MUNICH — Barbara Mundel had hoped to start her tenure as artistic director of the Münchner Kammerspiele here with an outdoor production featuring 150 Munich residents in a colorful self-portrait of the city. But the coronavirus put the brakes on that performance, along with other planned festivities to mark her arrival at…
Month: October 2020
Nigeria Protests, Coronavirus, Pope Francis: Your Thursday Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. We’re covering the killing of protesters in Nigeria by security forces, Pope Francis’ support for same-sex civil unions and Azerbaijan’s enthusiasm for war. ImageA Nigerian state security vehicle moved through a crowd of protesters in the Lagos area on Tuesday.Credit…Benson…
Grenell Pursued Talks Over Change of Power in Venezuela
WASHINGTON — Richard Grenell, a close Trump ally who has served numerous roles in the administration, quietly embarked on a pre-election mission last month that was at least partly intended to persuade President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela to give up power. Mr. Grenell, a vocal and combative supporter of President Trump’s re-election…
The Pandemic’s Real Toll? 300,000 Deaths, and It’s Not Just From the Coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic caused nearly 300,000 deaths in the United States through early October, federal researchers said on Tuesday. The new tally includes not only deaths known to have been directly caused by the coronavirus, but also roughly 100,000 fatalities that are indirectly related and would not have occurred if not for…
Elliott Broidy Pleads Guilty in Foreign Lobbying Case
WASHINGTON — Elliott Broidy, a former top fund-raiser for President Trump, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to violate foreign lobbying laws as part of a covert campaign to influence the administration on behalf of Chinese and Malaysian interests. Mr. Broidy, 63, agreed to forfeit $6.6 million to the federal government and…
U.S. and Russia Appear to Edge Toward Extension of Nuclear Treaty
The United States and Russia on Tuesday appeared to be edging toward a short-term extension of the main arms control treaty limiting the size of the two nations’ nuclear arsenals, after Russia agreed to add a “political obligation” that would freeze its stockpile of nuclear warheads for a year. It was unclear…
1945: Strike Paralyzes Argentina
Credit…International Herald Tribune Special to The European Edition BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 19. — Firmly in control of the Argentine government, Colonel Juan D. Peron received a tribute yesterday from country partisans in the form of a twenty-four-hour strike, the worst in Argentine history, which paralyzed the normal life of almost the entire…
As Britain edges toward lockdowns, long-held grievances flare up.
ImageGraffiti in Manchester, England, captured the northern city’s resentment toward the national government.Credit…Mary Turner for The New York Times Britain’s desperate attempt to curb a second wave of the coronavirus has exposed multiple fractures in its politics and society, but perhaps none as jagged as that between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and…
France Crackdown, Manchester Restrictions, Nazca Lines Cat: Your Tuesday Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. We’re covering France’s crackdown on Muslims accused of extremism, a clash over coronavirus restrictions in England and the discovery of a very, very old cat. ImagePolice officers in Bordeaux, France, observed a moment of silence on Monday for Samuel Paty.Credit…Philippe…
Nagorno-Karabakh, Coronavirus, Thai Protests: Your Monday Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. We’re covering the growing threat of pandemic fatigue, continuing fighting in the Caucasus and a special section from The Times’s editorial board on Donald Trump. ImageResidents taking shelter in the basement of an apartment building in Stepanakert, in Nagorno-Karabakh.Credit…Sergey Ponomarev…
China Threatens to Detain Americans if U.S. Prosecutes Chinese Scholars
WASHINGTON — Chinese officials have told the Trump administration that security officers in China might detain American citizens if the Justice Department proceeds with prosecutions of arrested scholars who are members of the Chinese military, American officials said. The Chinese officials conveyed the messages starting this summer, when the Justice Department intensified…
Refugees Who Assisted the U.S. Military Find the Door to America Slammed Shut
WASHINGTON — The certificate of appreciation that Hanadi Al Haidari’s family received for providing shelter, food and translation services for the United States military still looks brand-new, without even a crease. She keeps it next to her Iraqi passport in her new home in Denver. The document is both proof of the…
Trump’s Sanctions on International Court May Do Little Beyond Alienating Allies
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo came to the State Department briefing room ready to punish. On Sept. 2, he took to the lectern and called the International Criminal Court — which investigates war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide — a “thoroughly broken and corrupted institution.” Then he announced sanctions…
In Election, Bolivia Confronts the Legacy of Its Ousted Socialist Leader
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Adalid Zelada fully supported Evo Morales when Bolivia chose him as the country’s first Indigenous president in 2005. The way many saw it, large numbers of Bolivians were painfully poor, society was deeply unequal and power was overwhelmingly concentrated among the white elite. Mr. Morales, a socialist and…
U.S. records over 70,000 cases in one day for the first time since July.
ImageVoters in Lucas County, Ohio.Credit…Seth Herald/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images More than 70,450 new coronavirus cases were reported in the United States on Friday, the highest figure since July 24, according to a New York Times database. More than 900 new deaths were recorded. At least nine states set single-day case records…
For Young Rohingya Brides, Marriage Means a Perilous, Deadly Crossing
BANGKOK — Haresa counted the days by the moon, waxing and waning over the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. Her days on the trawler, crammed into a space so tight that she could not even stretch her legs, bled into weeks, the weeks into months. “People struggled like they were…
Will we remember how hugging works when we are allowed to do it again?
As the weeks of coronavirus quarantine stretched into months, hugs are among the many things isolated people found themselves aching for. Hugs are good for humans — perhaps more valuable than many of us realized, until we found ourselves missing them. Research has shown that hugs can lower our cortisol levels during…
Eitan Haber, Rabin Aide and Israeli Wordsmith, Dies at 80
JERUSALEM — At one of the most traumatic moments in Israel’s history, it was up to Eitan Haber, the trusted confidant of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, to announce to the nation Mr. Rabin’s shocking death. Emerging to face reporters and an emotional crowd at the entrance of the hospital on the night…
News Quiz: Vaccine Trials, BTS, Apple
Compiled by WILL DUDDING, ANNA SCHAVERIEN and JESSICA ANDERSON OCT. 16, 2020 Did you follow the headlines this week? Take our quiz to find out. Last week, 96 percent of respondents knew which state’s governor was the target of a kidnapping plot. Only 19 percent knew what “Saturday Night Live” handed out…
U.S. Election, Boris Johnson, Coronavirus: Your Friday Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. We’re covering France’s bid to avoid a lockdown, competing town halls ahead of the U.S. election and Boris Johnson’s play for time. ImageThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, on Wednesday announced a curfew for Paris and eight other major citiesCredit…Ludovic Marin/Agence…