By Mark Landler from NYT World https://ift.tt/tRir3dH
via IFTTT Images of the new king may be blanketing Britain, but many in the country are more focused on navigating a cost-of-living crisis than celebrating a dysfunctional royal family.

By Marc Santora and Victoria Kim from NYT World https://ift.tt/nh1x3vS
via IFTTT A Russian-installed local official blamed the blaze on “enemy drones.” Ukraine, which typically maintains a policy of strategic ambiguity about strikes in Crimea, did not claim responsibility.

By Steven Erlanger from NYT World https://ift.tt/oCI6ByM
via IFTTT Remarks by China’s ambassador to France questioning the sovereignty of ex-Soviet states threatened to upset China’s efforts to balance courting Europe with supporting Russia.

By Remy Tumin from NYT World https://ift.tt/4AaVvFs
via IFTTT Reaching Barlocco Island is challenging, and staying there for any length of time even more so. Still, dozens are vying for the 25 acres of nature.

By Charlie Savage, Michael D. Shear, Elian Peltier and Declan Walsh from NYT World https://ift.tt/x08zLJN
via IFTTT President Biden announced that diplomatic personnel, who had been stuck in the midst of a brutal war for more than a week, were evacuated from the capital, Khartoum.

By Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Koba Ryckewaert and Ilvy Njiokiktjien from NYT World https://ift.tt/8KPh3in
via IFTTT In the Belgian town of Geel, families have long taken in people with psychiatric conditions. Could this approach work elsewhere?

By David Pierson from NYT World https://ift.tt/qiIlSRA
via IFTTT China has rebuffed calls to restart high-level talks with the United States, raising the risk of confrontation in contested areas like the Taiwan Strait.

By Nicole Hong from NYT World https://ift.tt/6JG29NT
via IFTTT China struggled for years to curtail its rapid population growth. Now that its population is declining, economists and others fear serious implications for China and countries around the world.

By Natalie Kitroeff and Ronen Bergman from NYT World https://ift.tt/Yv0qwtB
via IFTTT A Times investigation reveals the story behind how Mexico became the first and most prolific user of Pegasus. It’s still using it, despite promising to stop.

By Steven Erlanger from NYT World https://ift.tt/7eHQbWN
via IFTTT Shocked by Russian atrocities, NATO is becoming the war-fighting alliance it was during the Cold War, committed to defending “every inch” of its territory from Day 1.

By The New York Times from NYT World https://ift.tt/hkZJlf3
via IFTTT The strategically important country in northeastern Africa has been consumed by fighting between two military factions, with plans for a transition to a civilian-led democracy now in shambles.

By Mujib Mashal, Hari Kumar and Sameer Yasir from NYT World https://ift.tt/K3Lc6CA
via IFTTT The victim was a former politician, a notorious criminal and a Muslim. Afterward, two government officials described the killing as akin to divine justice.

By Matthew Mpoke Bigg, Vivek Shankar and Enjoli Liston from NYT World https://ift.tt/eHaKAcd
via IFTTT The European Union lifted tariffs on Ukrainian grain last year. But farmers say they are suffering from a glut of produce in Europe.

By Anton Troianovski, Andrew E. Kramer, Erika Solomon and Eric Schmitt from NYT World https://ift.tt/8MhFUvC
via IFTTT Some in Ukraine even welcomed the disclosures as confirming what they have been saying for months — that its forces desperately need more weapons and munitions.

By Katie Rogers from NYT World https://ift.tt/3AUSQn1
via IFTTT President Biden was in tears after the surprise meeting with the priest, Friar Frank O’Grady, who was given a last-minute security approval to meet with the president.

By Aric Toler, Christiaan Triebert, Haley Willis, Malachy Browne, Michael Schwirtz and Riley Mellen from NYT World https://ift.tt/yCmNDxj
via IFTTT The group liked online war games. But then Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old National Guard airman, began showing them classified documents, members say.

By Aric Toler, Michael Schwirtz, Haley Willis, Riley Mellen, Christiaan Triebert, Malachy Browne, Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Julian E. Barnes from NYT World https://ift.tt/fR6gI1d
via IFTTT Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was arrested on Thursday.

By Anton Troianovski, Aric Toler, Julian E. Barnes, Christiaan Triebert and Malachy Browne from NYT World https://ift.tt/o6J3xRT
via IFTTT The additional documents also suggest the breach of American intelligence agencies could contain far more material than previously believed.

By Andrew E. Kramer and Mauricio Lima from NYT World https://ift.tt/hBnbJkl
via IFTTT Pushed into a shrinking corner of the devastated city, the Ukrainian military is determined to hold out for strategic reasons, even as allies question the cost.

By Roger Cohen from NYT World https://ift.tt/Pa5u8XU
via IFTTT Criticism of the French president’s performance in Beijing has been scathing among some allies, who saw him as cozying up to Beijing.

By Vivian Wang and Zixu Wang from NYT World https://ift.tt/BTcCStV
via IFTTT Some people who’ve walked away from China’s grueling corporate culture say it’s worth the financial sacrifice. “I was tired of living like that,” one said.

By Sameer Yasir from NYT World https://ift.tt/VHW5YSP
via IFTTT In a video, the 87-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader sticks out his tongue and asks the child to “suck” it. His office said the actions had been lighthearted.

By Eric Nagourney from NYT World https://ift.tt/QIZGO3p
via IFTTT Many questions remain about the classified documents that have been dribbling onto the web.

By Carlotta Gall, Oleksandr Chubko and Daniel Berehulak from NYT World https://ift.tt/S5Thdal
via IFTTT Making a nerve-wracking 3,000-mile journey from Ukraine, into Russia-occupied territory, and back again, a group of mothers managed to recover their children from the custody of the Russian authorities.

By Derrick Bryson Taylor from NYT World https://ift.tt/3MK4ipO
via IFTTT The pilot made an emergency landing after feeling a Cape Cobra slither under his shirt while flying across South Africa. “I had a moment of stunned silence,” he said.

By Ivan Nechepurenko and Anatoly Kurmanaev from NYT World https://ift.tt/HLIuxWk
via IFTTT Vladlen Tatarsky represented a radical wing of pro-invasion bloggers and activists who backed Moscow’s war but also criticized what they saw as the flaws in the Russian Army.

By Penelope Colston and Jake Michaels from NYT World https://ift.tt/TCP1WvM
via IFTTT The Nordic nation has been ranked the happiest country on earth for six consecutive years. But when you talk to individual Finns, the reality is a bit more complicated.

By Chris Buckley from NYT World https://ift.tt/mDSusc6
via IFTTT With an eye on a possible conflict over Taiwan, analysts have scrutinized the war for insights ranging from the importance of supply lines to the power of nuclear threats.