By James Glanz, Elian Peltier and Pablo Robles from NYT World https://ift.tt/ULMr0B6
via IFTTT The cables at the heart of the lightspeed, globe-spanning internet run across the grimy, perilous, inaccessible deeps of the sea, in places no one ever sees or visits – until the cables break.

By Selam Gebrekidan, Justin Scheck, Sarah Hurtes and Pete McKenzie from NYT World https://ift.tt/mPCtxek
via IFTTT The health secretary pick and his organization have worked around the world to undermine longstanding policies on measles, AIDS and more.

By Matina Stevis-Gridneff from NYT World https://ift.tt/GwSd876
via IFTTT A coalition of some of Canada’s biggest media companies is seeking billions of dollars in compensation for what they say is copyright infringement on their work through ChatGPT.

By Mara Hvistendahl from NYT World https://ift.tt/vwEAU4H
via IFTTT A Times investigation found that zoos knew conservation money went toward apartment buildings and roads. But they wanted to keep displaying pandas, so nobody looked too closely.

By Stephen Castle from NYT World https://ift.tt/29VbEJw
via IFTTT In a landmark decision on Friday, Parliament voted in favor of allowing assisted suicide for some terminally ill people under strict conditions.

By Michael Schwirtz, Muyi Xiao and Riley Mellen from NYT World https://ift.tt/1mcBqUf
via IFTTT Multiple countries are investigating and the authorities in Europe say they have not ruled out sabotage. But U.S. intelligence officials have assessed that the cables were not cut deliberately.

By Victoria Kim from NYT World https://ift.tt/nPuxfFU
via IFTTT The law sets a minimum age for users of platforms like TikTok, Instagram and X. How the restriction will be enforced online remains an open question.

By Ben Hubbard from NYT World https://ift.tt/6kZfvU5
via IFTTT Thirteen months of war left Hezbollah weakened, isolated and desperate for a way to stop the fighting.

By Adam Goldman, Mara Hvistendahl, Edward Wong and Zolan Kanno-Youngs from NYT World https://ift.tt/H4wDzas
via IFTTT The Americans were freed in exchange for a Chinese intelligence officer who was serving a 20-year sentence in the United States, officials said.

By Johnatan Reiss from NYT World https://ift.tt/hk20HRX
via IFTTT After the Israeli government delayed a formal investigation into the Hamas attacks, an alliance of survivors and victims’ families set up their own inquiry. Their scathing findings were released on Tuesday.

By Vivian Yee from NYT World https://ift.tt/LaT5mhM
via IFTTT The vessel was hit by a large wave in a part of the Red Sea coast that is known for diving and snorkeling.

By David Pierson from NYT World https://ift.tt/XkmiKyv
via IFTTT The president-elect’s pledge to use tariffs to stem the flow of opioids from China could backfire if Beijing responds by ending counternarcotics cooperation.

By Yan Zhuang and Amelia Nierenberg from NYT World https://ift.tt/f9h3Qxy
via IFTTT The crash near Vilnius Airport sparked a fire in a residential area, officials said. One person on board was killed and three others were hospitalized.

By Vivian Yee and Rania Khaled from NYT World https://ift.tt/QEK70Is
via IFTTT When a blogger criticized Cairo’s airport, Egypt’s government fired back, citing security footage, threatening legal action and asking, “Is it reasonable for a passenger to visit two lounges before a single flight?”

By Emma Bubola from NYT World https://ift.tt/laNJ1xw
via IFTTT Torrential rains in Valencia, in eastern Spain, caused flooding that killed more than 200 people. The deluge started inland. It took the authorities hours to warn those downstream.

By Aaron Boxerman and Ismaeel Naar from NYT World https://ift.tt/nax7z8W
via IFTTT Israeli authorities called the killing of Rabbi Zvi Kogan an act of terrorism. The Emirati government said it had arrested three people in connection with the murder.

By Marc Tracy from NYT World https://ift.tt/3ncKazR
via IFTTT Many have used an old word to refer to recent events. Is it accurate?

By John Yoon from NYT World https://ift.tt/QXgoJOW
via IFTTT The police in the state of Tasmania said all other efforts to help the man, a foreign tourist in his 60s, failed before the decision was made to amputate.

By Christopher F. Schuetze and Steven Erlanger from NYT World https://ift.tt/y0xRY5M
via IFTTT The new book by former Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany also aims to justify decisions she made that are still affecting her country and the rest of Europe.

By Anton Troianovski from NYT World https://ift.tt/vk5esLX
via IFTTT The Russian leader ominously declares that America risks nuclear war as it expands its aid.

By Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Aaron Boxerman from NYT World https://ift.tt/jWwhST9
via IFTTT The court’s chief prosecutor had sought the arrests over war crimes in Gaza. The court also issued a warrant for Hamas’s military chief, Muhammad Deif, whom Israel has said it killed.

By Lara Jakes from NYT World https://ift.tt/dPZ4IEM
via IFTTT So far, direct attacks between the two adversaries have been precise and calculated. Whether that lasts is another question.

By Marc Santora, Lara Jakes, Valerie Hopkins, Andrew E. Kramer and Eric Schmitt from NYT World https://ift.tt/fECagwR
via IFTTT The intermediate-range missile did not carry nuclear weapons, but it is part of a strategic arsenal that is capable of delivering them.

By Marc Santora from NYT World https://ift.tt/tjUxOCZ
via IFTTT The unusual alert came a day after Ukraine used American-made ballistic missiles to strike Russian territory for the first time. At least two other Western embassies closed for the day after the warning.

By Andrew E. Kramer and Helene Cooper from NYT World https://ift.tt/o034Vgn
via IFTTT The decision is the latest in a series of moves by the U.S. and Russia that have escalated tensions between the two.

By Marc Santora and Tyler Hicks from NYT World https://ift.tt/SMqJZys
via IFTTT Overextended Ukrainian forces lack manpower and artillery against Russian forces willing to absorb staggering casualties.

By Yan Zhuang from NYT World https://ift.tt/3yrwdZ7
via IFTTT Two small populist parties are responsible for accelerating the shift, which has been felt acutely by the Indigenous Māori.

By John Ismay and Ephrat Livni from NYT World https://ift.tt/sjRaf9H
via IFTTT In a major policy shift, the Biden administration has authorized Ukraine to use the ballistic missiles within Russia.

By Marc Santora and Eric Schmitt from NYT World https://ift.tt/01HgXWy
via IFTTT The attack came just days after President Biden gave Ukraine permission to use the weapons to strike targets inside Russia.

By John Ismay and Ephrat Livni from NYT World https://ift.tt/LnrpJEW
via IFTTT In a major policy shift, the Biden administration has authorized Ukraine to use the ballistic missiles within Russia.

By Milana Mazaeva and Alan Yuhas from NYT World https://ift.tt/1kDgNbw
via IFTTT The Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, which announced the death, did not say how or where he died.

By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Alexandra Stevenson from NYT World https://ift.tt/7uYQqTz
via IFTTT Donald J. Trump has promised a more aggressive approach, after the Biden administration worked to avoid open conflict with Beijing.

By Choe Sang-Hun and Chang W. Lee from NYT World https://ift.tt/XJuiZLB
via IFTTT Relations between the neighbors have sunk to the lowest level in years. Now, Pyongyang is blaring eerie sounds across the border that villagers say is making their lives hell.

By Julian E. Barnes and Farnaz Fassihi from NYT World https://ift.tt/6vGE80Q
via IFTTT The Biden administration had warned that the United States would consider any Iranian attempt on Mr. Trump’s life to be “an act of war,” officials said.

By Jim Tankersley, Christopher F. Schuetze and Anatoly Kurmanaev from NYT World https://ift.tt/YaUmW45
via IFTTT The hourlong call centered on what German officials said was a push to end the war in Ukraine. It was the first in two years between Mr. Putin and Chancellor Olaf Scholz

By Qasim Nauman from NYT World https://ift.tt/tgWMa1v
via IFTTT Opposition lawmakers performed the haka during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.

By Alan Yuhas from NYT World https://ift.tt/VmtFYil
via IFTTT A researcher thinks he knows what has been coming ashore on miles of beaches. Canada’s environmental agency says it is still looking into it.

By Farnaz Fassihi from NYT World https://ift.tt/iGJzK1n
via IFTTT The tech billionaire, a top adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, was reported to have discussed ways to defuse tensions between Iran and the United States.

By Andrew E. Kramer from NYT World https://ift.tt/4PTYWAD
via IFTTT President-elect Donald J. Trump may accelerate the timetable for a truce. Kyiv views guarantees against renewed aggression as crucial to any settlement.

By Alexandra Stevenson, Zixu Wang and Muyi Xiao from NYT World https://ift.tt/ciNdzFp
via IFTTT The police in the city of Zhuhai detained a man who they said had rammed a small vehicle into people who were exercising at a sports center.

By Jack Nicas, Adam Rasgon and Hiba Yazbek from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Pa78ZH
via IFTTT Israel said its forces had returned to northern Gaza to fight a Hamas resurgence. That has brought a new round of suffering for residents.

By Stephen Castle and Mark Landler from NYT World https://ift.tt/mSeTqv2
via IFTTT Justin Welby, the leader of 85 million Anglicans worldwide, announced his resignation days after a report found he had taken insufficient action over claims of abuse.

By Jim Tankersley from NYT World https://ift.tt/CEFDqfx
via IFTTT Antisemitic assaults on visiting Israeli soccer fans, and incendiary chants and attacks by some Israelis: Here’s what we know so far about the violence in Amsterdam last week.

By Adam Rasgon and Charles Homans from NYT World https://ift.tt/fcCes8K
via IFTTT The Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has met with Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law and written conciliatory letters to the president-elect, a strong supporter of Israel.

By Jim Tankersley and Aurelien Breeden from NYT World https://ift.tt/a0N1VXl
via IFTTT Internal political squabbles — and the fallout from a global backlash to inflation, immigration and ruling elites — are hobbling Germany and France.

By Jim Tankersley, Lynsey Chutel and Christopher F. Schuetze from NYT World https://ift.tt/WBYQnOo
via IFTTT The violence erupted around a soccer match between Israeli and Dutch teams in Amsterdam on Thursday.

By Julie Turkewitz, Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and Genevieve Glatsky from NYT World https://ift.tt/UH7Sk68
via IFTTT The incoming president has promised the largest deportation effort in U.S. history. Now migrants are weighing a new Trump administration in deciding whether to trek to the United States.

By Eve Sampson, Lynsey Chutel and Christopher F. Schuetze from NYT World https://ift.tt/ei4gDyf
via IFTTT Dutch and Israeli officials described the clashes after a soccer match as antisemitic. The violence followed two days of tensions in the city.

By Roger Cohen from NYT World https://ift.tt/BU9NzWr
via IFTTT Disillusionment with the world that emerged from the Cold War has fueled a long-gathering revolt against the established order.

By John Yoon, Jin Yu Young and Johnatan Reiss from NYT World https://ift.tt/OMxLbeC
via IFTTT Dutch officials said that people had attacked Israeli fans as tensions flared around a soccer match.