Women Converge on Warsaw, Heightening Poland’s Largest Protests in Decades

By Anatol Magdziarz and Marc Santora from NYT World https://ift.tt/3mDtMJy
via IFTTT Outraged by a court decision to ban nearly all abortions, tens of thousands of women took to the streets of Poland’s capital on Friday, culminating a week of big protests across the country.

In Turkey, a Frantic Rescue Effort After a Deadly Earthquake

By Megan Specia and Matina Stevis-Gridneff from NYT World https://ift.tt/2GaAXt8
via IFTTT The quake, centered in the Aegean, killed at least 24 people in Turkey and two in Greece. Ten hours after it struck, rescue workers were still pulling people from rubble in the Turkish city of Izmir.

As Coronavirus Surges, Chastened Dutch Wonder, ‘What Happened to Us?’

By Thomas Erdbrink from NYT World https://ift.tt/2HKnLfp
via IFTTT They have long prided themselves on an efficient government, some say to the point of smugness. Ranking high in the rate of daily infections is forcing a reckoning.

New Terror Attacks Leave France Embattled at Home and Abroad

By Norimitsu Onishi and Constant Méheut from NYT World https://ift.tt/3e6OQoG
via IFTTT A man with a knife killed three people at a church in Nice, in an assault that bore similarities to the recent killing of a schoolteacher, which has shaken the country.

Rooster Kills Police Officer in Covid-19 Lockdown Raid

By Jason Gutierrez from NYT World https://ift.tt/31U3T09
via IFTTT The Philippine lieutenant was slashed by a razor-sharp spur attached to the bird’s leg during a raid on an illegal cockfighting den.

In Azerbaijan, a String of Explosions, Screams and Then Blood

By Carlotta Gall from NYT World https://ift.tt/31OXCTm
via IFTTT Caught in an Armenian rocket attack, a New York Times reporting team captures the agony of an expanding, dirty war.

‘We believe in science.’ Washington, Oregon and Nevada join California’s vaccine-review plan.

By Jill Cowan from NYT World https://ift.tt/2HFDsVb
via IFTTT

A Teacher, His Killer and the Failure of French Integration

By Norimitsu Onishi and Constant Méheut from NYT World https://ift.tt/35wACJX
via IFTTT For generations, public schools assimilated immigrant children into French society by instilling the nation’s ideals. The beheading of a teacher has raised doubts about whether that model still works.

Women on Qatar Airways Flight Strip-Searched, Sparking Outrage in Australia

By Livia Albeck-Ripka and Yan Zhuang from NYT World https://ift.tt/2FY1TfC
via IFTTT Female passengers said they were pulled from a Sydney-bound flight in Doha and given a medically invasive exam to see if they had recently given birth after an abandoned newborn was found in an airport bathroom.

She Used to Clean City Hall. Now, She Runs It.

By Andrew E. Kramer from NYT World https://ift.tt/2G0RHmM
via IFTTT In Russia, elections are typically theatrical affairs with the winner and loser preordained. Sometimes, though, they go off script.

موج اتهامات سوء‌رفتار جنسی علیه آیدین آغداشلو

By Farnaz Fassihi from NYT World https://ift.tt/34nKUwS
via IFTTT سیزده زن در مصاحبه با روزنامه نیویورک تایمز آیدین آغداشلو، هنرمند، را به سوء‌استفاده‌های جنسی در طول ۳۰ سال متهم کردند.

In Azerbaijan, Pain and Loss Drive War Fever

By Carlotta Gall and Ivor Prickett from NYT World https://ift.tt/2FLB0vg
via IFTTT As the country’s soldiers advance in the conflict with Armenia, every “liberated” territory is celebrated and tens of thousands of refugees plan their return to lost lands.

Pope Francis, in Shift for Church, Voices Support for Same-Sex Civil Unions

By Jason Horowitz from NYT World https://ift.tt/3m7M7OH
via IFTTT The comments, made in a new documentary, are the strongest yet from a pontificate that has taken a more tolerant and inclusive tone.

In ‘Lobster War,’ Indigenous Canadians Face Attacks by Fishermen

By Dan Bilefsky from NYT World https://ift.tt/34jxZfr
via IFTTT A battle over the lucrative lobster industry in Nova Scotia has become the latest flash point in a series of abuses of Indigenous people in Canada.

After Teacher’s Decapitation, France Unleashes a Broad Crackdown on ‘the Enemy Within’

By Adam Nossiter from NYT World https://ift.tt/3m0vjcj
via IFTTT With dozens of raids against Muslim individuals and groups accused of radicalism, the fury of the response had France’s right wing speaking in terms of warfare.

An Earthquake, an Orphanage, and New Beginnings for Haitian Children in America

By Catherine Porter and Serge F. Kovaleski from NYT World https://ift.tt/3dGf4OO
via IFTTT After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, 19 children from one orphanage were flown to the U.S. to be adopted by American families. One would later meet President Trump.

Murderer Who Wielded Narwhal Tusk to Stop Terrorist Gets Royal Pardon

By Isabella Kwai from NYT World https://ift.tt/3o7L432
via IFTTT Queen Elizabeth II approved a rare form of clemency for an inmate who used a whale tusk to help end a deadly terrorist attack near London Bridge last year.

2,000-Year-Old Cat Etching Found at Nazca Lines Site in Peru

By Tiffany May from NYT World https://ift.tt/37k5W1e
via IFTTT Archaeologists came across the faded feline outline while conducting maintenance work at the UNESCO heritage site.

Jacinda Ardern, Hero to Liberals Abroad, Is Validated at Home

By Damien Cave from NYT World https://ift.tt/3lY1nxo
via IFTTT New Zealand’s prime minister and her party are coasting to victory in national elections, though it is unclear how far she will push her progressive promises.

Who Was ‘El Padrino,’ Godfather to Drug Cartel? Mexico’s Defense Chief, U.S. Says

By Azam Ahmed and Alan Feuer from NYT World https://ift.tt/3j688eP
via IFTTT Drug enforcement agents had long tried to solve the mystery of “El Padrino,” a shadowy, powerful force. They’ve now identified him as Salvador Cienfuegos, Mexico’s defense chief from 2012 to 2018.

French Police Fatally Shoot Man Who Beheaded Teacher on the Street

By Adam Nossiter from NYT World https://ift.tt/2SY32qs
via IFTTT The victim was immediately depicted as a martyr to freedom of expression. France’s antiterrorism prosecutors are investigating the attack, which took place in a suburb north of Paris.

Europe, Which Thought It Had the Virus Tamed, Faces a Resurgence

By Mark Landler from NYT World https://ift.tt/3lNzIiU
via IFTTT France imposed a curfew on Paris and other major cities, and other countries are taking similar steps as record caseloads fill hospitals and governments try to respond without lockdowns.

He Built a Shrine to Trump and Worshiped It. Then He Collapsed.

By Shalini Venugopal Bhagat and Mike Ives from NYT World https://ift.tt/2GVXMkL
via IFTTT Bussa Krishna, a farmer who called President Trump his god, stopped eating after Mr. Trump became infected with the coronavirus, his family said. He died on Sunday.

After a 7-Month Wait, This Tourist Got Machu Picchu All to Himself

By Tiffany May and Hisako Ueno from NYT World https://ift.tt/2H3eeiF
via IFTTT Jesse Katayama, a Japanese tourist, didn’t let Peru’s pandemic lockdown keep him from completing the journey of a lifetime.

World Food Program Awarded Nobel Peace Prize for Work During Pandemic

By Megan Specia and Matina Stevis-Gridneff from NYT World https://ift.tt/34GSAJk
via IFTTT The Nobel committee said the U.N. agency’s work to address hunger had laid the foundations for peace in nations ravaged by war.

A Black Belgian Student Saw a White Fraternity as His Ticket. It Was His Death.

By Matt Apuzzo and Steven Erlanger from NYT World https://ift.tt/2SlSX6u
via IFTTT Sanda Dia’s death after an initiation ritual was regarded as a tragic accident. Newly released videos and photos have made it a symbol of growing intolerance.

Trump Tests Positive for Covid-19, and the World Shudders

By Mark Landler and Mike Ives from NYT World https://ift.tt/33lKPcd
via IFTTT The news of an American president contracting a potentially lethal virus carried global repercussions beyond that of any other world leader.