World News (NYT)

by Motoko Rich and Hisako Ueno on 2022-05-15 in Saotome, Katsumoto (1930-2022), Deaths (Obituaries), World War II (1939-45), Civilian Casualties, Writing and Writers, Books and Literature, War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, Tokyo (Japan), Japan

He compiled six books of survivors’ recollections of the 1945 attack. He also founded (without government support) a memorial museum.

by The New York Times on 2022-05-15

As Russia faced setbacks on the battlefield on Sunday, both Nordic nations said that they would apply for membership to the alliance.

by Anton Troianovski and Marc Santora on 2022-05-15 in Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Bilohorivka (Ukraine), Luhansk (Ukraine), Ukraine, Russia

As the news of the losses at the river crossing started to spread, some Russian bloggers did not hold back in their criticism of what they said was incompetent leadership.

by Abdi Latif Dahir and Malin Fezehai on 2022-05-15 in Somalia, Shabab, Elections, Terrorism, Mohamed, Mohamed Abdullahi, Gedo (Somalia), Drought, Larry E. Andre, Jr.

The militants of Al Shabab collect taxes, decide court cases and control the streets. Somalis ask, will a new government even matter?

by Steven Erlanger and Christina Anderson on 2022-05-15 in Sweden, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Finland, North Atlantic Treaty Organization

The announcement was a shift for the Social Democratic Party, which has supported Swedish neutrality since before the collapse of the Soviet Union.

by The New York Times on 2022-05-15 in Buffalo, NY, Shooting (May 14, 2022), Hate Crimes, Black People, Discrimination, Buffalo (NY), Race and Ethnicity, Gendron, Payton S, internal-storyline-no

A massacre at a Buffalo supermarket was the deadliest in the U.S. this year.

by Ben Hubbard, Hwaida Saad and Asmaa al-Omar on 2022-05-15 in Elections, Lebanon, Corruption (Institutional), Beirut, Lebanon, Explosions (2020), Banking and Financial Institutions, Politics and Government, Legislatures and Parliaments, Electric Light and Power, Hezbollah, Berri, Nabih, Khalil, Ali Hassan

On Sunday, Lebanese voters got their first chance to pass judgment on lawmakers since the economy fell apart. Few expect things to improve.

by Johanna Lemola and Steven Erlanger on 2022-05-15 in Niinisto, Sauli, Marin, Sanna, Finland, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Defense and Military Forces, War and Armed Conflicts, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022)

The Nordic nation would end decades of nonalignment if, as widely expected, it is admitted to the alliance.

by Cara Buckley on 2022-05-15 in Morales, Domingo, Compost, Recycling of Waste Materials, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Public and Subsidized Housing, New York City, Content Type: Personal Profile

An ad led to Domingo Morales falling in love with compost. A windfall is helping him spread the word.

by Damien Cave on 2022-05-15 in Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Australia, United States, Disease Rates, Masks, Politics and Government, Quarantines, Deaths (Fatalities), Vaccination and Immunization, Hospitals

The United States and Australia share similar demographics, but their pandemic death rates point to very different cultures of trust.

by Jeffrey Gettleman and Cristian Movila on 2022-05-15 in Politics and Government, War and Armed Conflicts, Defense and Military Forces, Cold War Era, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), European Union, Transnistria (Moldova), Russia, Ukraine, USSR (Former Soviet Union)

The self-declared republic of Transnistria, on the Ukraine border, has been steered by Moscow for decades. During a rare visit, a reporter and photographer get an inside look into how it operates, and hear from Transnistrians their fears of war.

by Mark Landler and Andrew Testa on 2022-05-15 in Subways, Transit Systems, Politics and Government, Byford, Andrew, Cuomo, Andrew M, Johnson, Boris, Khan, Sadiq, London (England), New York City

The Elizabeth line, 13 years in the making, will soon uncoil under central London with cathedral-like stations and roomy cars. Its managers say it’s a testament to the power of public transportation.

by Ben Hubbard on 2022-05-15 in Politics and Government, United States International Relations, Nahyan, Mohamed bin Zayed al- (1961- ), United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Nahyan, Khalifa bin Zayed al-

Sheikh Mohammed has used his small country’s oil wealth to exert great influence across the Middle East and in Washington.

by Marc Santora and Natalie Kitroeff on 2022-05-15 in Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Defense and Military Forces, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Finland, Sweden, Russia, Ukraine, Putin, Vladimir V, United States International Relations

With Finland and Sweden likely to request NATO membership, and Ukraine counterattacking in the east, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is facing more setbacks.

by Carlotta Gall on 2022-05-14 in War and Armed Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Evacuations and Evacuees, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Putin, Vladimir V, Erdogan, Recep Tayyip, Mariupol (Ukraine), Turkey, Russia

Turkey has had a ship waiting for weeks in Istanbul to evacuate those remaining in the Azovstal steel plant, but Ukraine and Russia have not agreed to a plan, a Turkish official said.

by Hari Kumar on 2022-05-14 in New Delhi (India), India, Fires and Firefighters

Officials said that at least 27 people had been killed, most of them assembly line workers, and that the toll could rise.

by Sameer Yasir and Victoria Kim on 2022-05-14 in India, Wheat, Agriculture and Farming, Food Insecurity, Protectionism (Trade), International Trade and World Market, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Ukraine, Russia

The ban could compound a worldwide shortfall worsened by the war in Ukraine and exacerbate an already dire forecast for global hunger.

by Ian Austen on 2022-05-14 in Canada, Politics and Government, Conservative Party (Canada), Poilievre, Pierre, Ottawa (Ontario), Demonstrations, Protests and Riots, Trucks and Trucking

In his bid for the Conservative Party leadership Pierre Poilievre is wooing supporters of the blockade that shut down Ottawa and closed border points.

by Alex Marshall on 2022-05-14 in Music, Minorities, Eurovision Song Contest, Denmark, Catalonia (Spain), Corsica

The Liet International, a competition for minority and regional languages, lacks the glitz of Eurovision. But its organizers say it helps keep endangered tongues alive.

by Dan Bilefsky and Anushka Patil on 2022-05-14 in Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Eurovision Song Contest

The exclusion of Russia from the contest has underlined the country’s estrangement from the west, including in popular culture.

by Alan Rappeport and Emily Flitter on 2022-05-14 in Embargoes and Sanctions, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Banking and Financial Institutions, United States Economy, United States International Relations, United States Politics and Government, Treasury Department, Adeyemo, Adewale

Adewale Adeyemo, the deputy Treasury secretary, met privately with international financial institutions to make clear the consequences of sanctions evasion.

by Melissa Kirsch on 2022-05-14 in internal-storyline-no

Fill your cultural calendar with Pulitzer winners, piano bars and 24 ways to make eggs.

by Choe Sang-Hun on 2022-05-14 in North Korea, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Disease Rates, Deaths (Fatalities), Vaccination and Immunization, Kim Jong-un, Workers’ Party of Korea, Politics and Government

State media reported 21 new deaths and a huge jump in suspected cases on Saturday, but it was unclear how many had been definitively linked to the coronavirus.

by Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Safiullah Padshah and Kiana Hayeri on 2022-05-14 in Afghanistan, Economic Conditions and Trends, Salvage, Mines, Explosive, Bombs and Explosives, Deaths (Fatalities), Military Bases and Installations, Steel and Iron, Poverty, Taliban, Wardak (Afghanistan), Afghanistan War (2001- )

Discarded metal left by decades of conflict has become a livelihood for impoverished Afghans. But many have been killed by unexploded munitions.

on 2022-05-14 in Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Defense and Military Forces, International Relations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Sweden, Finland, Gotland Island (Sweden), Russia, Ukraine, Swedish Social Democratic Party, Putin, Vladimir V

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine created new fears, and the Swedes, dragged along by Finland, are expected to apply, reluctantly, to join the alliance and its collective defense.