Ukraine Live Briefing: Prison where POWs killed revealed in satellite images; Zelensky urges evacuation of Donetsk July 31, 2022 Europe IFTTT NYT NYTimes Russia says it has invited the U.N. and Red Cross to investigate the deaths of Ukrainian prisoners of war at a detention center in Olenivka. +
Human-caused climate change made U.K. heat wave 10 times more likely, study says July 28, 2022 Europe IFTTT NYT NYTimes +
Russian strikes kill at least three in Kharkiv and injure dozens July 11, 2022 Europe IFTTT NYT NYTimes The attack on the northern city came as Russian President Vladimir Putin offered citizenship to all Ukrainians. +
Blinken presses his Chinese counterpart about the war. July 10, 2022 IFTTT NYT NYT > World > Europe NYTimes +
Brittney Griner Is Honored by Fellow Players at W.N.B.A. All-Star Game July 10, 2022 an honorary starter for the game. IFTTT NYT NYT > World > Europe NYTimes The league made Griner who has been detained in Russia since February +
Desperate for Recruits, Russia Launches a ‘Stealth Mobilization’ July 09, 2022 IFTTT Leery of a national draft for the Ukraine war NYT NYT > World > Europe NYTimes the Kremlin is offering cash bonuses and employing strong arm tactics. +
Susie Steiner, Author of Acclaimed British Crime Novels, Dies at 51 July 08, 2022 but while she wrote them she had to contend with the loss of her sight and the diagnosis of a brain tumor. Her books found a worldwide audience IFTTT NYT NYT > World > Europe NYTimes +
Russian missiles hit Kyiv, shattering the capital’s relative calm June 26, 2022 Europe IFTTT killing at least one — as Group of Seven nations leaders met in Germany for a summit. NYT NYTimes The Sunday blasts hit a kindergarten playground and residential building in Kyiv +
In Africa, Eastern Europe battles Russian narrative on Ukraine June 25, 2022 Europe IFTTT NYT NYTimes Russia has convinced some African nations that sanctions are causing the global food crisis. Eastern European countries are trying to change that narrative. +
G-7 leaders to meet as Ukraine fights to keep eastern foothold of Lysychansk June 25, 2022 Europe IFTTT Kyiv’s last foothold in the eastern region of Luhansk after its retreat from Severodonetsk. NYT NYTimes Ukrainian forces are fighting to hold on to Lysychansk +
Britain to pull $18B in bank notes as it switches from paper to polymer June 24, 2022 Europe IFTTT NYT NYTimes Paper 20- and 50-pound bank notes will no longer be legal tender as of Sept. 30 the Bank of England said. +
Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Ukraine to withdraw troops from besieged Sevorodonetsk June 23, 2022 Europe IFTTT NYT NYTimes Ukraine’s wins off the battlefield stood in sobering contrast to developments in the country where Russian troops have made further inroads. +
U.K. declares ‘national incident’ after polio virus traces found in sewage June 23, 2022 Europe IFTTT NYT NYTimes Traces of type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus were detected during routine surveillance of sewage in London. +