World News (NYT)

by Motoko Rich and Hikari Hida on 2020-09-26 in Carousels, Historic Buildings and Sites, Amusement and Theme Parks, Tokyo (Japan), Coney Island (Brooklyn, NY), Germany

The 113-year-old merry-go-round, which arrived in Tokyo after stints in Germany and Coney Island, is now in storage, its fate uncertain in a country that tends to preserve only the very old.

on 2020-09-26 in Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

At least six U.S. states reported records for new cases. The French Open is scaled back. A top Australian health official resigned amid questions about Melbourne’s second wave of infections.

by Ben Dooley and Makiko Inoue on 2020-09-26 in Economic Conditions and Trends, International Trade and World Market, Japan, China, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), International Relations

Japan is attempting a delicate balancing act as the pandemic has underlined the risks of the world’s economic reliance on Beijing.

by Choe Sang-Hun on 2020-09-26 in North Korea, South Korea, Defense and Military Forces, Politics and Government, Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

“I am deeply sorry that an unexpected and unfortunate thing has happened in our territorial waters,” the North Korean leader said in a message, according to officials in the South.

by Anton Troianovski and David E. Sanger on 2020-09-26 in Russian Interference in 2016 US Elections and Ties to Trump Associates, Cyberwarfare and Defense, Presidential Election of 2020, Embargoes and Sanctions, Biden, Joseph R Jr, Prigozhin, Yevgeny V, Putin, Vladimir V, Trump, Donald J, Moscow (Russia), United States

With an eye to a possible Biden presidency, the Russian leader called for a “reboot” on information security but offered no concessions.

on 2020-09-26 in Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

It was far from clear that Republican and Democratic negotiators would be able to reach a deal. Rio de Janeiro’s annual Carnival parade will be delayed for the first time in decades.

by Reuters on 2020-09-25 in Aviation Accidents, Safety and Disasters, Deaths (Fatalities), Ukraine

The plane was carrying students from an aviation university. At least two more people were critically injured.

by Rick Gladstone on 2020-09-25 in Palestinians, Politics and Government, General Assembly (UN), Palestinian Authority, United Nations, Abbas, Mahmoud, Guterres, Antonio, East Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East, West Bank

President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority asked the United Nations to convene a conference in early 2021 to help solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

by Bhadra Sharma on 2020-09-25 in Ang Rita Sherpa (1948-2020), Deaths (Obituaries), Mountaineering, Mount Everest, Oxygen, Nepal, Records and Achievements

Earning the nickname Snow Leopard for his agility, he climbed the world’s highest mountain 10 times without supplemental oxygen between 1983 and 1996.

by Ian Austen on 2020-09-25 in Speeches and Statements, Liberal Party (Canada), Trudeau, Justin

The prime minister laid out an ambitious legislative agenda without saying much about what it will cost or how he will pay for it.

by Elisabetta Povoledo on 2020-09-25 in Embezzlement, Priests, Roman Catholic Church, Becciu, Giovanni Angelo, Francis, Rome (Italy)

A day after Pope Francis dismissed Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu without explanation, the once-powerful prelate disclosed the reason, and denied reports accusing him of corruption.

by Aurelien Breeden and Constant Méheut on 2020-09-25 in Paris Attacks (November 2015), Paris (France), France, Charlie Hebdo, Terrorism

French authorities labeled the attack as “Islamist terrorism” because of its location and timing — as a trial is underway over the massacre at the satirical newspaper in 2015.

by Jonathan Wolfe on 2020-09-25 in Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Officials are warning of a surge in coronavirus cases in some Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods.

by Anton Troianovski on 2020-09-25 in Navalny, Aleksei A, Prigozhin, Yevgeny V, Poisoning and Poisons, Russia, Assets, Frozen, Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations, Coma, Berlin (Germany)

Aleksei A. Navalny was still in a medically induced coma in Berlin when a court in Russia froze his bank accounts and barred him from selling or mortgaging his apartment in Moscow.

by Hannah Beech on 2020-09-25 in United States International Relations, Presidential Election of 2020, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Trump, Donald J, Bangkok (Thailand), Belarus, Canada, Berlin (Germany), Mexico

From Myanmar to Canada, people are asking: How did a superpower allow itself to be felled by a virus? And why won’t the president commit to a peaceful transition of power?

by Fatima Faizi and Mujib Mashal on 2020-09-25 in Terrorism, Women and Girls, Colleges and Universities, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Taliban, Afghanistan, Shamsia Alizada

Shamsea Alizada’s story of persistence is a reminder of advances in girls’ education in Afghanistan — and their vulnerability as the government negotiates with the Taliban.

by Pam Belluck on 2020-09-25 in your-feed-science, Hair, Anxiety and Stress, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Alopecia Areata, your-feed-healthcare

Doctors are seeing a huge increase in patients who have been shedding abnormal amounts of hair, and they believe it is related to stress associated with the coronavirus.

by Matt Phillips on 2020-09-25 in Economic Conditions and Trends, United States Economy, Commodities, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), International Trade and World Market, Gross Domestic Product, China

Iron ore, nickel, copper and other metal prices are rising as China restarts construction, and the global economy could benefit.

by Andrew Higgins on 2020-09-25 in Shnurov, Sergei, Pop and Rock Music, Television, Russia

After a farewell tour with his band, Leningrad, Sergei Shnurov switched tracks with a day job running a respectable but dull television station.

by Noele Illien on 2020-09-25 in Family Leaves, Switzerland, Paid Time Off, Parenting, Referendums, Politics and Government, Law and Legislation

The fate of a law mandating two weeks of paid leave for fathers will be decided at the polls after a conservative backlash forced a referendum.

by Sarah Witman on 2020-09-25 in Weather, Satellites, Mathematics, Research, your-feed-science, your-feed-innovation

Improving technology could make it possible to better anticipate weather conditions weeks in advance, especially in the tropics.

by Chau Doan and Livia Albeck-Ripka on 2020-09-25 in Vietnam, Condoms, International Trade and World Market, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Recycling of Waste Materials

A raid at a warehouse led to the arrest of a woman who said she had been paid by the pound to recycle the prophylactics.

by Anna Schaverien on 2020-09-25 in Rats, Mines, Explosive, Cambodia, Awards, Decorations and Honors, APOPO (Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling), Rodents

Magawa, a 5-year-old African giant pouched rat, was recognized with a prestigious honor for his work detecting mines and explosives in Cambodia.

by Sameer Yasir on 2020-09-25 in Kashmir and Jammu (India), Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), India

The attorney won fame as a human rights advocate and a vocal defender of his homeland in the Indian media. His killer remains unidentified.

by Jason Horowitz on 2020-09-25 in Cardinals (Roman Catholic Prelates), Roman Catholic Church, Francis, Becciu, Giovanni Angelo, Italy, Rome (Italy)

In a cryptic statement, the Vatican did not explain the reason for Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu’s departure. News reports had connected him to a financial scandal.