World News (NYT)

by Vimal Patel on 2021-10-23 in Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, Biden, Joseph R Jr, National Archives and Records Administration, Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations, Ferriero, David S, Trump, Donald J

The National Archives require additional time to work on redactions, a White House statement on Friday said.

by Carlotta Gall on 2021-10-23 in Diplomatic Service, Embassies and Consulates, Human Rights and Human Rights Violations, European Court of Human Rights, Erdogan, Recep Tayyip, Kavala, Osman, Turkey

The move follows a statement from the envoys demanding the release of a prominent philanthropist jailed since 2017.

by Sheera Frenkel and Davey Alba on 2021-10-23 in Social Media, Rumors and Misinformation, Whistle-Blowers, Computers and the Internet, Politics and Government, Engineering and Engineers, Artificial Intelligence, Facebook Inc, Haugen, Frances, India, Fringe Groups and Movements, Hate Speech, Muslims and Islam, Pakistan

Internal documents show a struggle with misinformation, hate speech and celebrations of violence in the country, the company’s biggest market.

by Steven Lee Myers on 2021-10-23 in Women and Girls, Space and Astronomy, Politics and Government, China Aerospace, China, Content Type: Personal Profile, Wang Yaping

Sanitary pads and makeup: A Chinese astronaut’s six-month stay aboard the country’s space station has revealed conflicted cultural values toward gender.

by Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Sharif Hassan and Ruhullah Khapalwak on 2021-10-23 in Terrorism, Civilian Casualties, Afghanistan War (2001- ), Politics and Government, Al Qaeda, Intercontinental Hotel (Kabul), Afghanistan

The new government brought together the bombers’ families at a publicized event, praising their actions but alienating those who have suffered at their hands.

by Mujib Mashal on 2021-10-23 in Afghanistan War (2001- ), Taliban, Afghanistan, Delhi (India), India

Thousands of Afghans who were in India for medical treatment when the country collapsed are now desperate to return, but have no money and no clear route home.

by John Yoon on 2021-10-23 in Singapore, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Coronavirus Reopenings, Vaccination and Immunization

by Megan Specia and Isabella Kwai on 2021-10-23 in Hypodermic Needles and Syringes, Assaults, Women and Girls, Bars and Nightclubs, Nottingham (England), England, Great Britain

Women are reporting being injected with syringes at crowded clubs in a horrifying variation of dropping pill into drinks. “This is a new depth,’’ said a former chief of police.

by Jessica Bennett on 2021-10-23 in Content Type: Personal Profile, False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments, Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides, Knox, Amanda, Kercher, Meredith, Italy, Perugia (Italy), Seattle (Wash)

Ten years after being cleared of a heinous crime, she is still trying to tell her story on her own terms.

by Charlie Savage on 2021-10-23 in Evacuations and Evacuees, Afghanistan War (2001- ), United States International Relations, Customs and Border Protection (US), Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Department, National Counterterrorism Center, Biden, Joseph R Jr, Mayorkas, Alejandro, Kosovo, Afghanistan

No final decisions have been made, but dozens red-flagged for apparent criminal pasts or links to militants have been sent to a base in Kosovo, where their fate is uncertain.

by Alexandra E. Petri on 2021-10-23

by Mujib Mashal on 2021-10-23 in Cricket (Game), Fans (Persons), Indian Premier League, Pakistan, India, Kashmir and Jammu (India)

It’s one of the greatest rivalries in sports, when war off the field allows it — a contest of national identities that will be renewed this Sunday in a World Cup match.

by Rick Gladstone and Declan Walsh on 2021-10-23 in War and Armed Conflicts, Humanitarian Aid, Famine, United Nations, World Food Program, Biden, Joseph R Jr

A humanitarian flight was ordered to abort a landing in the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, epicenter of the conflict, as government airstrikes hit the area for a fourth day.

by Carlotta Gall on 2021-10-23 in Politics and Government, Elections, Polls and Public Opinion, Legislatures and Parliaments, Justice and Development Party (Turkey), Aksener, Meral, Davutoglu, Ahmet, Demirtas, Selahattin, Erdogan, Recep Tayyip, Kilicdaroglu, Kemal, Turkey

With an eye on elections, six parties are working on a plan to end a powerful presidency and return to a parliamentary system.

by Patrick Kingsley on 2021-10-23 in Palestinians, Israel, Human Rights and Human Rights Violations, Terrorism, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

The Defense Ministry said the groups work for leftist militants. Critics said the charge was aimed at quelling scrutiny of Israeli rights abuses.

by Ian Austen on 2021-10-22 in Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Kenney, Jason (1968- ), Alberta (Canada), Canada

The report from a provincial inquiry into “anti-Alberta energy campaigns” didn’t back up Premier Jason Kenney’s allegations.

by Christine Hauser on 2021-10-22 in Politics and Government, Elections, Secession and Independence Movements, Colonization, Royal Families, Mason, Sandra Prunella (1949- ), Barbados, Great Britain, Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, Caribbean Area

The country’s Parliament chose Sandra Mason, the governor general, to assume the symbolic title, a decisive move to distance itself from Barbados’s colonial past.

by Alexandra E. Petri on 2021-10-22 in Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), World Health Organization, Medicine and Health, Disease Rates

The booster program underlines the disparity in vaccine access, with wealthier nations accounting for more than three-quarters of all doses administered so far.

by Todd Gregory on 2021-10-22 in Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Workplace Hazards and Violations, World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

The agency’s leaders also urged wealthy nations to take the lead in transferring doses of vaccines to the global South.

by Natasha Frost on 2021-10-22

by Adam Satariano and Paul Mozur on 2021-10-22 in Computers and the Internet, Social Media, Censorship, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Politics and Government, Russia, Putin, Vladimir V, Roskomnadzor (Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media) (Russia), Twitter, Google Inc, YouTube.com, Facebook Inc

Quietly built over two years, the Kremlin’s censorship infrastructure gives it sweeping power to block sites. Many fear a new age of digital isolation.

by Henry Fountain on 2021-10-22 in Deaths (Obituaries), Global Warming, Weather, Research, Heat and Heat Waves, Extreme Weather, World Weather Attribution, van Oldenborgh, Geert Jan (1961-2021)

With a colleague, he founded a group that quickly analyzes heat waves and other extreme events for signs of global warming’s influence.

by Elisabetta Povoledo on 2021-10-22 in Posters, Movies, Art, Content Type: Personal Profile, Casaro, Renato, Schwarzenegger, Arnold, De Laurentiis, Dino, Tarantino, Quentin, Treviso (Italy), Rome (Italy), Italy, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Movie), Rambo (Movie)

Renato Casaro’s hand-drawn art has hooked movie audiences around the world since the 1950s. Tarantino and Stallone are big fans. One secret to his success? “You can’t cheat.”

by Catherine Porter and Natalie Kitroeff on 2021-10-22 in Haiti, Politics and Government, Moise, Jovenel (1968- ), Corruption (Institutional), Gangs, 400 Mawozo (Gang), Kidnapping and Hostages, Missionaries, Christian Aid Ministries, United States International Relations, Human Rights and Human Rights Violations, United Nations

Gangs have long held sway in the country, but their dominance has expanded in recent years and the government has been accused of using them as tools of repression.

by Maria Abi-Habib and Constant Méheut on 2021-10-22 in Kidnapping and Hostages, Gangs, 400 Mawozo (Gang), Christian Aid Ministries, Roman Catholic Church, Haiti

A French priest in Haiti recalls his kidnapping by 400 Mawozo, the same gang holding 16 Americans and a Canadian, including children, for ransom.