By Patrick Kingsley from NYT World https://ift.tt/2QN1RDB
via IFTTT The Israeli military asked the public not to speculate, but many Israelis assumed the announcement referred to dead hostages. The news amplified calls for a cease-fire and hostage-release deal.

By Emmett Lindner from NYT World https://ift.tt/pnrG1cF
via IFTTT The beluga whale, who was first spotted in 2019 wearing what looked like a camera harness, was seen floating in Norwegian waters on Saturday.

By Neil MacFarquhar and Milana Mazaeva from NYT World https://ift.tt/JeEm0Tp
via IFTTT The long-sacrosanct practice of keeping young Russian army conscripts off the front lines is eroding as the lack of troops in Russia’s Kursk region indicates a manpower shortage.

By Jack Nicas and Kate Conger from NYT World https://ift.tt/PTMgFAp
via IFTTT The social network will go dark in the nation of 200 million, the result of an escalating fight between Elon Musk and a Brazilian judge over what can be said online.

By Isabella Kwai from NYT World https://ift.tt/USyfWVg
via IFTTT Daniel Sancho Bronchalo was sentenced to life imprisonment after a court in Koh Samui ruled that he was guilty of murdering Edwin Arrieta Arteaga last year.

By Ephrat Livni from NYT World https://ift.tt/8EZhvOk
via IFTTT Gaza’s vast and complex subterranean network shelters many of Hamas’s remaining leaders, and is a key obstacle to eradicating the group.

By Tiffany May from NYT World https://ift.tt/1B3JYVI
via IFTTT The editors said they published stories in the public interest. A judge ruled they were guilty of a crime against national security.

By Steven Erlanger from NYT World https://ift.tt/bomuUL7
via IFTTT Sahra Wagenknecht, a former Communist, has founded her own party to respond to German grievances about migrants, crime and the dangers of the war in Ukraine.

By Christine Hauser from NYT World https://ift.tt/GzNTRgf
via IFTTT The child, who had been visiting the Hecht Museum in Haifa, wanted to know what was in the jar, his father said. He and his family have been invited to return when the artifact is restored.

By Lara Jakes and Eric Schmitt from NYT World https://ift.tt/WSfXz10
via IFTTT Despite its overwhelming firepower, Russia has been unable for weeks to push Ukrainian troops back across the border, with the failure as much the result of priorities as a lack of personnel.

By Lynsey Chutel from NYT World https://ift.tt/ZBhVqv7
via IFTTT A pod of orcas damaged a boat and left its two-person crew stranded. It was the latest in a string of attacks that research suggests could be used for hunting practice.

By Amelia Nierenberg from NYT World https://ift.tt/0Z2JbNV
via IFTTT Mr. al-Qadi, a member of Israel’s Bedouin minority, was working as an unarmed guard at a kibbutz near the Gaza border when he was abducted, a member of his family said. His family was overjoyed at his return.

By Marc Santora and Tyler Hicks from NYT World https://ift.tt/gPjV9cQ
via IFTTT Powerful guided “glide bombs” have helped Russia raze entire towns with ever greater speed. “When you drive into a ruined town, it’s like hopelessness,” one soldier said.

By Julie Turkewitz from NYT World https://ift.tt/oldjCJT
via IFTTT In an interview with The New York Times, an electoral council official expressed grave doubts about claims to victory by the authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro.

By Alexandra E. Petri from NYT World https://ift.tt/YImZvaU
via IFTTT The tourists were part of a group exploring a glacier in southeastern Iceland when an ice canyon wall collapsed. A fourth tourist was rescued, officials said.

By Gabby Sobelman, Aaron Boxerman and Hwaida Saad from NYT World https://ift.tt/QowBC3U
via IFTTT Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah carried out some of their heaviest cross-border attacks in months on Sunday morning.

By Chris Buckley and Amy Chang Chien from NYT World https://ift.tt/zFY5WTh
via IFTTT Some think the drama, “Zero Day,” helps Taiwan confront an increasingly plausible scenario. Others say the show is alarmist and a tool of the government.

By Christopher F. Schuetze from NYT World https://ift.tt/WLKPnJj
via IFTTT The police say they have arrested a man they believe killed three people and wounded eight others at a festival in the town of Solingen, in western Germany.

By Alan Yuhas from NYT World https://ift.tt/nYJNtL0
via IFTTT The investigators searching for answers about the shipwreck, leaving seven dead, face questions about extreme weather and possible human error or problems with the yacht itself.

By Emma Bubola and Jeffrey Gettleman from NYT World https://ift.tt/q8rY5Dz
via IFTTT A prosecutor involved in the inquiry into the sinking said it was “plausible” that crimes were committed during the accident.

By Aaron Boxerman from NYT World https://ift.tt/UXbCsVa
via IFTTT After Israel recovered the bodies of six men who died in Hamas captivity in Gaza, survivors accused the government of sinking the chances of hostages returning alive through a cease-fire deal.

By Jack Nicas and Dado Galdieri from NYT World https://ift.tt/i6C9IyS
via IFTTT Pepe Mujica, Uruguay’s spartan former president and plain-spoken philosopher, offers wisdom from a rich life as he battles cancer.

By Ian Austen from NYT World https://ift.tt/KUEBCZ7
via IFTTT The shutdown had threatened to disrupt trade with the United States and other countries, as well as cause serious economic consequences in Canada.

By Anupreeta Das and Sameer Yasir from NYT World https://ift.tt/7dywkg0
via IFTTT The rape and murder of a trainee doctor at her own hospital has brought up, once again, uncomfortable truths about a country that wants to be a global leader.

By Emma Bubola and Elisabetta Povoledo from NYT World https://ift.tt/4MUqlS2
via IFTTT The authorities have recovered the bodies of all but one of the six people missing after disaster struck a yacht carrying the British software tycoon.

By Emma Bubola and Michael J. de la Merced from NYT World https://ift.tt/LeRlODG
via IFTTT As bodies were recovered, the authorities and experts wondered how a $40 million, stable and secure vessel could have sunk so quickly.

By Emma Bubola and Elisabetta Povoledo from NYT World https://ift.tt/5NVfpKs
via IFTTT The discoveries came after the vessel went down this week in what some witnesses described as a waterspout, or a small tornado, during a violent downpour. No names were immediately released.

By Vivian Wang and Joy Dong from NYT World https://ift.tt/dLl7pqm
via IFTTT Su Min became an internet sensation for leaving behind an abusive husband to drive across China alone. Now she’s ending the marriage, but there will be a price.

By Anatoly Kurmanaev from NYT World https://ift.tt/DncldK8
via IFTTT Two weeks after Ukraine launched its surprise attack, Russian forces have recovered from the initial shock and are trying to use the expanding war to their battlefield advantage.

By Elisabetta Povoledo from NYT World https://ift.tt/iATko8K
via IFTTT The body of the vessel’s cook was recovered while divers searched the hull of the Bayesian for passengers, including the tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch.

By Silvana Paternostro from NYT World https://ift.tt/mTXuYA9
via IFTTT Carlos Magdalena, whose botanical adventures have shades of Indiana Jones, was a driving force in saving the world’s smallest water lily and finding the largest one. He has been called the “plant messiah.”

By Mitra Taj and Marco Garro from NYT World https://ift.tt/dvLSWPA
via IFTTT Groups of Mennonites, seeking inexpensive land far from modern life, are carving out new colonies in the Amazon. They are also raising fears that they are adding to the deforestation of the vital jungle.

By Andrew Higgins from NYT World https://ift.tt/VChJjfM
via IFTTT A Rio Tinto mine that Europe sees as a critical source for electric vehicle batteries has been the target of enormous protests. “I don’t need green cars. I need green apples and green grass,” said one opponent.

By Raja Abdulrahim from NYT World https://ift.tt/N6sPGmt
via IFTTT Residents of the village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank say one Palestinian man was killed by rampaging settlers. Israel’s military confirmed the village was attacked.

By Nanna Heitmann from NYT World https://ift.tt/sth2QHm
via IFTTT In the regional capital, those who left their homes as Ukrainian forces tore into western Russia are uncertain whether they can ever return to their old lives.

By Constant Méheut from NYT World https://ift.tt/GgWqvfS
via IFTTT The bridge’s destruction is a setback for Russian supply lines as Ukraine seeks to consolidate its territorial gains in the Kursk region of western Russia.

By Hisako Ueno and Yan Zhuang from NYT World https://ift.tt/4RsuKVt
via IFTTT Nearly 50 beachgoers have been attacked in the past three years. Some marine experts suspect it may be the work of a single “lonely” dolphin.

By Amelia Nierenberg from NYT World https://ift.tt/hRlTZzG
via IFTTT Shola, who assisted with search-and-rescue operations in the U.K., has moved to her second act: saving other English Shepherds from blindness.

By Ana Ionova and María Magdalena Arréllaga from NYT World https://ift.tt/azcZI13
via IFTTT In Brazil, rooms for maids, a vestige of the country’s history of slavery, are disappearing or being transformed as the country confronts deeply ingrained inequities.

By Anton Troianovski and Alina Lobzina from NYT World https://ift.tt/MP2tLHZ
via IFTTT The reality of 130,000 displaced Russians and a chaotic official response may begin to puncture the official line that Russia is steadily heading toward victory.

By River Akira Davis, Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya from NYT World https://ift.tt/BkSUPAi
via IFTTT The unpopular prime minister is bowing to pressure within his party. But it is unclear whether the party is truly ready to choose a candidate who will meet the public’s concerns.

By Kim Barker, Anton Troianovski, Andrew E. Kramer, Constant Méheut, Alina Lobzina, Eric Schmitt and Sanjana Varghese from NYT World https://ift.tt/be1GLAc
via IFTTT Planned in secrecy, the incursion was a bold move to upend the war’s dynamics and put Moscow on the defensive — a gambit that could also leave Ukraine exposed.

By Ronen Bergman, Patrick Kingsley and Adam Rasgon from NYT World https://ift.tt/B9VDHiM
via IFTTT The country made five new demands, according to documents detailing its newest negotiating positions.

By Tariq Panja from NYT World https://ift.tt/mWC6r7D
via IFTTT The decision outraged U.S. Olympic and gymnastics officials, and led to a torrent of online abuse against both Chiles and Ana Barbosu, the Romanian athlete who ended up with the bronze.

By Niki Kitsantonis and Mike Ives from NYT World https://ift.tt/0quh52x
via IFTTT The blaze broke out in a town near the Greek capital on Sunday, damaging buildings and prompting evacuations. Strong winds have helped the fire spread.

By Sarah Maslin Nir from NYT World https://ift.tt/254Tjv1
via IFTTT The former estate of Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, is too expensive to keep and perilous to sell. No one knows quite what to do with it.

By The New York Times from NYT World https://ift.tt/Sag53vw
via IFTTT It doesn’t take a medal to make a lasting memory.

By Stephen Castle from NYT World https://ift.tt/lvMO9gX
via IFTTT Even after restoring order, the new prime minister faces a bigger challenge: defusing the issues of fraying public services and a cost of living crisis that underlie the unrest.

By Juliet Macur from NYT World https://ift.tt/3MNdUDj
via IFTTT An inquiry by Chiles’s coach led judges to adjust her score and give her a medal. A court ruled the inquiry came too late. Now, the I.O.C. wants her bronze back.

By Kim Barker from NYT World https://ift.tt/n05KU8y
via IFTTT After several days of fighting in southwestern Russia, both sides are claiming successes. The battles are still being waged.