation in the U.S.


By BY ANA SWANSON from NYT Business https://ift.tt/PYgyRTE

Band stuck in Calais queue perform surprise gig

Drivers were treated to a makeshift jazzy concert as they waited in lengthy queues at the French border.

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Tuesday, 23 August 2022

Twitter whistleblower questions firm's bot count

Ex-security chief appears to echo claims by Elon Musk over the number of fake accounts on its site.

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Europe’s Rivers, Starved by Drought, Reveal Shipwrecks, Relics and Bombs


By BY CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZE from NYT World https://ift.tt/9TxYeRH

Iconic Winston Churchill photo vanishes from Canada hotel

Photographer Yousuf Karsh famously plucked a cigar from Churchill's mouth to capture the famous image.

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Monday, 22 August 2022

Do You Work in the Crypto Industry? We Want to Hear About It.


By BY DAVID YAFFE-BELLANY from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/Hv7KUcG

Review: Without Bloodshed, the Ingénue Takes the Lead


By BY JUAN A. RAMÍREZ from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/DxtXWuM

Fetty Wap Pleads Guilty to Conspiring With a Long Island Drug Gang


By BY COLIN MOYNIHAN from NYT New York https://ift.tt/tpcCzo2

Hungary's weather chief sacked over wrong forecast

A mistaken forecast saw the postponement of a huge fireworks display planned to celebrate a national day.

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Live Performance Is Back. But Audiences Have Been Slow to Return.


By BY MICHAEL PAULSON AND JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/3ElxjTg

With Trump, Merrick Garland Can’t Afford to Miss


By BY ROSS DOUTHAT from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/GYkSm7A

Friday, 19 August 2022

Freya the walrus: Did she have to be euthanised?

After becoming a tourist attraction in Oslo, a travelling walrus was killed. Was that right?

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Rewriting Women Back Into Film History


By BY MANOHLA DARGIS from NYT Movies https://ift.tt/h1OHfKl

Sweden: Man dies in shooting at Malmo shopping centre

It comes as Sweden gears up for an election in which gun violence is at the top of voters' concerns.

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Thursday, 18 August 2022

Europe storms: Deaths are reported in France, Austria and Italy

Deaths are reported in France, Austria and Italy in violent storms after weeks of heat and drought.

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Editor’s Note


By Unknown Author from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/shv5jV4

Pope rules out sexual misconduct probe of Canadian cardinal

A complaint was filed to the Vatican last year alleging misconduct by Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet.

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Wednesday, 17 August 2022

R. Kelly trial: Singer has dark side hidden from public - prosecutor

The singer faces charges of child pornography and obstructing justice in his second federal trial.

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Raymond Damadian, Creator of the First M.R.I. Scanner, Dies at 86


By BY RICHARD SANDOMIR from NYT Science https://ift.tt/lTskMjo

TikTok to teach influencers about US mid-term election rules

The platform says it is to do more to ensure influencers understand that it prohibits paid political ads.

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Tuesday, 16 August 2022

Lebanese man who held bank staff hostage to access savings released

Many Lebanese praised Bassam Hussein after he took hostages in an attempt to access his savings.

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The first U.N. ship transporting Ukrainian grain to Africa has set sail.


By BY CARLY OLSON AND FARNAZ FASSIHI from NYT World https://ift.tt/zy0dDfI

Polio vaccine in Pakistan: Two policemen guarding vaccinators shot dead

Gunmen kill police guarding a vaccination team in the latest local incident of anti-vaccine violence.

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Monday, 15 August 2022

Afghanistan, One Year After the Fall


By BY VICTOR J. BLUE from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/iG0ndvm

By Unknown Author from NYT Education https://ift.tt/AJvDIWF

HBO Max Lays Off About 70 People


By BY JOHN KOBLIN from NYT Business https://ift.tt/RYWUNBQ

Sunday, 14 August 2022

R. Kelly Stands Trial in Chicago: What to Know


By BY JULIA JACOBS from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/TNhqlE6

Tropical Storm Meari leaves trail of devastation in central Japan

Aerial video shows the extent of damage after some areas saw 50% more rain than expected in a month.

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Saturday, 13 August 2022

Tonnes of dead fish found in river on German-Polish border

Authorities say a toxic substance is to blame, but the cause of the mass death is still unknown.

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The C.D.C. Continues to Lead From Behind


By BY ROSS DOUTHAT from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/ci5CrGV

Evacuated twice in a summer as France's fires burn

"We've never known a summer like this," says the mayor of one town threatened by wildfires.

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Rushdie has lived under an Iranian death sentence since 1989.


By BY STEVEN ERLANGER from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3Ev4Ut0

Ukraine war: Moscow's next step, nuclear plant warning and clean-up raves

Nuclear plant shelling could be "worse than Chernobyl" and young people mix cleaning and techno.

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Thursday, 11 August 2022

What’s in Our Queue? Natasia Demetriou and More


By BY GIA KOURLAS from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/qMjsId6

The Unfiltered Faces of Monkeypox


By BY JACOB BERNSTEIN from NYT Style https://ift.tt/SVhRqeZ

Alex Jones and the Wellness-Conspiracy Industrial Complex


By BY FARHAD MANJOO from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/LSeJGrF

Boy, 14, Killed in New York City’s Second Teen Gun Death in Two Weeks


By BY LOLA FADULU AND NATE SCHWEBER from NYT New York https://ift.tt/CBS7jHc

Wednesday, 10 August 2022

Europe’s Energy Crisis May Get A Lot Worse


By BY DAVID WALLACE-WELLS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/thcCLwQ

The Boy Bosses of Silicon Valley Are on Their Way Out


By BY ERIN GRIFFITH from NYT Business https://ift.tt/KPpiJZ7