February 24, 2023: We mark one year since the invasion of Ukraine with Kateryna Yushchenko, the country’s former First Lady. Plus: Nigeria heads to the polls, the day’s newspapers and the latest business news.
Monthly Archives: February 2023
Front Page: The New York Times – February 24, 2023
‘It’s Complicated’: How Biden and Zelensky Forged a Wartime Partnership
The relationship between the two leaders has become critical to the future of the international order.
Bulgarian Factories and Secret Task Forces: How the West Hunts for Soviet Arms
Ukraine has long relied on Russian weapons for its armed forces. Now it is scrambling to get Soviet-era ammunition for those weapons, with the help of manufacturers even in rural corners of Eastern Europe.
Alex Murdaugh Admits Lying and Stealing, but Denies Murders
In choosing to testify on Thursday, Mr. Murdaugh took a gamble that could determine whether he is acquitted or sent to prison for life.
‘Woodstock’ for Christians: Revival Draws Thousands to Kentucky Town
Over two weeks, more than 50,000 people descended on a small campus chapel to experience the nation’s first major spiritual revival in decades — one driven by Gen Z.
Research Preview: Science Magazine – Feb 24, 2023
Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu are similar to Ivuna-type carbonaceous meteorites
The Hayabusa2 spacecraft made two landings on the asteroid (162173) Ryugu in 2019, during which it collected samples of the surface material. Those samples were delivered to Earth in December 2020. The colors, shapes, and morphologies of the returned samples are consistent with those observed on Ryugu by Hayabusa2, indicating that they are representative of the asteroid.
Journals take up arms against AI-written text
Many ask authors to disclose use of ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence
Iron stress threatens Southern Ocean phytoplankton
Lack of the nutrient limits the plants’ productivity, key to climate and ecosystems
Putin’s Hidden War: The Russians Fighting Back
Video timeline: 00:00 – One year on 01:37 – The first wave of protests 05:43 – Crackdown on dissent 10:04 – Individual acts of rebellion 13:51 – Partial mobilisation 16:20 – Russia’s mass exodus 23:06 – The future of Russian rebellion
Architecture & Design: Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1952 ‘Carmel-By-The-Sea House’
Like the nearby coast, Carmel’s allure has ebbed and flowed, though Wright’s assessment of it as a community full of upper-middle class residents has, for the most part, remained true.
Located on Carmel Point near Carmel-by-the-Sea—a celeb-favored California enclave—the one-of-a-kind home just sold for $22 million, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Previews: The Economist Magazine – Feb 25, 2023
How to win the hot war in Ukraine and the cold war that will follow it
After a year of fighting, what comes next?
Reports: Tufts Health & Nutrition – March 2023
Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter (March 2023):
- Obesity is a Disease: Why, and Why It Matters
- News Bites
- The Health Benefits of Strength Training
- Special Report: Optimizing Sleep
- Tummy Trouble: When to Seek Help
- Featured Recipe: Cabbage Roll Casserole
- Ask Tufts Experts: Vitamin C supplements; Processed Meats
Arts & Life: FT Weekend Magazine – Feb 25, 2023
FT Weekend Magazine – February 25, 2023 issue:
Joshua Reynolds’ ‘Portrait of Omai’ is a national treasure. Why is Britain struggling to keep it?
The fight to save the iconic work reflects a painful truth about the UK’s financial state
It’s time for a serious tax on guns in America
‘Not one inch’: unpicking Putin’s deadly obsession with the details of history
News: NATO’s Bucharest Nine, UN-Ukraine Meeting, Austria Neutrality Debate
February 23, 2023: Joe Biden’s meeting with Nato’s Bucharest Nine and a look ahead to the UN’s special session on Ukraine. Plus: a special interview with Austria’s minister for foreign affairs, a flick through today’s papers, a global statistics round-up and Laura Kramer speaks to ‘Liaison’ star Vincent Cassel.
Front Page: The New York Times – February 23, 2023
Putin and Biden Shore Up Alliances in Dueling Appearances
On the surface, it looked like a reversion to the Cold War era. The reality was even more complicated.
How Poland, Long Leery of Foreigners, Opened Up to Ukrainians
The country, once one of the world’s most ethnically and culturally homogeneous, has accommodated far more refugees from neighboring Ukraine than any other nation.
Mexico Hobbles Election Agency That Helped End One-Party Rule
The changes come ahead of a presidential election next year and are part of a pattern of challenges to democratic institutions across the Western Hemisphere.
When the Movies Pictured A.I., They Imagined the Wrong Disaster
Instead of the chilling rationality of HAL in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” we get the messy awfulness of Microsoft’s Sydney. Call it the banality of sentience.
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