Athens Turns Orange Under a Saharan Dust Cloud

nytimes.com/2024/04/24/wor…

Why Did Modi Call India’s Muslims ‘Infiltrators’? Because He Could.

Valuable analysis by my colleague Mujib Mashal in India. Follow him for updates on India's elections nytimes.com/2024/04/23/wor…

Highly informative, clear account of what the Rwanda asylum seeker deportation policy the British govt has pushed through is, and what it means, by my colleagues Mark Landler & Stephen Castle in London: nytimes.com/2024/04/22/wor…

EU regulators on Monday threatened to fine TikTok over potentially addictive features on a version of its app called TikTok Lite, which was released to work more smoothly on slower wireless networks. nyti.ms/3xOhQzG

“On the day after Seder, it will be 200 days since the remaining 133 hostages – children, women and men, the elderly and the frail – were taken into the labyrinths of Gaza. For their families, this thought is inescapable and endless.”

Profoundly tragic story.

“NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said he was a 40-year-old who was known to police but not believed to have held terrorist beliefs. He has not been formally identified. Police are confident he acted alone.” smh.com.au/national/nsw/b…

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Finally. by Matina Stevis-Gridneff
nytimes.com/2024/04/10/wor…

This is a fascinating story about the effects of psychedelics many Nova ravers had taken, and how they influenced their response to the attack and ensuing trauma.

nytimes.com/2024/04/11/wor…

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Superbly explained by Camille Le Coz

Over sixty years ago Greece’s Lake Karla was drained to create farmland and prevent malaria.

But the lake returned after devastating storms in 2023 and is now three times its original size.

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The best restaurant in New York City is Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi.

Here are the other restaurants picked by our critic, Pete Wells, in his annual rankings. nyti.ms/3J9GDke

“I helped human beings, I did not help Hutus or Tutsis”. Candid reflections on the Rwandan genocide, from real-life Hotel Rwanda hero Paul Rusesabagina.

Our conversation about fighting for human rights, what he calls the 'hell' of a Rwandan prison, and the charges against him.

Earthquake *and* a total eclipse?
I can't wait to see what cultural byproducts this highly unusual set of events will unleash from New Yorkers' creative minds. [glad everyone's fine]

New York Times seeks Berlin Bureau Chief. Apply here: nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/INYT/job… #journojobs

We now know more about the owner of the Dali, Yoshimasa Abe. He has assets worth at last $3 billion, most of that his fleet of more than 50 ships. But he is also the majority owner of two shipyards in China. It is VERY unusual for foreigners to own Chinese shipyards. Have a read.

EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s powerful chief of staff Björn Seibert will run her campaign for a second term as head of the Brussels executive, her team said, and take a three month leave of absence from his current role starting tomorrow

ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

inside story. 👉This is important: #Greece 's Council of State ruled that a law passed by the current government in 2021 to stop people from being informed about why they had been wiretapped in cases where 'national security' had been cited is unconstitutional. kathimerini.gr/politics/56296…

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The The Washington Post is hiring an SEO Editor to join our incredible audience team. This is a super important role in our newsroom on a dynamic team in my department.

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Not the hiring manager, but can help answer Qs!