Tag Archives: Ukraine

The New York Times — Sunday, December 3, 2023

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Israel Orders Evacuations Amid ‘Intense’ Attacks on Southern Gaza

Two men sit in the back of a hatchback car with the hatch open and their feet outside.

Beleaguered Gazans, having fled the territory’s north, emerged from a night of bombardment wondering where to go next for safety.

Drunk and Asleep on the Job: Air Traffic Controllers Pushed to the Brink

A nationwide shortage of controllers has resulted in an exhausted and demoralized work force that is increasingly prone to making dangerous mistakes.

Divided by Politics, a Colorado Town Mends Its Broken Bones

Two years after death threats and aspersions roiled little Silverton, the town has found a semblance of peace and a lesson for a ruptured nation.

A Russian Village Buries a Soldier, and Tries to Make Sense of the War

In Russia, the pain and loss of the war in Ukraine are felt most profoundly in small villages, where a soldier’s burial produces not just grief but a yearning to find meaning in his death.

Saturday Morning: News And Stories From Zürich

Monocle on Saturday, December 2, 2023: Join Juliet Linley and Georgina Godwin for a look through the week’s news and culture from Monocle’s Christmas market in Zürich with special guests Deputy Head of Radio, Tom Webb, and Editorial Director, Tyler Brûlé.

The New York Times — Saturday, December 2, 2023

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Israel Resumes Offensive in Gaza Strip After Truce With Hamas Ends

Palestinians mourned relatives on Friday at a funeral in Khan Younis, in Gaza’s south.

Talks on extending a weeklong cease-fire broke down, with each side blaming the other. The truce had included the release of hostages held in Gaza for people in Israeli prisons.

George Santos Is Kicked Out of Congress in a Historic Vote

After his expulsion on Friday, George Santos quickly left the Capitol, telling reporters, “to hell with this place.”

Nearly half of the G.O.P. House delegation voted to expel Mr. Santos, a remarkable rebuke of a colleague who had survived two prior expulsion bids.

Blinken Urges Israel to Take Concrete Steps to Aid Civilians as More Hostages Are Freed

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Israeli officials and a Palestinian leader on Thursday to seek improved conditions for Gaza’s civilians and to try to exert influence over Israel’s expected military offensive.

A Tense Climate Summit Begins Against a Backdrop of War and Record Heat

World leaders at climate talks in Dubai invoked faith, science and economics in their calls for a rapid transition away from fossil fuels.

News: Israel Resumes Full Combat Operations In Gaza, COP 28 Climate Deal

The Globalist Podcast (December 1, 2023) – After three people were shot by Hamas in Jerusalem, we discuss the latest from the Israel-Hamas conflict in the Middle East. Bloomberg’s Akshat Rathi examines how an agreement on a key climate deal was reached on the first day of Cop 28.

Plus: The EU announces new Slapp protections, the latest film news and a look at who topped ArtReview’s Power 100 list.

The New York Times — Friday, December 1, 2023

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Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago

Hamas-led gunmen seized an Israeli military vehicle after infiltrating areas of southern Israel during the Oct. 7 attacks. A blueprint for similar attacks was circulating among Israeli leaders long before Hamas struck.

A blueprint reviewed by The Times laid out the attack in detail. Israeli officials dismissed it as aspirational and ignored specific warnings.

Hostages Freed From Gaza Recount Violence, Hunger and Fear

Hostages who have returned to Israel in the past week have come home malnourished, ill, injured and bearing psychological wounds.

Airlines Race Toward a Future of Powering Their Jets With Corn

Carriers want to replace jet fuel with ethanol to fight global warming. That would require lots of corn, and lots of water.

Biden Administration to Require Replacing of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years

The proposal to rip out nine million pipes across the country could cost as much as $30 billion but would nearly eliminate the neurotoxin from drinking water.

Previews: The Economist Magazine – Dec 2, 2023

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The Economist Magazine (November 30, 2023): The latest issue features ‘Blue-Collar Bonanza’ – Why conventional wisdom on inequality is wrong; Is Putin winning?; America’s most conservative court; Political Islam after Gaza, and more…

A new age of the worker will overturn conventional thinking

Around the rich world, wage gaps are shrinking

Few ideas are more unshakable than the notion that the rich keep getting richer while ordinary folks fall ever further behind. The belief that capitalism is rigged to benefit the wealthy and punish the workers has shaped how millions view the world, whom they vote for and whom they shake their fists at. It has been a spur to political projects on both left and right, from the interventionism of Joe Biden to the populism of Donald Trump. But is it true?

A religious revolution is under way in the Middle East

Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest in support of the Palestinian people in Cairo, Egypt

Can it survive the Gaza war?

Old stereotypes are haunting the Middle East once more. The biggest butchery of Israeli civilians since the state’s creation, carried out on October 7th, has been followed by a slaughter of Palestinian civilians. America, which has funded, armed and defended Israel is again an object of ire. So are its Western allies. Together they are blamed for facilitating Gaza’s pummelling and the displacement of its people. A truce which began on November 24th, and which was set to expire as The Economist went to press, had led to the release of 81 hostages and 180 Palestinian detainees as of November 28th.

News: UN COP28 Climate Summit In Dubai; Taiwan Economic Ties With India

The Globalist Podcast (November 30, 2023) – As Cop 28 begins in Dubai, Politico’s Suzanne Lynch discusses the controversy over the UAE’s motives for hosting the summit and what is expected to come out of it.

Also, William Yang on Taiwan’s economic ties with India, a Saudi Arabian investment fund’s purchase of a stake in Heathrow, Interpol’s centenary and why France tops our Soft Power Survey.

The New York Times — Thursday, Nov 30, 2023

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Henry Kissinger Is Dead at 100; Shaped Nation’s Cold War History

A color portrait of Henry A. Kissinger in a dark suit jacket, white shirt and striped tie, his right hand pressed against his chin. A wall map of the world fills the space behind him.

The most powerful secretary of state of the postwar era, he was both celebrated and reviled. His complicated legacy still resonates in relations with China, Russia and the Middle East.

Gaza Mediators, Eye on Long Term, Press for Short Truce Extension

With a temporary cease-fire in effect, Gaza residents came out to look at the damage in Khan Younis on Wednesday.

Officials from Qatar, Egypt and the U.S. hope that a succession of pauses will pave the way toward a larger goal: bringing the war to a close.

In the West Bank, Release of Prisoners Deepens Support for Hamas

Some people in the West Bank, where frustration with the Palestinian Authority has been simmering for years, believe Hamas and other armed groups are the only ones they can trust to protect them.

Two Years With America’s Elite Firefighters

Hotshot fire crews work on the front lines of the biggest wildfires in the American West. We rode along with them.

News: Blinken Returns To Israel, Ukraine Urges NATO Ministers To Maintain Aid

The Globalist Podcast (November 29, 2023) – As US secretary of state Antony Blinken returns to Israel later this week, Gregg Carlstrom breaks down what he might be hoping to achieve.

Plus: why Ukraine is top of the agenda at the meeting of NATO foreign ministers, Finland temporary closure of its border with Russia, the latest business news and a trip to the World Architecture Festival in Singapore.

The New York Times — Wednesday, Nov 29, 2023

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A Gaza Truce Aids Both Sides. Until the Calculus Changes.

Palestinians on their way from the north of Gaza to the south passing through an Israeli checkpoint on Sunday.

Both Israel and Hamas are reaping benefits from the cease-fire, but as the hostage-for-prisoner exchanges continue, Israeli leaders may feel growing pressure to resume the war.

Gavin Newsom Wants Fox News Viewers to Hear Him Out

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After sparring twice with Sean Hannity, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California will jump into the ring this week with Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. The stakes are high for both men.

Memorial Celebrates Rosalynn Carter’s Life, a ‘Public Love Story’

Former President Jimmy Carter emerged from hospice care to join a cast of political heavyweights paying tribute to Mrs. Carter, who died at 96 last week at her home in Plains, Ga.

Can U.S.-China Student Exchanges Survive Geopolitics?

The flow of students between the countries has been a mainstay of their relationship, even when ties have soured. Now these exchanges, too, are under threat.