What I’m Reading: Wives and Muses Edition April 28, 2023 A look at women who inspired great art and literature and what might have been. NYT > World > Europe NYTimes +
U.S. Wires Ukraine With Radiation Sensors to Detect Nuclear Blasts April 28, 2023 NYT > World > Europe NYTimes The federal National Nuclear Security Administration is setting up an advanced network that can verify an attacker’s identity. +
6 British Castles Where You Can Stay for as Little as $230 a Night April 28, 2023 000 years of pomp and lore for as little as $230 a night. As the coronation of King Charles III unfolds in London NYT > World > Europe NYTimes you can get your own taste of nearly 1 +
Heat Pump Maker’s $13.3 Billion Sale Raises Questions in Germany April 27, 2023 Carrier Global Corp. NYT > World > Europe NYTimes plans to acquire a unit of Viessmann Group that produces heat pumps seen in Berlin as the heating solution for Germany’s green future. +
What Soledar’s Salt, Lost in the Fight for Bakhmut, Means to Ukraine April 27, 2023 and a matter of pride. crushed in Russia’s long assault on Bakhmut NYT > World > Europe NYTimes Soledar was only a little town. But its salt is a national staple +
The Group That Searches for Missing Ukrainian Children April 25, 2023 NYT > World > Europe NYTimes Save Ukraine’s mission includes reuniting families victimized by Russia’s deportations in occupied areas. +
Russian-led U.N. Meeting on Peace Draws West’s Accusations of Hypocrisy April 24, 2023 Moscow sent Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov to preside over a session on peace and diplomacy. NYT > World > Europe NYTimes Taking advantage of its turn as president of the Security Council +
Russia Pounds Cities Across the Country, Ukraine Says April 23, 2023 artillery and airstrikes over the weekend mortars NYT > World > Europe NYTimes Russian forces hit Ukrainian cities with missiles Ukrainian officials said. +
In a Roman Tomb, ‘Dead Nails’ Reveal an Occult Practice March 25, 2023 Forty-one bent or twisted iron nails NYT > World > Europe NYTimes unearthed from a second-century imperial burial site were meant to keep the deceased in their place. +
Pope Increases Lay Leaders’ Responsibility in Sexual Abuse Law March 25, 2023 ” who will be more accountable for abuse. a permanent version of a 2019 measure may be its impact on the “lay faithful NYT > World > Europe NYTimes The most significant part of the law +
Senators Urge Biden to Send Evidence of Russian War Crimes to the ICC March 24, 2023 a bipartisan group stressed that Congress had voted to legalize support for the court’s Ukraine war investigations. Despite Pentagon resistance NYT > World > Europe NYTimes +
Scotland’s Leader Apologizes for Past Practice of Forced Adoptions March 24, 2023 Nicola Sturgeon said the practice NYT > World > Europe NYTimes was among the gravest injustices in Scottish history. which was relatively common until the 1970s +
The U.K.’s Wave of Strikes Explained: Why Is It Ending? March 23, 2023 disrupting transportation For months labor disputes rattled Britain NYT > World > Europe NYTimes tensions seem to have eased. the mail and even medical procedures. Now +