Category Archives: News

Front Page: The New York Times -Monday, May 8, 2023

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After Mass Killings in Texas, Frustration but No Action on Guns

Volunteers erected a memorial outside the entrance to Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, Texas, a day after a gunman killed eight people and wounded seven others.

The drumbeat of mass murder has fueled a new openness to gun regulation among some Texans, but it has done little to reshape the political realities in the State Capitol.

Ukrainians Return Home, Renewed and Resigned

Passengers on a train from Lviv and Kyiv arrive in town of Pokrovsk in the eastern Donetsk region, last week.

More than 5.5 million people who left after the war began in February 2022 have gone back home — and not just to large cities like Kyiv or Dnipro, but to small places near the front line, as well.

The Dnipro River, Axis of Life and Death in Ukraine

The river has helped to define Ukraine’s history and culture, and remains vital to daily sustenance, even as it also serves as a front line in war — as it has countless times over thousands of years.

Twitter Criticized for Allowing Texas Shooting Images to Spread

Graphic images of the attack went viral on the platform, which has made cuts to its moderation team. Some users said the images exposed the realities of gun violence.

Sunday Morning: Stories And News From London

May 7, 2023: Emma Nelson, Latika Bourke and John Everard on the weekend\’s biggest talking points including the coronation of King Charles III. We also speak to Monocle’s Hannah Lucinda Smith in Istanbul and our Balkan correspondent Guy De Launey.

Front Page: The New York Times -Sunday, May 7, 2023

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War, Weapons and Conspiracy Theories: Inside Airman Teixeira’s Online World

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A review of more than 9,500 messages obtained by The New York Times offers important clues about the mind-set of a young airman implicated in a vast leak of government secrets.

At Least 9 Dead, Including Gunman, in Shooting at Texas Mall

Shoppers leave as police respond to a shooting in the Dallas area’s Allen Premium Outlet, after a shooting incident left multiple people injured in Allen, Texas.

A police officer on an unrelated assignment nearby rushed toward the sounds of gunfire and killed the gunman.

Charles Is Crowned King in Ancient Ceremony With Modern Twists

The coronation, the first since Queen Elizabeth II’s in 1953, was a royal spectacle of the kind that only Britain still stages.

‘Only Word for Them Is Heroes’: How 2 Students Rescued Dozens in Sudan

As feuding generals turned the Sudanese capital into a war zone, two university students navigated a battered Toyota through the chaos and saved at least 60 desperate people.

Inside Russia: How Life Has Changed Since Invasion

BBC News (May 5, 2023) – Life in Ukraine is unrecognisable since Russia invaded in February 2022. But how has life in Russia changed since the invasion? The BBC’s Russia editor Steve Rosenberg, who lives in Moscow, reports on the shift he has seen in the country from day-to-day life to how Russia portrays its history to its people.

Front Page: The New York Times -Saturday, May 6, 2023

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Walensky Resigns as C.D.C. Director

“I took on this role with the goal of leaving behind the dark days of the pandemic and moving the C.D.C. — and public health — into a much better and more trusted place,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky said.
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In an announcement on Friday, the head of the beleaguered agency said she would step down in June. “We made this world a safer place,” she said.

2 Days, 17 Dead, 21 Wounded: Back to Back Massacres Rock Serbia

A police officer on Friday stood guard in Dubona, Serbia, following a mass shooting in the area south of Belgrade that started Thursday night.

A day after Serbia’s first mass shooting in seven years, a second one left the small country in shock and its president called for a radical reduction in gun ownership.

Living and Breathing on the Front Line of a Toxic Chemical Zone

As the Biden administration moves to curb health threats caused by toxic chemicals, the debate hits home for families living near petrochemical plants.

Tightening Supreme Court Ethics Rules Faces Steep Hurdles

Revelations about Justice Clarence Thomas’s failure to disclose largess from a Republican donor have highlighted a dilemma.

News: Germany’s Scholz Visits Kenya, Coronation Of Charles III, NATO In Asia

The Globalist, May 5, 2023: As Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, heads to Kenya, we check in with journalists in Nairobi and Berlin, Chatham House’s Quentin Peel outlines how King Charles III’s coronation will be covered outside the UK, and Nato plans to open its first office in Asia.

Plus: Monocle Radio’s Andrew Mueller offers an irreverent round-up of the week’s news.

Front Page: The New York Times – Friday, May 5, 2023

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Justice Dept. Intensifying Efforts to Determine if Trump Hid Documents

Justice Department prosecutors have intensified their investigation of former President Donald J. Trump’s handling of classified material.
CREDITSOPHIE PARK FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

Prosecutors investigating the former president’s handling of classified material have issued a wave of new subpoenas and obtained the confidential cooperation of a witness who worked at Mar-a-Lago.

A Subway Killing Stuns, and Divides, New Yorkers

Mayor Eric Adams has asked for patience as law enforcement officials investigate the death of Jordan Neely at the hands of another subway rider. Other Democratic leaders have criticized his response as too tame, calling the death a “murder” and a “lynching.”
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After a homeless man was killed on the subway, New Yorkers and elected officials are mourning his death and debating how the city should address mental health and public safety.

Smaller Banks Are Scrambling as Share Prices Plunge

Investors are not convinced that regional banks including PacWest and Western Alliance can remain viable. Some are actively betting on their demise.

Earthquake-Proof, Not Corruption-Proof: Turkey’s Needless Deaths

Turkish families got wealthy off a construction system rife with patronage. A Times investigation reveals just how fatally shaky that system was.

News: China-Led SCO Bloc In India, Drone Strike In Moscow, Anti-Mafia Raids

The Globalist, May 4, 2023: Lynne O’Donnell reports from Goa as the foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation nations meet. Plus: Drone strikes Kremlin and anti-mafia raids across Europe, a flick through today\’s papers and the latest theatre news. 

Front Page: The New York Times- Thursday May 4, 2023

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Fed Makes 10th Rate Increase and Opens Door to Pause

Cutting interest rates this year “is not in our forecast,” Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, said during a news conference on Wednesday.
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The Fed raised rates by a quarter point, bringing them above 5 percent for the first time in more than 15 years.

Moscow Claims Explosions Above the Kremlin Were an Attempt to Kill Putin

Russian law enforcement officers standing guard in Red Square in Moscow on Wednesday. Two drones detonated above the Kremlin earlier in the day.
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Russia said Ukraine had launched a drone attack, which Kyiv vehemently denied, accusing Russia of manufacturing a pretext for escalation.

Companies Flock to Biden’s Climate Tax Breaks, Driving Up Cost

A law to boost clean energy appears to be more potent than predicted, with big implications for both budget talks and efforts to fight climate change.

The ‘Peace Dividend’ Is Over in Europe. Now Come the Hard Tradeoffs.

Defending against an unpredictable Russia in years to come will mean bumping up against a strained social safety net and ambitious climate transition plans.