A Nigerian Street Vendor Is Beaten to Death in Italy as Witnesses Stand By

By Elisabetta Povoledo from NYT World https://ift.tt/Vspdutj
via IFTTT The killing, in a seaside town on the Adriatic, has shocked Italians because of its brutality and because of the indifference of those looking on.

Pelosi Heads for Singapore, but Is Silent on Taiwan

By David E. Sanger and Vivian Wang from NYT World https://ift.tt/8vUzwqX
via IFTTT President Biden’s aides said she was expected to proceed with a plan to visit Taiwan, the prospect of which has jangled nerves in both Beijing and Washington.

Prince Charles’s Charity Accepted Millions From Family of Osama bin Laden

By Stephen Castle from NYT World https://ift.tt/aTjDN0B
via IFTTT Clarence House confirmed that the terrorist’s brothers donated money to the royal charity, but denied reports that the prince had personally brokered the deal or made the decision to accept it.

Breaking Agreement to Use a Condom Is a Sex Crime, Canada High Court Rules

By Catherine Porter from NYT World https://ift.tt/FKsI18S
via IFTTT The Supreme Court ruling is one of the strictest in a recent spate of measures addressing deceptive condom use, as courts try to define consent.

Large Video Screen Falls During Mirror Concert in Hong Kong, Injuring 2

By Mike Ives from NYT World https://ift.tt/AYKCTpM
via IFTTT Two dancers for the popular boy band were hospitalized, a local news outlet reported. Hong Kong officials promised an investigation.

DNA Researchers Name the Somerton Man, Australia’s 73-Year-Old Cold Case

By Alan Yuhas from NYT World https://ift.tt/HLTmD3K
via IFTTT Sleuths amateur and professional alike have been puzzled for years by the discovery in 1948 of an unidentified man’s body slumped by a sea wall near Adelaide. The South Australian police have not verified the new finding.

Congo to Auction Land to Oil Companies: ‘Our Priority Is Not to Save the Planet’

By Ruth Maclean and Dionne Searcey from NYT World https://ift.tt/7h28ARs
via IFTTT Peatlands and rainforests in the Congo Basin protect the planet by storing carbon. Now, in a giant leap backward for the climate, they’re being auctioned off for drilling.

Last Stand at Azovstal: Inside the Siege That Shaped the Ukraine War

By Michael Schwirtz from NYT World https://ift.tt/8rRaIv5
via IFTTT For 80 days, at a sprawling steelworks, a relentless Russian assault met unyielding Ukrainian resistance. This is how it was for those who fought, and for those trapped beneath the battlefield.

In Japan, Abe Suspect’s Grudge Against Unification Church Is a Familiar One

By Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno from NYT World https://ift.tt/ZvebiQG
via IFTTT The man accused of killing Shinzo Abe said his mother’s huge donations to the church bankrupted his family. Many others in Japan have similar stories.

India’s Next President Will Make History When She’s Sworn In

By Suhasini Raj from NYT World https://ift.tt/u74wtqg
via IFTTT Droupadi Murmu, who was elected to the largely ceremonial post this week, will be the first president from one of India’s Indigenous tribes.

In Argentina, One of the World’s First Bans on Gender-Neutral Language

By Ana Lankes from NYT World https://ift.tt/wVX2uHD
via IFTTT The city of Buenos Aires blocked the use of gender-inclusive language in schools, reigniting a debate that is reverberating across the world.

Here’s how to stay cool without air conditioning.

By Derrick Bryson Taylor from NYT World https://ift.tt/RKc8IUm
via IFTTT One in five homes are likely to overheat, U.K. government officials said. Using window shades and turning off unnecessary lights could help beat the heat.

Why don’t homes in Britain have air conditioning?

By Daniel Victor from NYT World https://ift.tt/ELQiSaX
via IFTTT It’s usually not hot enough to need it, and homes were built to retain heat, not stay cool.

Family Members Mourn a 4-Year-Old Girl Killed in Russian Missile Attack

By Eduardo Medina from NYT World https://ift.tt/KdeuFw2
via IFTTT The death of Liza Dmytriyeva, a 4-year-old with Down syndrome, encapsulated the brutality of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Drug Kingpin Convicted of Killing D.E.A. Agent Is Captured in Mexico

By Oscar Lopez from NYT World https://ift.tt/omSA10s
via IFTTT Rafael Caro Quintero, an accused drug cartel leader, was convicted of killing Enrique Camarena, a Drug Enforcement Administration agent, and was wanted by the F.BI.

France Faces a Shortage of Mustard, Its Uniquely Beloved Condiment

By Roger Cohen from NYT World https://ift.tt/0P8pZ1J
via IFTTT A perfect storm of climate change, a European war and Covid have left the French scrambling for alternatives.

Italy’s Unity Government Teeters, as Mario Draghi Offers to Resign

By Jason Horowitz from NYT World https://ift.tt/G4zCiXr
via IFTTT The country’s president refused to accept the prime minister’s resignation, leaving the country in political limbo.

Is the World Really Falling Apart, or Does It Just Feel That Way?

By Max Fisher from NYT World https://ift.tt/2dcYqbA
via IFTTT By most measures — with one glaring exception — people around the world are better off than ever. So why doesn’t it feel that way, especially to Americans?

Desperate for Recruits, Russia Launches a ‘Stealth Mobilization’

By Neil MacFarquhar from NYT World https://ift.tt/zG0x7wN
via IFTTT Leery of a national draft for the Ukraine war, the Kremlin is offering cash bonuses and employing strong arm tactics.

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Longest-Serving Prime Minister, Dies at 67

By Motoko Rich from NYT World https://ift.tt/46mQ0s9
via IFTTT Mr. Abe was shot on Friday during a campaign event. Before he left office in 2020, he helped pull his country out of economic malaise but fell short of his most cherished goal: to normalize Japan’s military after decades of postwar pacifism.

A suspect is arrested on a charge of attempted murder after Shinzo Abe is wounded.

By Motoko Rich from NYT World https://ift.tt/CRlG8qZ
via IFTTT The former prime minister was in critical condition after being shot during a speech in Nara in western Japan.

Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug charges in Russia.

By Anton Troianovski and Ivan Nechepurenko from NYT World https://ift.tt/z8Sa5NK
via IFTTT Her plea came hours after a Russian diplomat said that publicity around the basketball player’s case was not helping her interests.

Brittney Griner Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges in Russian Court

By Anton Troianovski, Ivan Nechepurenko and Tania Ganguli from NYT World https://ift.tt/vXALcnl
via IFTTT “There was no intent,” the American basketball star told a Russian judge, as any resolution of the highly politicized case appeared to shift toward the diplomatic arena.

For Foreign Fighters in Ukraine, a War Unlike Any They’ve Seen

By Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Valerie Hopkins and Jane Arraf from NYT World https://ift.tt/YU9FNHZ
via IFTTT Small groups of Western combat veterans are on the front lines, but many more with fewer skills are left trying to find a role to play.

Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! Creator, Dies at 60

By Ben Dooley from NYT World https://ift.tt/7zBequQ
via IFTTT The manga artist won international fame with a story that inspired a trading card game rivaling Pokemon as one of Japan’s most recognizable cultural exports.

Brittney Griner Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges in Russia

By Anton Troianovski and Ivan Nechepurenko from NYT World https://ift.tt/z6AYJqQ
via IFTTT Her plea came hours after a Russian diplomat said that publicity around the basketball player’s case was not helping her interests.

Parents of 8-Year-Old Were Accused of Her Murder. Now, So Are 12 More People.

By Yan Zhuang from NYT World https://ift.tt/fowik5q
via IFTTT Elizabeth Struhs of Queensland, Australia, died in January because, according to the police, she was denied medical care.

Has Biden’s Top Diplomat in Mexico Gone Too Far, Officials Ask?

By Natalie Kitroeff and Maria Abi-Habib from NYT World https://ift.tt/bKP1nef
via IFTTT Administration officials fear that the U.S. ambassador’s cozy relationship with the Mexican president has backfired, and may be setting back American interests in the region.

A Poor Country Made Bitcoin a National Currency. The Bet Isn’t Paying Off.

By Anatoly Kurmanaev and Bryan Avelar from NYT World https://ift.tt/IPQgH7x
via IFTTT It brought El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, the adulation of the tech community, but reduced scarce funds and moved the nation closer to default.

Mall Shooting Shocks Denmark on a Joyful Summer Weekend

By Jasmina Nielsen, Emma Bubola and Euan Ward from NYT World https://ift.tt/x8QZnqu
via IFTTT The suspect in the attack that killed 3 people was known to mental health services, the police said, and the victims appeared to be random.

Nazi Tapes Provide a Chilling Sequel to the Eichmann Trial

By Isabel Kershner from NYT World https://ift.tt/xrjJ3ws
via IFTTT Sixty years after the execution of Adolf Eichmann, the logistics chief of the Holocaust, an Israeli documentary airs his confessions in his own voice.

In Putin’s Russia, the Arrests Are Spreading Quickly and Widely

By Anton Troianovski from NYT World https://ift.tt/HaksG2W
via IFTTT One by one, Russians deemed insufficiently patriotic are being snatched up by security forces as the Kremlin tightens the noose.

3 Dead in Copenhagen Mall Shooting, Police Say

By Vimal Patel and Jasmina Nielsen from NYT World https://ift.tt/lqtL846
via IFTTT The police said that one person was in custody but that it was too early to suggest a motive for the shooting, which happened at the Field’s shopping center on Sunday.

Searching for Gold, Miners Discover a Frozen Baby Mammoth

By Christine Chung from NYT World https://ift.tt/Dq0XgoO
via IFTTT Experts believe that the woolly mammoth, unearthed in the Klondike gold fields of the Yukon of Canada, had been preserved in the frozen ground for more than 30,000 years.