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Title: Zelensky Lands in Japan for G7 Summit, Seeking Military Aid
Published: Sat, 20 May 2023 09:41:19 +0000
Summary: He landed on Saturday and was expected to address world leaders on Sunday, strengthened by a U.S. move to let Ukrainian pilots train on the American-made F-16 fighter jets.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/05/20/world/russia-ukraine-news

Title: How Ukraine Reversed the Momentum in Bakhmut
Published: Sat, 20 May 2023 09:00:44 +0000
Summary: Seizing an opening as Russia rotated troops, Ukraine pressed ahead with three days of maneuvers that gained ground on the flanks of Bakhmut.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/world/europe/ukraine-bakhmut.html

Title: Canada Wildfires Rage in Alberta and British Columbia
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 21:04:35 +0000
Summary: Wildfires raging in Alberta and British Columbia have created a sense of panic and fear, and forced thousands of residents to evacuate from their homes.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/canada/canada-wildfire-alberta-british-columbia.html

Title: Biden and G7 Summit Partners Struggle for Support Back Home
Published: Sat, 20 May 2023 08:06:47 +0000
Summary: The relatively weak approval ratings for President Biden and his Group of 7 partners highlight the fragility of free societies facing deep political divides.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/world/asia/g7-leaders-biden.html

Title: Video Shows Greece Abandoning Migrants at Sea
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 13:29:28 +0000
Summary: Video evidence shows asylum seekers, among them young children, being rounded up, taken to sea and abandoned on a raft by the Greek Coast Guard.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/europe/greece-migrants-abandoned.html

Title: U.S. Diplomats in Sudan Shredded Passports, Stranding Sudanese
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 21:42:30 +0000
Summary: Officials destroyed Sudanese passports on security grounds as they evacuated the Khartoum embassy. Now the passport owners are trapped in a war zone.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/africa/sudan-us-embassy-passports.html

Title: Rockets Sent Israelis Running From the Beach. A Rare Seal Brought Them Back.
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 13:26:36 +0000
Summary: The incongruous arrival of a large and endangered monk seal has distracted Israelis from a period of violence and political unrest.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/middleeast/israel-jaffa-monk-seal.html

Title: In a Sharp Reversal, Biden Opens a Path for Ukraine to Get Fighter Jets
Published: Sat, 20 May 2023 03:07:14 +0000
Summary: The president told allied leaders that he would allow Ukrainian pilots to be trained on American-made F-16s, and is prepared to approve other countries’ transferring the jets to Ukraine.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/europe/ukraine-f-16s-biden-russia.html

Title: Cheetah Deaths Mar India’s Efforts to Reintroduce the Big Cats
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 22:01:40 +0000
Summary: The animals had been extinct for more than 70 years in the country, which has just begun a program that brought 20 cheetahs from Africa to a wildlife sanctuary.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/science/india-cheetah-deaths.html

Title: Tensions Flare in Georgia as Direct Flights Resume With Russia
Published: Sat, 20 May 2023 06:24:45 +0000
Summary: Moscow also eased visa requirements for Georgians. But its actions have stirred fears in Georgia, which was invaded by Russia in 2008.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/europe/georgia-direct-flights-russia.html

Title: G7 Countries Borrow China’s Economic Strategy
Published: Sat, 20 May 2023 02:46:04 +0000
Summary: Wealthy democracies rev up an effort to spend trillions on a new climate-friendly energy economy, while stealing away some of China’s manufacturing power.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/us/politics/biden-industrial-policy.html

Title: He Promised Change in Thailand. But Will He Be Allowed to Lead?
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 11:13:33 +0000
Summary: Pita Limjaroenrat led his party to victory in the Thai election and seems poised to become the next prime minister, unless the military blocks him.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/asia/thailand-pita-limjaroenrat-election.html

Title: Floods in Northern Italy Kill at Least 14
Published: Sat, 20 May 2023 02:50:15 +0000
Summary: At least 14 people died and thousands were left homeless after some areas received half their annual rainfall in 36 hours in a region that had only recently finished rebuilding after a 2012 earthquake.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/europe/italy-floods-emilia-romagna-rain.html

Title: Tsunami Warning After Earthquake in South Pacific
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 07:46:34 +0000
Summary: After a 7.7 magnitude earthquake was recorded, a U.S. agency warned that waves as high as 10 feet could hit Vanuatu. But it later downgraded the estimate, and no major damage was reported.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/asia/tsunami-warnings-pacific-island-earthquake.html

Title: At G7 Summit, Leaders Wrangle on Coal, Natural Gas and Climate
Published: Sat, 20 May 2023 09:52:43 +0000
Summary: The U.S. finds itself caught between defending President Biden’s climate change agenda and aiding allies intent on increasing their access to fossil fuels.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/world/asia/climate-fossil-fuels-g7.html

Title: Building Boom on Mykonos Reveals ‘Wretched’ Side of Greece’s Recovery
Published: Sat, 20 May 2023 09:00:51 +0000
Summary: Investors are eager to cash in on soaring demand for luxury properties, but an attack on an archaeologist investigating building violations brought a darker underbelly to light.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/business/mykonos-greece-construction-tourism.html

Title: Why the Leaders of Turkey and Thailand Have an Interest in Elections
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 15:40:28 +0000
Summary: Turkey and Thailand held two huge elections this week, both with uncertain outcomes. Each shows some of the benefits that elections can hold for leaders who have amassed power with the tools of the state.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/turkey-thailand-elections.html

Title: 95-Year-Old Australian Woman Is Tasered by Police
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 15:06:40 +0000
Summary: She was holding a knife, but weighs 95 pounds and uses a walker. The episode, which took place in a care facility, prompted outrage, questions and a police investigation.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/australia/police-taser-95-year-old-woman.html

Title: 1923: Germany Seizes French Plane
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 13:06:31 +0000
Summary: Paris claimed a violation of the Treaty of Versailles after the German authorities impounded an aircraft that been forced to land outside Nuremberg because of engine trouble.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/germany-seizes-french-airplane.html

Title: Russia says its defense minister visited the Zaporizhzhia area of southern Ukraine.
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 18:09:56 +0000
Summary: 
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/europe/russia-says-its-defense-minister-visited-the-zaporizhzhia-area-of-southern-ukraine.html

Title: Liz Truss, Britain’s Briefest Prime Minister, Meets Taiwan’s Leader
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 10:33:38 +0000
Summary: Liz Truss, the former British prime minister, met Taiwan’s leader, who has sought to push back against China’s efforts to isolate the island democracy.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/asia/liz-truss-taiwan-tsai.html

Title: Averting a Debt Limit Crisis
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 10:19:12 +0000
Summary: Both parties seem more willing to compromise on the debt limit.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/briefing/debt-limit-deal-negotiations-mccarthy-biden.html

Title: Zelensky Attends Arab League Summit in Saudi Arabia
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 21:13:36 +0000
Summary: Addressing an Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine urged Arab nations to stand with him against Russia and called out their reluctance to take sides in the war.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/europe/zelensky-arab-league-saudi-arabia.html

Title: How Hillsong, a Hip Megachurch, Became Entangled in Scandal
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 09:30:06 +0000
Summary: A new documentary series explores the history of Hillsong, known for its celebrity congregants and fashionable trappings before being struck by a series of scandals.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/us/hillsong-pastor-carl-lentz.html

Title: A South Korean Poet’s Work Honors Cats
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 12:38:56 +0000
Summary: The South Korean writer Hwang In-suk feeds stray cats on late-night walks through Seoul. The routine informs her poems about loneliness and impermanence.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/asia/korea-poet-hwang-cats.html

Title: Russia Targets Kyiv for 10th Time This Month
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 17:57:57 +0000
Summary: The attacks come as a widely anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive looms.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/europe/a-russian-aerial-attack-targets-kyiv-for-the-10th-time-this-month.html

Title: Biden Pays Silent Tribute to Victims of Hiroshima Bomb
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 07:42:08 +0000
Summary: The president joined other leaders in laying wreaths at a memorial to the first wartime use of a nuclear weapon, amid growing fears that one could be used again.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/us/politics/biden-hiroshima-memorial.html

Title: We Want to Hear From Australia Letter Readers
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 05:04:05 +0000
Summary: What should we be covering? Are there stories that the rest of the world should know about? Let us know.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/australia/australia-letter-readers.html

Title: Ukraine arrests a top judge as the country’s corruption scandal grows.
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 18:18:06 +0000
Summary: 
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/europe/ukraine-arrests-a-top-judge-as-the-countrys-corruption-scandal-grows.html

Title: Your Friday Briefing
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 04:34:12 +0000
Summary: Negotiations over the U.S. debt limit.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/briefing/debt-limit-ukraine-pentagon.html

Title: Zelensky to Attend G7 Meeting in Japan
Published: Sat, 20 May 2023 01:25:03 +0000
Summary: The Ukrainian president’s attendance at the meeting comes after President Biden opened the door to other nations training Ukrainian pilots and sending their F-16s to Kyiv.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/europe/zelensky-g7-japan-visit.html

Title: Russia Fires Missiles at Kyiv as Crimea Train Derails
Published: Thu, 18 May 2023 23:03:01 +0000
Summary: Ukrainian officials did not claim responsibility for a train derailment on the occupied peninsula, but it was the latest in a series of explosions hitting the railways and supply lines of Russia’s war machine.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/world/europe/crimea-train-russia-missiles.html

Title: FDA Panel Recommends RSV Vaccine to Protect Young Infants
Published: Thu, 18 May 2023 21:19:03 +0000
Summary: A committee of experts voted in favor of a new shot administered to pregnant women, one in a series of new ways to arm the very young against a life-threatening virus.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/health/rsv-vaccine-infants-fda.html

Title: Your Friday Briefing: Dueling Summits
Published: Thu, 18 May 2023 21:04:22 +0000
Summary: Also, Meta publicly released its latest A.I. technology.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/briefing/g7-china-central-asia.html

Title: Ukraine Arrests a Top Judge as Crackdown on Corruption Expands
Published: Thu, 18 May 2023 21:21:56 +0000
Summary: At least three more Supreme Court judges, in addition to the chief justice, have been implicated in a growing bribery case, prosecutors say.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/world/europe/ukraine-bribery-supreme-court.html

Title: Harry and Meghan Seek Both Privacy and Publicity After Paparazzi Car Chase
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 22:42:48 +0000
Summary: Their pursuit by paparazzi in New York shows that neither leaving Britain nor having a police escort shields them from unwanted attention.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/world/europe/harry-meghan-paparazzi-media.html

Title: Gary Prado Salmón, Bolivian Captor of Che Guevara, Dies at 84
Published: Thu, 18 May 2023 21:30:52 +0000
Summary: An army captain, he led the operation that tracked down the Communist guerrilla who had helped lead the Cuban revolution and was trying to foment one in Bolivia.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/world/americas/gary-prado-salmon-dead.html

Title: England’s Water Companies Vow to Clean Up Their Sewage Dumping Act
Published: Thu, 18 May 2023 16:59:53 +0000
Summary: Private firms apologized for not doing more to prevent the release of untreated sewage into rivers and seas and pledged to invest 10 billion pounds to fix the problem.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/world/europe/uk-england-sewage.html

Title: A Plane Crashed in the Amazon. Did Four Children Survive?
Published: Thu, 18 May 2023 19:13:34 +0000
Summary: Colombia’s president announced that the children had been found alive after the May 1 crash. But now it’s unclear if rescuers had actually made contact with them.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/world/americas/colombia-plane-crash-amazon-children.html

Title: Syria’s Assad Rejoins Arab League for First Time in 13 Years
Published: Thu, 18 May 2023 18:12:49 +0000
Summary: President Bashar al-Assad was shunned over atrocities committed in Syria’s civil war, but on Friday he is expected to join an annual summit of Arab leaders for the first time in 13 years.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/world/middleeast/syria-assad-arab-league.html

Title: Israelis March Through Jerusalem, Raising Tensions in a Divided City
Published: Thu, 18 May 2023 20:16:06 +0000
Summary: The annual parade marks the unification of the city after Israel captured East Jerusalem in 1967. Israelis see it as a celebration, but Palestinians consider it an insult, and it was marred by incitement against Arabs.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/world/middleeast/israel-march-jerusalem-day.html

Title: Sudan’s War Could Go in Many Directions. We Look at Some Scenarios.
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 02:46:33 +0000
Summary: As American-led peace efforts flounder, experts warn that Sudan risks spiraling into a state of anarchy akin to its most chaotic neighbors.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/world/africa/sudan-war-military-scenarios.html

Title: What Is the F-16 Fighter Jet and Why Does Ukraine Want It?
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 21:30:32 +0000
Summary: The versatile and lightweight American warplane is seen by many of Ukraine’s allies as an important deterrent against Russia.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/world/europe/fighter-jet-f16-ukraine.html

Title: Cyclone Aid Stalled in Myanmar: ‘I Just Hope We Get Help Before We Die’
Published: Thu, 18 May 2023 23:59:03 +0000
Summary: Aid groups in the war-torn country say they are having trouble gaining access to areas affected by the storm without approval from the junta.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/world/asia/myanmar-cyclone-mocha.html

Title: Ukraine is expected to dominate discussions at the G7 summit.
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 03:45:17 +0000
Summary: 
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/world/europe/ukraine-is-expected-to-dominate-discussions-at-the-g7-summit.html

Title: Prescription Drug Shortages
Published: Thu, 18 May 2023 10:19:46 +0000
Summary: Many Americans can’t get the medications they need.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/briefing/drug-shortages-adderall-prescription.html

Title: Singapore Hangs Man in Second Drug-Related Execution in Three Weeks
Published: Thu, 18 May 2023 10:03:43 +0000
Summary: The man had been sentenced to death for possessing less than 3.5 pounds of cannabis, a punishment that human rights groups condemned as grossly excessive.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/world/asia/singapore-marijuana-execution.html

Title: Ukraine and China Will Dominate G7 Summit, but a New Threat Lurks: A.I.
Published: Thu, 18 May 2023 20:20:05 +0000
Summary: The leaders are expected to hold their first talks on a common regulatory approach to generative artificial intelligence.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/world/asia/g7-ukraine-artificial-intelligence.html

Title: Another Casualty in Ukraine: Teenage Years
Published: Thu, 18 May 2023 20:58:28 +0000
Summary: In a battered Ukrainian city, the war has stolen the normal experiences of teenage life. The youths mostly use humor to deal with the ferocity of the fighting around them.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/world/europe/ukraine-teenagers-war.html

Title: A Centuries-Old Mystery: Did This Elusive Viking City Exist?
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 22:04:33 +0000
Summary: Was a “medieval New York” called Jomsborg a literary fantasy or a historical reality? New archaeological discoveries may provide a clue.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/world/europe/poland-vikings-wolin-jomsborg.html

Title: How the G7 Oil Price Cap Has Helped Choke Revenue to Russia
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 00:16:25 +0000
Summary: Group of 7 leaders are prepared to celebrate the results of a novel effort to stabilize global oil markets and punish Moscow.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/business/economy/g7-biden-oil-price-cap-russia.html

Title: Why Xi Jinping Is Strengthening Ties With Central Asia
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 04:31:13 +0000
Summary: Xi Jinping of China is meeting with leaders of five countries in Central Asia, a region crucial to his geopolitical ambitions.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/world/asia/china-central-asia-g7.html

Title: Your Thursday Briefing
Published: Thu, 18 May 2023 04:53:11 +0000
Summary: Rising global temperatures.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/briefing/climate-heating-bakhmut-origins.html

Title: Ukraine’s Allies Wrangle Over Sending F-16 Fighter Jets
Published: Thu, 18 May 2023 08:59:19 +0000
Summary: The United States is resisting a European push for the powerful fighters. But will it relent, as it did before with tanks, rocket launchers and air defense missiles?
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/world/europe/ukraine-f-16-biden-netherlands-britain.html

Title: French Resistance Fighter Goes Public About Execution of German P.O.W.s
Published: Thu, 18 May 2023 04:25:46 +0000
Summary: Forty-seven soldiers were shot dead and secretly buried shortly after D-Day, a veteran says. The story was hidden for decades.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/world/europe/french-resistance-execution-german-pow.html

Title: Your Thursday Briefing: The G7
Published: Thu, 18 May 2023 04:10:28 +0000
Summary: Also, hot years ahead as global temperatures rise.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/briefing/g7-biden-pacific-japan-asia.html

Title: Ukraine and Russia Renew a Deal to Allow Ukraine to Ship Grain
Published: Wed, 17 May 2023 21:00:07 +0000
Summary: Russia last year blocked exports of Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea, a vital part of the global food supply, but they resumed last summer under a fragile pact.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/world/europe/ukraine-russia-grain-black-sea.html

Title: He Lost Turkey’s Presidential Election, but Could Swing the Runoff
Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 04:57:13 +0000
Summary: Seen by some as spoiler but by others as a kingmaker, Sinan Ogan, the far-right candidate who came in third in the vote, says he is being courted by the two finalists: the sitting president and his challenger.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/world/middleeast/turkey-runoff-election-sinan-ogan.html

Title: Trounced, Conservatives Feel Voters’ Wrath in English Heartlands
Published: Thu, 18 May 2023 03:22:28 +0000
Summary: Defections in the once solidly Conservative southern “blue wall” drove large losses in recent municipal elections.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/world/europe/tories-england-blue-wall-elections.html

Title: Syria’s Assad Expected to Attend Arab League Summit
Published: Wed, 17 May 2023 15:17:18 +0000
Summary: President Bashar al-Assad is expected to participate in the meeting for the first time since brutally crushing his country’s Arab Spring uprising.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/world/middleeast/syria-assad-arab-league-summit.html