By Aurelien Breeden and Tariq Panja from NYT World https://ift.tt/5rHRnPs
via IFTTT Tear gas and delays marred the Champions League final in Paris on Saturday, raising questions over France’s ability to host large-scale sporting events like the 2024 Summer Olympics.

By Valerie Hopkins and Maria Varenikova from NYT World https://ift.tt/OZkYdAg
via IFTTT Some fortuitous timing in doing chores saved a family that lived in the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv. A few blocks away, things turned out very differently.

By Daniel Victor and Maria Cramer from NYT World https://ift.tt/tDTFvKx
via IFTTT The painting was not harmed and the man, who officials said was in a wheelchair and had faked a disability to get close to it, was taken into custody.

By Ian Austen and Vjosa Isai from NYT World https://ift.tt/TKHsLxG
via IFTTT “We have a responsibility to act to prevent more tragedies,” Prime Minister Trudeau said as he proposed tightening the country’s already stringent control of firearms.

By Bhadra Sharma and Karan Deep Singh from NYT World https://ift.tt/19lKWPR
via IFTTT The plane went down in bad weather on Sunday while carrying passengers to Jomsom, a tourist destination popular with trekkers.

By Sameer Yasir and Mike Ives from NYT World https://ift.tt/hKBSQ3j
via IFTTT A couple in India are demanding that their son and daughter-in-law have a child or pay them $650,000 in damages. “This is an Indian parent thing,” their lawyer said.

By Andrew E. Kramer and Jason Horowitz from NYT World https://ift.tt/tDulEP2
via IFTTT “Hold on, Kherson, we’re coming!” the Ukrainian military declared as it pushed to retake territory in a key southern city.

By Anton Troianovski from NYT World https://ift.tt/MZVSj76
via IFTTT A grass-roots movement to get basic supplies to soldiers fighting in Ukraine reflects the growing recognition among Russians that their military was unprepared for major conflict.

By Alex Traub from NYT World https://ift.tt/0Kfo7mT
via IFTTT This year’s first named storm in the eastern Pacific has the potential to become a Category 2 hurricane, forecasters said on Saturday.

By Jason Horowitz from NYT World https://ift.tt/iD93zpQ
via IFTTT David Kertzer has spent decades excavating the Vatican’s hidden history, with his work winning a Pulitzer and capturing Hollywood’s attention. A new book examines Pope Pius XII’s role in the Holocaust.

By Max Fisher from NYT World https://ift.tt/k5fNJ3z
via IFTTT Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway: All had a culture of gun ownership, and all tightened restrictions anyway. Their violence statistics now diverge sharply from those of the U.S.

By Audrey Carlsen and Sahil Chinoy from NYT World https://ift.tt/3q6EPUB
via IFTTT Many Americans can buy a gun in less than an hour. In some countries, the process can take weeks or months.

By Andrew E. Kramer, Maria Varenikova and Ivor Prickett from NYT World https://ift.tt/iphMVGy
via IFTTT The most lethal weapons the West has provided so far to Ukraine are now deployed in combat. Will they make a critical difference for Ukraine’s military in a war that has mostly become an artillery battle?

By Nick Cumming-Bruce and Anton Troianovski from NYT World https://ift.tt/FxkiR26
via IFTTT Boris Bondarev, a counselor at the Russian mission in Geneva, quit in a rare example of an official breaking with the Kremlin over its war in Ukraine.

By Anton Troianovski from NYT World https://ift.tt/mG2ehcY
via IFTTT Boris Bondarev, a Russian official who resigned over the war in Ukraine, said his colleagues were focused more on pleasing their superiors than on delivering accurate information to Moscow.

By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Peter Baker from NYT World https://ift.tt/lcOrgXk
via IFTTT Moving away from a policy of “strategic ambiguity,” the president said that to protect the island democracy, he would go beyond what the U.S. has done for Ukraine.

By Russell Goldman from NYT World https://ift.tt/IFOa1wD
via IFTTT Only one case of the virus has so far been identified in the U.S., but public health officials say the disease is likely to spread.

By Jason Horowitz from NYT World https://ift.tt/jRCOuEI
via IFTTT Patriarch Kirill I has provided spiritual cover for the invasion of Ukraine, reaping vast resources for his church in return. Now, in an extraordinary step, the E.U. is threatening him with sanctions.

By Catherine Porter, Constant Méheut, Matt Apuzzo and Selam Gebrekidan from NYT World https://ift.tt/gArBYMd
via IFTTT In 1791, enslaved Haitians ousted the French and founded a nation. But France made generations of Haitians pay for their freedom. How much it cost them was a mystery, until now.

By Yousur Al-Hlou, Masha Froliak, Evan Hill, Malachy Browne and David Botti from NYT World https://ift.tt/rkO31Rl
via IFTTT Witness testimony and videos obtained by The New York Times show how Russian paratroopers executed at least eight Ukrainian men in a Kyiv suburb on March 4, a potential war crime.

By Hisako Ueno and Mike Ives from NYT World https://ift.tt/Oposb4e
via IFTTT An official in the rural Japanese town wired the 24-year-old man nearly $360,000 by mistake. He lost it in online casinos. Now, the town is suing and he has been arrested.

By Neil MacFarquhar and Anushka Patil from NYT World https://ift.tt/ENKiFRe
via IFTTT It was a rare moment in a country where broadcasters generally follow the Kremlin’s talking points about the war.

By Neil MacFarquhar from NYT World https://ift.tt/FKocvkx
via IFTTT Russia wanted to build a leaner, more flexible fighting force and eliminate waste, bureaucracy and corruption. But entrenched, Soviet-era practices endure.

By Valerie Hopkins, Ivan Nechepurenko and Marc Santora from NYT World https://ift.tt/0ZtXxbQ
via IFTTT More than 250 fighters were evacuated from the besieged Azovstal complex, after holding out and sheltering civilians for weeks under near-constant Russian bombardment.

By Damien Cave from NYT World https://ift.tt/uVDZSq8
via IFTTT The United States and Australia share similar demographics, but their pandemic death rates point to very different cultures of trust.

By Anton Troianovski and Marc Santora from NYT World https://ift.tt/w53QxCI
via IFTTT As the news of the losses at the river crossing started to spread, some Russian bloggers did not hold back in their criticism of what they said was incompetent leadership.

By Marc Santora and Natalie Kitroeff from NYT World https://ift.tt/zbKdVjX
via IFTTT With Finland and Sweden likely to request NATO membership, and Ukraine counterattacking in the east, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is facing more setbacks.

By Jason Horowitz from NYT World https://ift.tt/4pCltfT
via IFTTT As Western nations place sanctions on people close to the Russian leader, including family members, the strict secrecy surrounding his private life is being punctured.

By Alyssa Lukpat and Emily Cochrane from NYT World https://ift.tt/FCAdiY9
via IFTTT Mr. Paul had sought to alter the bill to include requiring that an inspector general monitor the spending.

By Steven Erlanger and Norimitsu Onishi from NYT World https://ift.tt/wF2LN3n
via IFTTT Neutral Finland’s leaders unequivocally said they intended to seek membership in the alliance, with Sweden expected to do the same, inviting new threats from Moscow.

By Jane Bradley from NYT World https://ift.tt/gte2n5X
via IFTTT The cash was part of a fund-raising blitz that helped propel Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s party to victory in 2019. Records track $630,225 to a Russian bank account.

By Choe Sang-Hun from NYT World https://ift.tt/d6XIc4A
via IFTTT The country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, ordered a national lockdown after a subvariant of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus was found in the capital.

By Raja Abdulrahim and Patrick Kingsley from NYT World https://ift.tt/nPopFNz
via IFTTT The network and Palestinian authorities blamed Israeli troops for the killing. Israel said the blame could lie with Palestinian gunmen.

By Valerie Hopkins and Misha Friedman from NYT World https://ift.tt/jBAw7Fp
via IFTTT After more than a decade of activism, Maria Alyokhina disguised herself as a food courier to evade the police — and a widening crackdown by President Vladimir Putin.

By Sui-Lee Wee from NYT World https://ift.tt/wsN1fV7
via IFTTT Young voters who had rallied around Leni Robredo during the presidential race gathered to voice their frustration with preliminary results showing her overwhelming defeat.

By Alex Traub from NYT World https://ift.tt/JUViOTX
via IFTTT It was unclear what happened but officials said they did not suspect foul play and there were no signs of trauma. Another guest was hospitalized in stable condition.

By David A. Fahrenthold and Farnaz Fassihi from NYT World https://ift.tt/70xjFXd
via IFTTT A little-known United Nations agency decided to make an impact by doling out loans and grant money — all to a single family. It did not go well.

By Andrew E. Kramer from NYT World https://ift.tt/ZYXVPut
via IFTTT Besides their military failures, the Russians entered the war believing they could persuade Ukrainians in the east to join their side. Those efforts have failed spectacularly.

By Marc Santora, Cora Engelbrecht and Michael Levenson from NYT World https://ift.tt/QdxOYqL
via IFTTT Ukrainian forces are seeking to drive back Russian invaders from two key cities in northeast Ukraine and achieve a breakthrough in what has become a grinding battle.

By Neil MacFarquhar from NYT World https://ift.tt/qjoWhyF
via IFTTT Many Russians who are designated “foreign agents” by the government view it as another form of repression that makes living in the country, or returning to it, untenable.

By John Eligon and Lynsey Chutel from NYT World https://ift.tt/Zk75nrh
via IFTTT The apartheid era created all-white enclaves littered with anti-Black government propaganda and sheltered from the atrocities of apartheid.

By Anton Troianovski and Julian E. Barnes from NYT World https://ift.tt/mr07tnd
via IFTTT Western officials are debating the Kremlin’s calculations in not trying harder to halt weapons shipments in Ukraine. Analysts wonder whether a bigger mobilization by Moscow is on the horizon.

By Alexandra E. Petri from NYT World https://ift.tt/vsKiFhQ
via IFTTT The spread of two newly discovered subvariants has doctors watching closely.

By Sui-Lee Wee from NYT World https://ift.tt/rUMiO5S
via IFTTT As the election in the Philippines nears, tens of thousands of young people who fear another Marcos presidency are rallying around Leni Robredo, the country’s vice president.

By Steven Erlanger, Jane Arraf and Marc Santora from NYT World https://ift.tt/P2LJWYB
via IFTTT In Mariupol, the scene of intense fighting, civilians who had taken refuge at a steel plant were at least able to begin evacuating.

By Michael Schwirtz and Eric Schmitt from NYT World https://ift.tt/VxZfJKP
via IFTTT The presence of such a high-ranking official on the front lines is highly unusual and comes amid what Western military analysts describe as increasing disarray within Russian forces.

By Anton Troianovski and Ivan Nechepurenko from NYT World https://ift.tt/ziZPqUo
via IFTTT Oleg Tinkov spoke out against his country’s war in Ukraine. Now he is in hiding. In an exclusive interview he said, “I don’t believe in Russia’s future’’ under Vladimir Putin.