Monday, January 31, 2022

Iguanas fall from trees as cold snap hits Florida

Warnings are issued as unusually cold temperatures in the US state cause the lizards to freeze.

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Nothing’s More Fun Than Picking the Next Supreme Court Justice. Right?


By BY GAIL COLLINS AND BRET STEPHENS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/IUz5CJVX8

India's Modi faces questions over spyware snooping

Fresh allegations have emerged that India bought spyware from Israel as part of a defence deal.

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‘Jeuje,’ ‘Zhoosh,’ ‘Zhuzh’: A Word of Many Spellings, and Meanings


By BY HAYLEY PHELAN from NYT Style https://ift.tt/YZXBaWgot

Pillow fighting enters the professional ring

The first pillow fighting champions have been crowned at a competition in Florida in the US.

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Sunday, January 30, 2022

Nato's Jens Stoltenberg: No plans for combat troops in Ukraine

Nato's secretary general calls for "a balanced approach", amid heighten tensions in Eastern Europe.

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Inflation and Deficits Don’t Dim the Appeal of U.S. Bonds


By BY TALMON JOSEPH SMITH from NYT Business https://ift.tt/mTDWxbScr

Para los patrocinadores olímpicos, ‘China es una excepción’


By BY ALEXANDRA STEVENSON AND STEVEN LEE MYERS from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/uNKIhMH5r

U.S. Forces Return to Combat as Allies Struggle to Subdue ISIS Fighters


By BY JANE ARRAF AND SANGAR KHALEEL from NYT World https://ift.tt/JYp3eG9rx

¿Estamos viviendo en una simulación?


By BY FARHAD MANJOO from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/o3mIBpw8K

Rolling With Wee Man, and His Fans


By BY CAITY WEAVER from NYT Times Insider https://ift.tt/Dn81O9Urw

Guns, Race, Abortion: Jennifer Haigh’s New Novel Humanizes Hot-Button Topics


By BY JANET MASLIN from NYT Books https://ift.tt/NuDz4HaeP

Saturday, January 29, 2022

¿Quién te dijo que ya no tienes sed? El mensajero reside en un lugar inesperado


By BY VERONIQUE GREENWOOD from NYT en Español https://nyti.ms/35DE7lP

Australian Open: Ashleigh Barty wins first Melbourne title by beating Danielle Collins

Ashleigh Barty ends the home nation's 44-year wait for a Grand Slam women's singles champion by beating Danielle Collins to win the Australian Open title.

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Sundance Canceled? Don’t Tell These Partygoers.


By BY ALYSON KRUEGER from NYT Style https://nyti.ms/3uaw9dT

Everyone Has Left the Chat


By BY LAUREN MECHLING from NYT Style https://nyti.ms/3r9EaxK

Joe Biden and Peter Doocy Is the Rivalry Everyone Can Love


By BY MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM from NYT Business https://nyti.ms/3ILmFd3

Like Riding a Tilt-a-Whirl Manned by a Sadist


By BY JENNIFER REESE from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/33U4seU

Otherworldly Beauty at Paris Couture Week


By BY JESSICA TESTA from NYT Fashion https://nyti.ms/3KTvPWZ

Friday, January 28, 2022

Chicago trains drive over flaming tracks

The tracks are set alight to prevent them from freezing over in snowy weather.

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16 Men Died in New York City Jails Last Year. Who Were They?


By BY MICHAEL WILSON AND CHELSIA ROSE MARCIUS from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3rWjnwP

Family who died in freezing cold by US-Canada border identified

The four Indian nationals were trying to cross the Canada-US border on foot.

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Will There Be Mardi Gras?


By BY DEBRA KAMIN from NYT Travel https://ift.tt/3rVy0AF

Fujimono shooting: Japanese doctor killed in rare gun violence

Police arrest a 66-year-old man they say attacked a group of medical workers invited to his home.

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Ukraine crisis: Vladimir Putin's geopolitical jigsaw

Invasion or fear strategy: the Russian leader keeps everyone guessing on his real plans for Ukraine.

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

12 New Books Coming in February


By BY JOUMANA KHATIB from NYT Books https://ift.tt/3rXL7RM

Ukraine: What sanctions could be imposed on Russia?

Western diplomats are refusing to be explicit about specific penalties to keep the Kremlin guessing.

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Can Biden Avert a Crisis With North Korea?


By BY EDWARD WONG from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/33W9N55

Jordanian army says it killed 27 drug smugglers from Syria

The army says the smugglers attempted to cross into the kingdom under the cover of heavy snow.

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Judge John Hodgman on the Inefficient Goodbye Kiss


By BY JOHN HODGMAN from NYT Magazine https://ift.tt/3u30M4Z

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

In California, a New Fight to Stop Building in the Path of Fire


By BY SOPHIE KASAKOVE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3o0o1Jc

Oura Ring 3 Review: A Missed Opportunity for Wearable Tech


By BY BRIAN X. CHEN from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3rY6qTw

Can Hugo Boss Actually Be Cool?


By BY ANDRÉ WHEELER from NYT Style https://ift.tt/3AxOYZG

The Spotlight Shifted Away From Peng Shuai. Some Players and Fans Want It Back.


By BY CHRISTOPHER CLAREY AND BEN ROTHENBERG from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/3fWYJqK

Can CNN’s Hiring Spree Get People to Pay for Streaming News?


By BY JOHN KOBLIN AND MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3IBY8Hj

Fashion Dispenses a Happy Little Pill


By BY GUY TREBAY from NYT Style https://ift.tt/34bIFif

The Year of American Disappointment


By BY ROSS DOUTHAT from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/33MXpoe

Ukraine: Biden says Russian invasion 'would change the world'

The US President says Russian troops entering Ukraine "would be the largest invasion since World War Two".

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Cardi B Awarded $1.25 Million in Libel Lawsuit Against Celebrity Gossip Blogger


By BY ALYSSA LUKPAT from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/35ndBNi

Ukraine: 'I should be ready to defend the country'

Marta is getting military training to prepare for a possible Russian invasion but says she doesn't want war.

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Fed’s Policy Pivot May Prove Late and Abrupt, Critics Fret


By BY JEANNA SMIALEK from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3Hcc8Hq

Guatemala convicts ex-soldiers for raping indigenous women

Five ex-paramilitary soldiers are given 30-year jail terms for raping dozens of women in the 1980s.

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Can I Reveal a Colleague’s Covid Diagnosis?


By BY KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH from NYT Magazine https://ift.tt/3rQRLcn

Cannabis Events Come Out of Hiding in New York City


By BY PIERRE-ANTOINE LOUIS from NYT Style https://ift.tt/3IzinFQ

Monday, January 24, 2022

Pakistan's first female Supreme Court judge sworn in

Ayesha Malik now sits on a bench with 16 other male colleagues in the country's top court.

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We Can’t Work It Out: Why I Finally Broke Up With the Beatles


By BY JOSH MAX from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3nOFMeb

Mexico violence: Third journalist killed this year

Lourdes Maldonado López is the second journalist murdered in the city of Tijuana in a week.

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Edmund White’s New Novel Is About a Husband’s Affair With Edmund White


By BY MARSHALL HEYMAN from NYT Books https://ift.tt/3tUHQFG

Hundreds of children held by IS in besieged prison in Syria

Kurdish-led forces say they are being used as human shields in the jail they have surrounded in Syria.

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Temple Grandin Wants Us to Think Differently About Kids Who Think Differently


By BY DAVID MARCHESE from NYT Magazine https://ift.tt/3H1mTMP

Sunday, January 23, 2022

¿Quién entregó a la familia de Ana Frank? Hay una nueva teoría. Es controversial


By BY NINA SIEGAL from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/3GWiDyf

Burkina Faso military bases hit by heavy gunfire

The government denies reports of a coup attempt or that the president had been detained.

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Cinco estupendas opciones de sushi en Los Ángeles


By BY TEJAL RAO from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/340oPGE

Documentary Critical of Disney, From the Disney Family


By BY BROOKS BARNES from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3fPr9TS

Homes That Sold for Around $1.4 Million


By BY C. J. HUGHES from NYT Real Estate https://ift.tt/3qReiqf

A Legacy Lives On in Brooklyn


By BY SARAH DIAMOND from NYT Times Insider https://ift.tt/3KEiSQz

Weike Wang’s Antisocial Novel, ‘Joan Is Okay’


By BY DEESHA PHILYAW from NYT Books https://ift.tt/3FT6ubS

Saturday, January 22, 2022

The Designer Bringing a New Kind of Cool to Kenzo


By BY JESSICA TESTA from NYT Style https://ift.tt/3FUQw0S

¿Por qué ha causado tanto alboroto el metaverso?


By BY BRIAN X. CHEN from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/3GTZnBt

Oh, By the Way: I Had a Baby


By BY ALYSON KRUEGER from NYT Style https://ift.tt/32mYy57

The Pandemic Changed Everything About Work, Except the Humble Résumé


By BY GRAY BELTRAN from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3KyKEhC

Meat Loaf: What exactly is it that the singer would not do for love?

How I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) became one of rock's biggest urban myths.

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I Watched the Building of an Olympic Venue


By BY KEITH BRADSHER from NYT World https://ift.tt/3Ksp26t

3 Things to Know About Résumés


By BY GRAY BELTRAN from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3qRpIKX

Friday, January 21, 2022

Australian Open: Naomi Osaka out to Amanda Anisimova, Ashleigh Barty wins in Melbourne

Defending champion Naomi Osaka is out of the Australian Open after losing in the third round to American opponent Amanda Anisimova.

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French tourist Benjamin Briere goes on trial in Iran for espionage

Benjamin Brière was arrested in 2020 after flying a drone near the Iran-Turkmenistan border.

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Hong Kong: Secret rescue network to evade hamster Covid cull

An underground network of animal lovers is helping Hong Kong hamster owners avoid a government cull.

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Does Jan. 6 Disqualify Some Republicans From Re-election?


By BY HARRY LITMAN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3fMtTB8

Meat Loaf: The music legend's life in video

Remembering Bat Out of Hell star Meat Loaf who has died at the age of 74.

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The Medical Establishment Shied Away From Abortion. Now Roe Is on the Line.


By BY EYAL PRESS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3rFTwJq

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Bragg’s Policy Shift Causes Furor, Though Few Cases Would Be Affected


By BY JONAH E. BROMWICH AND TROY CLOSSON from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3fEkcF5

Djokovic could have inspired anti-vax Australians, court says

The court said it was reasonable to think Djokovic might have inspired anti-vaccine sentiment in Australia.

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‘And Just Like That’ Episode 8 Recap: ‘Giant Feelings’


By BY ALI TRACHTA from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/35150Q1

Tonga: Journalist gives firsthand account of volcano eruption

Speaking from Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa, Marian Kupu gives a firsthand account of the moment the undersea volcano erupted.

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The Plans for the World’s Next Largest City Are Incomplete


By BY SARIKA BANSAL from NYT World https://ift.tt/3rxFCsL

Jessica Ramos Will Run for Mayor Against Eric Adams

By Emma G. Fitzsimmons from NYT New York https://ift.tt/Ha5SgBf