
With Probes of Russian Lines, Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Takes Shape
Ukraine is using its new arsenal of Western tanks and armored vehicles in what is expected to be one of the largest military operations in Europe since World War II.By Andrew E. Kramer
Published on : Sat Jun 10 2023
worldeurope
Bakhmut (Ukraine)Donetsk (Ukraine)Kyiv (Ukraine)Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine)Putin, Vladimir VZelensky, Volodymyr

From ‘Pariah’ to Partner, Saudi Leader Defies Threats to Isolate Him
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has repeatedly leveraged Saudi Arabia’s wealth and influence to overcome international condemnation of the kingdom’s human rights violations.By Ben Hubbard
Published on : Sat Jun 10 2023
worldmiddleeast
Saudi ArabiaUnited StatesBiden, Joseph R JrMohammed bin Salman (1985- )

Pope’s Doctors Say He’s on the Mend, but Advise Rest and No Events
Francis, who had abdominal surgery on Wednesday, has been advised by his medical team to rest and not recite his usual weekly prayer from his hospital balcony on Sunday.By Elisabetta Povoledo
Published on : Sat Jun 10 2023
worldeurope
Rome (Italy)Roman Catholic ChurchGemelliFrancis

Boris Johnson’s Comeback Hopes May Be Dimmer Than He Thinks
The former British prime minister, who resigned from Parliament on Friday, has found his way back into voters’ good graces before. But analysts say there is now almost no plausible path back to power for him.By Mark Landler
Published on : Sat Jun 10 2023
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Great BritainConservative Party (Great Britain)House of Commons (Great Britain)Johnson, Boris

Zelensky Signals Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Has Begun
As waters from the flooding of a burst dam began to recede, Ukrainian forces were trying to break through stout Russian defenses in the south and east.By Marc Santora
Published on : Sat Jun 10 2023
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Kakhovka Dam (Ukraine)Odessa (Ukraine)BakhmutPutin, Vladimir VZelensky, Volodymyr

Colombia’s Mustard Lovers Grow Desperate Amid Saucy Shortage of Dijon
Colombians are scrambling to find the beloved French condiment as a new health law removes it from shelves, leaving a tangy void in their hearts and sandwiches.By Genevieve Glatsky
Published on : Sat Jun 10 2023
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Bogota (Colombia)ColombiaPan American Health Organization

Published on : Sat Jun 10 2023

Science Fiction From Latin America, With Zombie Dissidents and Aliens in the Amazon
A new wave of writers is making the genre its own, rooting it in local homelands and histories.By Emily Hart
Published on : Sat Jun 10 2023
books
Latin AmericaBarragan, Luis Carlos (Author)Bazterrica, AgustinaDamian Miravete, GabrielaIndiana, RitaNieva, Michel (1988- )Mota, Erick J (1975- )Schweblin, Samanta

As Ukraine Launches Counteroffensive, Definitions of ‘Success’ Vary
Privately, U.S. and European officials concede that pushing all of Russia’s forces out of occupied Ukrainian land is highly unlikely.By Julian E. Barnes and Steven Erlanger
Published on : Sat Jun 10 2023
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UkraineRussiaNorth Atlantic Treaty OrganizationBiden, Joseph R JrZelensky, Volodymyr

A Rising India Is Also, in One Remote Pocket, a Blood-Soaked War Zone
An outburst of ethnic hatreds has fractured an ancient kingdom and turned neighbors into enemies.By Suhasini Raj, Alex Travelli and Saumya Khandelwal
Published on : Fri Jun 09 2023
worldasia
Manipur State (India)Imphal (India)IndiaBharatiya Janata PartyModi, Narendra

4 Missing Children Found Alive After 40 Days in Colombian Jungle
Rescuers had been searching for the children — aged 13, 9, 4 and 1 — ever since they survived a plane crash that killed the three adults on board.By Genevieve Glatsky
Published on : Sat Jun 10 2023
worldamericas
Amazon JungleColombia

What to Know About Canada’s Exceptional Wildfire Season
Wild fires started earlier, are higher in number and spread across much of the country, burning millions of acres as climate change turns more of the country’s forest into a tinderbox.By Dan Bilefsky and Ian Austen
Published on : Sat Jun 10 2023
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CanadaQuebec Province (Canada)Environment Canada

In Serbia, a Strongman Under Fire Hails Himself as Defender of the Nation
President Aleksandar Vucic, who has been the target of protests in Belgrade, has been playing up his role defending Serbs in Kosovo, where tensions have recently flared.By Andrew Higgins
Published on : Fri Jun 09 2023
worldeurope
KosovoSerbiaKurti, AlbinVucic, Aleksandar

Can He Fix ‘Palace of Scaffolding’ in Time for Belgium’s 200th Birthday?
For an architect trying to renovate his beloved but crumbling Palace of Justice in Brussels, once the largest building in the world, the design challenges pale compared with the political ones.By Sarah Hurtes
Published on : Fri Jun 09 2023
worldeurope
Brussels (Belgium)Demesmaeker, Andre

Colombian Children Rescued From Jungle Are Said to Be in Good Health
The four siblings, ages 1 to 13, were eager to play and asked for books just a day after being rescued and having survived 40 days in the jungle, officials said.By Genevieve Glatsky
Published on : Sat Jun 10 2023
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Amazon JungleColombiaBogota (Colombia)Petro, Gustavo

Greta Thunberg Ends Her School Strikes After 251 Weeks
The climate activist, who has inspired young people around the world to demand action against climate change, graduated from high school on Friday in Sweden.By Remy Tumin
Published on : Sat Jun 10 2023
worldeurope
SwedenThunberg, Greta

Syrian Refugee Charged With Attempted Murder After Stabbing in France
A local prosecutor said that the six victims of the attack, two adults and four very young children, were no longer in life-threatening conditions.By Aurelien Breeden
Published on : Sat Jun 10 2023
worldeurope
Annecy (France)

Worldwide, Trump’s Latest Legal Woes Draw Outrage, and Shrugs
Allies and rivals alike, beholding the messiness of America, must calculate the risks and opportunities in the latest plot twist in Donald Trump’s legal troubles.By Damien Cave
Published on : Sat Jun 10 2023
worldaustralia
United StatesTrump, Donald J

Appeals Panel Is Examining Guantánamo Judge’s Next Job on Ethics Grounds
The issue has cast a cloud over the coming proceedings in the U.S.S. Cole bombing case, which are scheduled to last three weeks starting Monday.By Carol Rosenberg
Published on : Sat Jun 10 2023
uspolitics
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba)Defense DepartmentJustice DepartmentAcosta, Lanny J JrNashiri, Abd al-Rahim al-

Trump’s Indictment Is Unavoidably Political
The prosecutors’ audience is not only the judge and jurors. It is also the American public.By David Leonhardt
Published on : Sat Jun 10 2023
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Justice DepartmentTrump, Donald J

Orange and Smoky Skies Over a Province That Rolled Back Climate Measures
Doug Ford, Ontario’s premier, has a long history of opposition to renewable energy programs and an agenda that favors highway construction.By Ian Austen
Published on : Sat Jun 10 2023
worldcanada
Canada

Arizona, Low on Water, Weighs Taking It From the Sea. In Mexico.
A $5 billion plan to desalinate seawater in Mexico and pipe it to Phoenix is testing the notion that desert cities can keep growing as the Earth warm.By Christopher Flavelle and Adriana Zehbrauskas
Published on : Sat Jun 10 2023
climate
IDE Technologies Ltd

About 27 Killed, Mostly Children, When Mortar Shell Explodes in Somalia
A previously unexploded mortar shell went off as children were playing around it in a city in southern Somalia.By Reuters
Published on : Sat Jun 10 2023
worldafrica
SomaliaMogadishu (Somalia)Shabab

Canada’s Ability to Prevent Forest Fires Lags Behind the Need
Provincial firefighting agencies are stretched thin, there is no national agency and it’s hard to get approval for controlled burns — factors that have exacerbated recent outbreaks.By Vjosa Isai and Ian Austen
Published on : Fri Jun 09 2023
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Ontario (Canada)British Columbia (Canada)Quebec Province (Canada)Lytton (British Columbia)Okanagan (British Columbia)Toronto (Ontario)

Battles Rage as Ukraine Tries to Retake Russian-Occupied Territory
Military analysts and U.S. officials said it was too soon to judge the success of Ukraine’s offensive, which is looking for weaknesses to exploit, in the face of fierce resistance.By Andrew E. Kramer and Eric Schmitt
Published on : Fri Jun 09 2023
worldeurope
Orikhiv (Ukraine)Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine)Dnipro River (Ukraine)Donetsk (Ukraine)Bakhmut (Ukraine)Kherson (Ukraine)Kakhovka Dam (Ukraine)Putin, Vladimir VZelensky, VolodymyrBiden, Joseph R Jr

Here Is How to Help More Than 20,000 Canadians Displaced by Wildfires
Federal and provincial governments have pledged to match donations to the Canadian Red Cross for those affected by wildfires in Nova Scotia, Alberta and the Northwest Territories.By Remy Tumin
Published on : Fri Jun 09 2023
worldamericas
CanadaAmerican Red Cross

Boris Johnson Resigns From Parliament
The former prime minister quit after getting a confidential report about whether he had lied to lawmakers about lockdown-breaking parties.By Stephen Castle and Mark Landler
Published on : Fri Jun 09 2023
worldeurope
Great BritainJohnson, Boris

Pope Francis and Silvio Berlusconi Both Hospitalized in Italy
The health conditions of two of Italy’s most prominent octogenarians have in recent years often kept the country in suspense.By Emma Bubola
Published on : Fri Jun 09 2023
worldeurope
ItalyRome (Italy)Milan (Italy)Forza ItaliaRoman Catholic ChurchBerlusconi, SilvioFrancis

A Surprising Supreme Court Decision’s History With the American South
To understand the significance of this week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling, books about the Deep South’s changes in the 20th century are critical to read.By Amanda Taub
Published on : Fri Jun 09 2023
world
Southern States (US)United StatesAlabamaSupreme Court (US)Trump, Donald J

Will Wildfires Like These Become the New Normal?
Canada’s devastating fires and toxic smoke might not recur every year, but the heat from climate change increases the risks of a wide range of disasters.By Somini Sengupta
Published on : Fri Jun 09 2023
climate
CanadaNortheastern States (US)Western States (US)

A drone factory that Iran is helping Russia build could be operational next year, the U.S. says.
Washington is trying to raise the pressure on Tehran and make it more difficult to complete the work on the factory, which would enable Russia’s military to produce drones domestically.By Julian E. Barnes and Christoph Koettl
Published on : Fri Jun 09 2023
worldeurope
IranRussiaUkraine

U.S. Official Says Spy Satellites Detected Explosion Just Before Dam Collapse
U.S. spy agencies still do not have any solid evidence to determine who caused the destruction, the senior administration official said.By Eric Schmitt
Published on : Fri Jun 09 2023
worldeurope
Kakhovka Dam (Ukraine)

Four Australian Shows and Movies for Your Watchlist
Love stories, survival reality and stop motion animation: What we’re enjoying.By Yan Zhuang
Published on : Fri Jun 09 2023
worldaustralia
Australia

Macron Meets Victims and ‘Backpack Hero’ After Stabbing Attack in France
Two adults and four children were injured in the assault, which shocked the country and could have been worse if not for the intervention of a 24-year-old man known only as Henri.By Aurelien Breeden
Published on : Fri Jun 09 2023
worldeurope
Annecy (France)FranceMacron, Emmanuel (1977- )

An Everest Climber Had ‘No Energy, No Oxygen, Nothing.’ A Sherpa Saved Him.
The arduous six-hour rescue in May came during an especially deadly spring climbing season on the world’s highest mountain.By Amanda Holpuch
Published on : Fri Jun 09 2023
worldasia
HimalayasNepalMount EverestSherpa, GeljeRavichandran Tharumalingam

Sweden says it will allow NATO troops on its soil even before joining the alliance
NATO is more optimistic that Turkey will approve Sweden’s membership before or soon after an alliance summit next month.By Steven Erlanger
Published on : Fri Jun 09 2023
worldeurope
SwedenTurkeyNorth Atlantic Treaty OrganizationErdogan, Recep TayyipStoltenberg, Jens

Another Indictment
Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents was genuinely unusual.By German Lopez
Published on : Fri Jun 09 2023
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