By Jeffrey Gettleman and Oleksandr Chubko from NYT World https://ift.tt/xLJIuXU
via IFTTT According to Ukrainian officials, Russian soldiers, aided by a mysterious expert, broke into a museum and spirited away priceless artifacts from the Scythian empire.

By Andrew E. Kramer from NYT World https://ift.tt/0ovTyHE
via IFTTT The strikes have been one of the most intriguing, and opaque, new elements of the recent fighting. But when it comes to confirming their origins, “we don’t say yes and we don’t say no,’’ said the official.

By Sarah Cahalan and Adeel Hassan from NYT World https://ift.tt/69dfyM7
via IFTTT Hospitalizations remain low, partly a reflection of greater immunity in the population.

By Aina J. Khan from NYT World https://ift.tt/HK64EWm
via IFTTT The former tennis champion was found guilty by a London court on charges related to his 2017 insolvency.

By Gaia Pianigiani from NYT World https://ift.tt/tFSa0MJ
via IFTTT The ruling overturns decades of patriarchal family legacy, which largely left women out of the decision-making process.

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/kmf3OKY
via IFTTT The waters that poured into Demydiv were one of many instances of Ukraine wreaking havoc on its own territory to slow Russia’s advance. Residents couldn’t be happier. “We saved Kyiv,” one said.

By Mike Ives, Hisako Ueno and Makiko Inoue from NYT World https://ift.tt/sIyfZ8h
via IFTTT Kane Tanaka, who died in Japan this month, survived two world wars, the 1918 influenza outbreak, paratyphoid and two rounds of cancer. She loved chocolate and hated losing at board games.

By Vivian Wang, Paul Mozur and Isabelle Qian from NYT World https://ift.tt/7bRy4WP
via IFTTT Public anger and grief over the bungled lockdown in Shanghai is creating a credibility crisis for the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, and his zero Covid policies.

By Ivan Nechepurenko from NYT World https://ift.tt/4UiLmu0
via IFTTT Trevor Reed had been detained since 2019, after he was accused of assaulting and endangering the lives of two police officers.

By Keith Bradsher and Chris Buckley from NYT World https://ift.tt/j6NSXMK
via IFTTT Supermarkets stocked up as long lines formed. The Chinese authorities ordered mass testing to contain a rising number of cases in an affluent district of the capital.

By Marc Santora, Michael Schwirtz and Michael Levenson from NYT World https://ift.tt/oGc3exD
via IFTTT “The day when they will be forced to leave Ukraine is approaching,” the Ukrainian president said of the Russians, in a sharp change of tone.

By Katrin Bennhold from NYT World https://ift.tt/m5nMJ3A
via IFTTT Gerhard Schröder, who is paid almost $1 million a year by Russian-controlled energy companies, has become a pariah. But he is also a symbol of Germany’s Russia policy.

By Monika Pronczuk and Jeffrey Gettleman from NYT World https://ift.tt/Qa92F8k
via IFTTT Moldova’s destiny has been intertwined uncomfortably with Russia’s for years, and the Ukraine invasion has accelerated its efforts to break free from Moscow.

By Andrew Higgins from NYT World https://ift.tt/inbgOh9
via IFTTT An investigation in Slovakia has exposed how Russian clandestine operations are trying to sow discord in Europe and create sympathy for Moscow over Ukraine.

By Mark Landler from NYT World https://ift.tt/WwkZ475
via IFTTT The prince, in Europe for the Invictus Games, visited his grandmother then told the “Today” show that he wanted to make sure “she’s protected.”

By Jane Arraf from NYT World https://ift.tt/KiEGufO
via IFTTT Hundreds of thousands of displaced people from other parts of Ukraine have fled to, or through, Lviv to escape the fighting. Then it landed on their doorstep.

By Thomas Gibbons-Neff and John Ismay from NYT World https://ift.tt/CZqKXDy
via IFTTT The New York Times verified that Ukraine’s forces appeared to fire at least two of these internationally banned weapons in a neighborhood, putting Ukrainian civilians at extreme risk.

By Anton Troianovski from NYT World https://ift.tt/LcHgxCe
via IFTTT Like the shelling of cities, the seemingly pointless, close-up killing of individuals recalls wars in Chechnya. Do they reflect intent, or only indifference, propaganda and a military culture of violence?

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/xSrMHgF
via IFTTT In a Russian-occupied village, five men went off to feed cattle. Their relatives and neighbors are wondering what happened to them.

By Neil MacFarquhar from NYT World https://ift.tt/NzC93VK
via IFTTT A talk-show host, who usually reflects the Kremlin’s line, questioned how the ship was lost.

By Abdi Latif Dahir from NYT World https://ift.tt/ikhx3g2
via IFTTT Samia Suluhu Hassan became the only female head of government in Africa when her predecessor suddenly died. She is setting a new course.

By Andrew E. Kramer, Eric Schmitt, Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Michael Schwirtz from NYT World https://ift.tt/zxDicNw
via IFTTT After Russian forces were mauled in cities and towns in northern Ukraine, Vladimir V. Putin is shifting the focus of his invasion to the flatlands of Donbas, in the east.

By John Yoon from NYT World https://ift.tt/n8lkz62
via IFTTT Ri Chun-hee, who delivers the news with a soaring, bombastic tenor, received a two-story apartment in a riverside complex from the country’s leader, apparently for her loyalty.

By Chris Buckley and Keith Bradsher from NYT World https://ift.tt/BsnxWC6
via IFTTT Europe was viewed as lacking the power and the will to contest China’s rise. But now, a harder line toward Russia has implications for Beijing.

By Andrew Higgins from NYT World https://ift.tt/IAc3YGb
via IFTTT Encouraged by the United States, Slovakia “donated” a bulky but effective S-300, hoping to challenge Russian domination of the skies in the war next door.

By Oscar Lopez and Lisette Poole from NYT World https://ift.tt/DZEhtFg
via IFTTT The town of Zipolite has become an oasis for the queer community. But as its popularity has surged, some worry that the town’s spirit is beginning to vanish.

By Katrin Bennhold and Steven Erlanger from NYT World https://ift.tt/bOk8e2z
via IFTTT In just six weeks since Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced a strategic shift for his country, already doubts are emerging about how real and deep it is.

By Vivian Wang from NYT World https://ift.tt/LH3Axky
via IFTTT A lawyer flew home to China hoping to see his family for the first time since the pandemic began. Instead, he was trapped in three months of quarantine.

By Anushka Patil from NYT World https://ift.tt/BadrkCS
via IFTTT A mother who wrote emergency contact information on her 2-year-old’s back has become a voice for countless Ukrainian parents forced to do the same.

By Roger Cohen from NYT World https://ift.tt/JlKZrGs
via IFTTT President Emmanuel Macron and the hard-right leader Marine Le Pen will compete for a second time in a runoff on April 24.

By Eric Schmitt, Jane Arraf and Michael Levenson from NYT World https://ift.tt/0O7Cziy
via IFTTT The Russian campaign will be consolidated under a veteran of the Syrian war, while Western nations pump additional arms into Ukraine.

By Sabrina Tavernise from NYT World https://ift.tt/FpEeZnU
via IFTTT Russians long lived with an understanding: Stay away from politics, and live your life as you choose. The war in Ukraine wrecked that idea.

By Christina Goldbaum and Salman Masood from NYT World https://ift.tt/f8J04aF
via IFTTT The country will now face early elections after days of brinkmanship in which Mr. Khan tried to dissolve Parliament to head off the no-confidence vote.

By Anton Troianovski from NYT World https://ift.tt/BtQdaK7
via IFTTT Citizens are denouncing one another, illustrating how the war is feeding paranoia and polarization in Russian society.

By Andrew E. Kramer and Ivor Prickett from NYT World https://ift.tt/anYcqgw
via IFTTT Tanks treads ripped up the toxic soil, bulldozers carved trenches and bunkers, and soldiers spent a month camped in — and dug into — a radioactive forest.

By Shashank Bengali and Katrin Bennhold from NYT World https://ift.tt/J1k0hvb
via IFTTT The report adds to evidence of indiscriminate killings by Russian forces. It could not be confirmed whether the radio transmissions collected by German intelligence were from Bucha or another place near the capital, an official said.

By Anton Troianovski, Ivan Nechepurenko and Valeriya Safronova from NYT World https://ift.tt/GI82hZ1
via IFTTT Many Russians have been in the dark about their country’s losses. As news of more Russian deaths arrives, the reactions range from anger at the Kremlin to parroting the state’s messaging that blames “Nazis’’ in Ukraine.

By Mike McIntire from NYT World https://ift.tt/IP03ge4
via IFTTT Amid speculation that oligarchs are holding cash and luxury assets for the Russian president, many of his extravagances can be traced elsewhere: the Russian state.

By Emma Bubola from NYT World https://ift.tt/5SRG0XN
via IFTTT The woman, Iryna Filkina, had worked at a heating plant. She had contacted the makeup artist for help being more beautiful and fashionable.

By Rick Gladstone from NYT World https://ift.tt/JQHzlSb
via IFTTT The apparent execution of Ukrainian civilians by retreating Russian forces, their bodies strewn in streets and yards, has focused attention on what constitutes crimes in war.

By Malachy Browne and Dmitriy Khavin from NYT World https://ift.tt/9laEb5t
via IFTTT Chilling aerial video from Ukraine adds to the evidence of Russian atrocities against civilians and undercuts their denials of wrongdoing.

By Steven Erlanger from NYT World https://ift.tt/hiVOcE6
via IFTTT In a video address, he said that NATO’s decision in 2008 not to give Ukraine a path to membership helped lead to atrocities by Russian forces.

By Chris Buckley from NYT World https://ift.tt/ckIuCve
via IFTTT China’s Communist Party is mounting an ideological campaign aimed at officials and students. The message: The country will not turn its back on Russia.

By Malachy Browne, David Botti and Haley Willis from NYT World https://ift.tt/F3rGJm5
via IFTTT The images rebut Russia’s claim that the killing of civilians in Bucha, near Kyiv, took place after its soldiers had left town.

By Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Natalia Yermak and Tyler Hicks from NYT World https://ift.tt/tVLU5kg
via IFTTT The town of Trostyanets was occupied by Russian forces for a month before the Ukrainian military liberated it. Residents described weeks of hunger and horror.

By Carlotta Gall and Andrew E. Kramer from NYT World https://ift.tt/7lTSqZa
via IFTTT With Russian forces retreating, Ukrainians in Bucha are finding scores of bodies in yards and on the roads amid mounting evidence of intentional and indiscriminate killings of civilians.

By Anton Troianovski, Ivan Nechepurenko and Valeriya Safronova from NYT World https://ift.tt/npgYiRf
via IFTTT Polls and interviews show many Russians now accept the Kremlin’s assertion that their country is under siege from the West. Opponents are leaving the country or keeping quiet.

By Elisabetta Povoledo and Ian Austen from NYT World https://ift.tt/luT5XRD
via IFTTT Pope Francis also promised to visit Canada as part of a process of healing and reconciliation over the church’s involvement in an abusive system of residential schools.