Connections Companion No. 638

By New York Times Games from NYT Gameplay https://ift.tt/Bi1UlOk

Mass blackouts in storm-hit eastern Australia

Residents are warned power may not return for days as further heavy rainfall is forecast.

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5 Things to Know About the Rise and Fall of Eric Adams

By Matt Flegenheimer and Dana Rubinstein from NYT Magazine https://ift.tt/806Xc5P

Afghan women who fled Taliban to study abroad face return after USAID freeze

US aid funding enabled thousands of Afghan women to study abroad or online, but many of these programmes are now suspended.

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The One Question That Really Matters: If Trump Defies the Courts, Then What?

By Erwin Chemerinsky from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/5WpI6xb

Gaining Ground in the War on Rats

By James Barron from NYT New York https://ift.tt/rb46N5c

Sweden is 'no longer a country that cannot be trusted'

Sweden and Finland's defence sectors are benefiting from their countries joining Nato.

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