Air Travel Was Gaining Momentum. Now What? November 19, 2020 a return to normal is nowhere in sight. IFTTT NYT NYT > World > Europe NYTimes U.S. airlines expect Thanksgiving to be their busiest period since the pandemic began. But with new virus fears +
Jan Myrdal, Swedish Author and Provocateur, Dies at 93 November 19, 2020 His father and mother were both Nobel Prize winners. His most famous book was about how badly they had treated him. IFTTT NYT NYT > World > Europe NYTimes +
Booker Prize 2020: Douglas Stuart Wins for 'Shuggie Bain' November 19, 2020 about the lonely gay son of an alcoholic mother in 1980s Scotland IFTTT NYT NYT > World > Europe NYTimes The autobiographical novel was one of four debut books in this year’s shortlist. +
Dutch Police Urge Public to Stop ‘Pedo-Hunting’ After Vigilante Violence November 19, 2020 A man’s death in the Netherlands last month after an attack by a group of teenagers has prompted the authorities to clamp down on vigilantism. IFTTT NYT NYT > World > Europe NYTimes +
Your Thursday Briefing November 18, 2020 A quarter of a million deaths in the U.S. IFTTT NYT NYT > World > Europe NYTimes +
Layers of Tragedy, in a Cemetery and in the Mountains November 18, 2020 after the end of a six-week war with Azerbaijan over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenians flee what they consider their historical home IFTTT NYT NYT > World > Europe NYTimes +
Northern Ireland Man Arrested Decades After Infamous Birmingham Bombings November 18, 2020 have become a case of justice long delayed and an enduring symbol of The Troubles. IFTTT killing 21 people NYT NYT > World > Europe NYTimes The 1974 bombings of two pubs +
Burning Fossil Fuels Helped Drive Earth’s Most Massive Extinction November 18, 2020 IFTTT Massive volcanic eruptions ignited oil and coal deposits in Siberia in the events that led to the Permian-Triassic “Great Dying” event. NYT NYT > World > Europe NYTimes +
‘Jetman’ Who Flew Beside a Plane Dies While Training in Dubai November 18, 2020 a 36-year-old French stuntman had also broken a record jumping from the world’s tallest building. IFTTT NYT NYT > World > Europe NYTimes Vincent Reffet +
Russia Wield Emotion in Pressing to Overturn Doping Ban November 17, 2020 IFTTT NYT NYT > World > Europe NYTimes or overturn Russia’s four-year ban could determine if antidoping officials can ever punish state-backed cheating programs. The decision to uphold +
Biden Wants to Rejoin Iran Nuclear Deal, but It Won’t Be Easy November 17, 2020 facing elections in June has its own demands. IFTTT NYT NYT > World > Europe NYTimes President Trump is applying more sanctions on Iran that would be hard to reverse. Tehran +
Diary of an American in Finland, Doing ‘Essential’ Work in Ballet November 17, 2020 IFTTT NYT NYT > World > Europe NYTimes The author didn’t know when she’d be able to work again in America. So she was thrilled to go to Helsinki to help stage a new “Jekyll & Hyde.” +
How to Pretend You’re in Paris Tonight November 17, 2020 IFTTT NYT NYT > World > Europe NYTimes There are countless ways to invite Paris into your home. All you need is a little creativity. And perhaps a glass of Champagne. +