By Christopher F. Schuetze from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Ybp13i
via IFTTT The woman, a former secretary in a concentration camp now facing more than 11,000 counts of accessory to murder, failed to show up for a court appearance on Thursday.

By Megan Specia from NYT World https://ift.tt/3umXXK5
via IFTTT Wayne Couzens, a British police officer who pleaded guilty to the murder of Sarah Everard, used the pretense of Covid regulations to kidnap the 33-year-old as she was walking home.

By Cora Engelbrecht and Sharif Hassan from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Y99b9k
via IFTTT The new policy for Afghanistan’s premier university is another major blow to women’s rights under Taliban rule, and to a two-decade effort to build up higher education.

By Jane Arraf and Sangar Khaleel from NYT World https://ift.tt/2XZcLTz
via IFTTT The acclaimed documentary “Sabaya” portrays the rescue of Yazidi women sexually enslaved by the Islamic State terrorist group. But many of the traumatized women said they never agreed to be in the film.

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/3EQB8na
via IFTTT As Angela Merkel prepares to step down after 16 years as chancellor of Germany, she leaves behind a country profoundly changed — and anxious about changing more.

By Víctor Manuel Ramos from NYT World https://ift.tt/3CMkCCJ
via IFTTT Gov. Kathy Hochul has plans to use National Guard members and out-of-state professionals to cover staff shortages if thousands of health care workers fail to meet a state vaccination deadline on Monday.

By Chris Buckley and Katie Benner from NYT World https://ift.tt/3obxFJN
via IFTTT The speed at which Beijing returned two Canadians held seemingly tit-for-tat in exchange may signal comfort with the tactic.

By Ian Austen from NYT World https://ift.tt/2XO5a9L
via IFTTT A surge of Covid-19 cases has forced the province to ask for military assistance in airlifting patients to hospitals across the country.

By Dan Bilefsky, Katie Benner and Emily Palmer from NYT World https://ift.tt/39Gt7CA
via IFTTT Ms. Meng will return to China in exchange for admitting some wrongdoing in a sanctions violation case as part of an agreement with U.S. prosecutors.

By Ronen Bergman and Elisabetta Povoledo from NYT World https://ift.tt/3CJIPcX
via IFTTT The fate of Eitan Biran, whose parents were killed at an Italian mountain resort in May, has become an international cause pitting relatives in Israel against those in Italy.

By Apoorva Mandavilli and Benjamin Mueller from NYT World https://ift.tt/2ZtKhlh
via IFTTT In a highly unusual decision, the C.D.C. director, Rochelle Walensky, reversed a move by agency advisers and endorsed additional doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for health care workers, teachers and other workers at risk.

By Raphael Minder from NYT World https://ift.tt/2ZdnREC
via IFTTT This is what it looks like in La Palma, where the most powerful volcanic eruption in half a century has upended life for islanders.

By Yan Zhuang from NYT World https://ift.tt/2XLAerf
via IFTTT The 5.9-magnitude quake damaged buildings in Melbourne, but there were no immediate reports of serious injuries or deaths.

By Neil Vigdor from NYT World https://ift.tt/3nZcY3w
via IFTTT The boy band’s seven members accompanied President Moon Jae-in of South Korea, who designated them as special presidential envoy for future generations and culture.

By Ian Austen from NYT World https://ift.tt/3ksMQfC
via IFTTT Voters denied him the expanded bloc of power he had been seeking in Parliament, unofficial results showed.

By Ernesto Londoño from NYT World https://ift.tt/3tY3czE
via IFTTT Brazil’s far-right president, who bypassed the U.N. General Assembly’s vaccination requirement, was the first leader so speak, portraying his country as a success story portrayed unfairly by the media.

By Catherine Porter from NYT World https://ift.tt/3zs1Oqb
via IFTTT Haitians who lived abroad for years have been returned to a country in crisis that they barely recognize — often, they say, without a hearing.

By Abdi Latif Dahir from NYT World https://ift.tt/3hO4qsK
via IFTTT The trial of Paul Rusesabagina, whose story was portrayed in the Oscar-nominated movie, was denounced by human rights advocates as a “show trial” intended to silence critics of Rwanda’s president.

By Katie Thomas from NYT World https://ift.tt/3zoCaCX
via IFTTT Dr. Fauci is also defending President Biden’s decision to release a plan for Covid boosters before regulators had given their recommendations.

By Raphael Minder from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Xt1dav
via IFTTT A volcano on the island of La Palma spewed lava and smoke, prompting an evacuation of thousands and forcing the Spanish prime minister to delay a trip to New York.

By Harold Isaac and Catherine Porter from NYT World https://ift.tt/3nM681g
via IFTTT Haiti migration officials have asked the United States for a “humanitarian moratorium” even as they receive the first returnees from Texas. “Will we have enough to feed these people?”

By Ronen Bergman and Farnaz Fassihi from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Xoiamu
via IFTTT Israeli agents had wanted to kill Iran’s top nuclear scientist for years. Then they came up with a way to do it with no operatives present.

By Jenny Gross from NYT World https://ift.tt/3lyvKfl
via IFTTT The government announced plans to allow shops to sell produce in pounds and ounces, rather than using the metric system, as part of an effort to “capitalize on new Brexit freedoms.”

By Roger Cohen and Michael D. Shear from NYT World https://ift.tt/3kiK9Ni
via IFTTT It is the first time in the long history of the French-U.S. alliance that a top diplomat has been recalled, illustrating the depth of France’s anger.

By Roger Cohen from NYT World https://ift.tt/3nDWPAt
via IFTTT The reaction signals a widening rift among Western allies over China. French officials accused President Biden of acting like his predecessor.

By Elisabetta Povoledo, Richard Pérez-Peña and Ruth Graham from NYT World https://ift.tt/3Ca2DFU
via IFTTT “What must the pastor do?” Francis said when a reporter asked him about the subject. “Be a pastor, don’t go condemning.”

By Isabella Kwai from NYT World https://ift.tt/3Ca1Ogi
via IFTTT Graphic images of the animals raised ire among activists, and some locals said the killings undermined the work of whale hunters who follow a centuries-old tradition that helps feed local people.

By Karan Deep Singh from NYT World https://ift.tt/3AbYIrt
via IFTTT The country’s top science agency tailored its findings to fit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s optimistic narrative despite a looming crisis, researchers say.

By Marc Santora, Nick Cumming-Bruce and Christina Goldbaum from NYT World https://ift.tt/3Aml8qp
via IFTTT The international community pledged more than $1 billion in emergency aid as millions of Afghans risk running out of food just as winter sets in.

By Melissa Eddy and Victor J. Blue from NYT World https://ift.tt/3z9IONi
via IFTTT Several hundred women wore the head-to-toe garments at a pro-Taliban demonstration on Sept. 11. The march was a reminder of how after years of war, Afghanistan’s women are again at the mercy of the militants.

By Declan Walsh and Eric Schmitt from NYT World https://ift.tt/3nj07sR
via IFTTT American military officials have denounced the ouster of a president in West Africa, and said they had no warning of what their students were planning.

By Christopher F. Schuetze from NYT World https://ift.tt/3E6AFNc
via IFTTT Results from a study involving 5-to-11-year-olds will be released in the coming weeks, a BioNTech co-founder told Der Spiegel.

By Christopher F. Schuetze from NYT World https://ift.tt/3nnzbIf
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By Matthieu Aikins, Christoph Koettl, Evan Hill and Eric Schmitt from NYT World https://ift.tt/3laOv8F
via IFTTT U.S. officials said a Reaper drone followed a car for hours and then fired based on evidence it was carrying explosives. But in-depth video analysis and interviews at the site cast doubt on that account.

By Dana Goldstein from NYT World https://ift.tt/3nl5Ka5
via IFTTT The Board of Education is expected to pass the measure in a vote on Thursday.

By Elian Peltier from NYT World https://ift.tt/3nbYihf
via IFTTT In removing the U.S. from a list of safe countries, the European Union opened the door to a new web of bans, quarantines and testing requirements.

By Oscar Lopez from NYT World https://ift.tt/3DYewRd
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By Matthieu Aikins and Jim Huylebroek from NYT World https://ift.tt/3nbaTBk
via IFTTT The Taliban’s violent response to the latest demonstration, which included hundreds of women in Kabul, was another sign that they will not tolerate peaceful dissent in Afghanistan.

By Natalie Kitroeff and Oscar Lopez from NYT World https://ift.tt/3l5PExY
via IFTTT The ruling, which sets a precedent for the legalization of abortion nationwide, follows years of efforts by a growing women’s movement in Mexico.

By Ernesto Londoño, Daniel Politi and Flávia Milhorance from NYT World https://ift.tt/2YuxheJ
via IFTTT South America was the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic early this year. Experts are trying to find out why new infections and deaths are falling so fast.

By Sami Sahak, Wali Arian and Jim Huylebroek from NYT World https://ift.tt/3E14Aqb
via IFTTT Militants posted images apparently taken in Bazarak, the capital of Panjshir Province in Afghanistan, where opposition forces have fought against their rule.

By Natalie Kitroeff and Daniele Volpe from NYT World https://ift.tt/2VkgvOf
via IFTTT Desperate to control the unrelenting buildup on the border, Biden administration officials turn their focus to deterring migration, dashing hopes of asylum seekers.

By Mark Landler from NYT World https://ift.tt/38HoDvd
via IFTTT Summia Tora used her connections to get her father and an uncle on a flight out of Kabul. Helping other Afghan refugees, she said, may occupy “most of the rest of my life.”

By Alyssa Lukpat and Emma Goldberg from NYT World https://ift.tt/2X1zWvQ
via IFTTT Clinical trials have repeatedly failed to show that the drug is effective against the virus. Still, U.S. demand is high.

By Melissa Eddy and Thomas Gibbons-Neff from NYT World https://ift.tt/3tjvK6I
via IFTTT The Taliban have left hundreds of people stranded in Afghanistan awaiting approval for departure.

By Alyssa Lukpat and Emma Goldberg from NYT World https://ift.tt/3jIjVn5
via IFTTT The drug has spared hundreds of millions of Africans from serious parasites, but clinical trials have repeatedly failed to show that it is effective against Covid. Still, U.S. demand is high.

By John Eligon and Zanele Mji from NYT World https://ift.tt/3zPDvUc
via IFTTT As rioting and looting swept the country this summer, Indians in the suburb of Phoenix set up roadblocks to police their streets. Dozens of Black people passing through wound up dead.

By Michael Schwirtz and José Bautista from NYT World https://ift.tt/3yGaxor
via IFTTT Intelligence files suggest an aide to a top Catalan separatist sought help from Russia in the struggle to break with Spain. A fierce new protest group emerged shortly afterward.

By Lauren McCarthy from NYT World https://ift.tt/3t9Ss0K
via IFTTT The variant, first identified in Colombia, has characteristics that suggest it might be able to evade antibodies from vaccination or infection.

By Natasha Frost from NYT World https://ift.tt/3gNSuGU
via IFTTT The country is holding fast to a lockdown to contain an outbreak that began in mid-August. But it’s also acknowledging that lockdowns can’t go on forever.