Europe – Page 300 – Prologue Journal

Aya Nakamura, French-Malian Singer, Is Caught in Olympic Storm

New York Times Aya Nakamura’s music is one of France’s top cultural exports. But reports that she might perform at the Paris Games have prompted fierce debates over identity and language. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/world/europe/france-olympics-aya-nakamura.html

Display of Battered Men Was Russia’s Warning to the Public, Analysts Say

New York Times Videos showing the torture of four men, accused of Russia’s deadliest terror attack in decades, have circulated widely in what analysts call a sign of the Russian state’s growing tolerance for public violence. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/world/europe/russia-terror-attack-torture.html

Moscow Attack Suspects Are Linked by Video and Online Profiles

New York Times Clothing and other details appear to show a connection between four suspects detained by Russia and the men who carried out the concert hall massacre of more than 130 people. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/world/europe/moscow-attack-suspects-russia-evidence.html

Video: Bolsonaro, Facing Investigations, Hid at Hungarian Embassy

New York Times Security-camera footage obtained by The Times shows that Brazil’s former president spent two nights at the Hungarian Embassy in an apparent bid for asylum. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/world/americas/jair-bolsonaro-hungary-video.html

Ukrainians Shun Kremlin Suggestions Their Country Was Behind Moscow Attack

New York Times Officials and ordinary citizens say Russia is blaming Ukraine in order to shore up support for its war in Ukraine and escalate the fighting there. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/world/europe/moscow-terror-attack-ukraine.html

U.K. to Accuse China of Cyberattacks Targeting Voter Data and Lawmakers

New York Times The British government believes China has overseen two separate hacking campaigns, including one that yielded information from 40 million voters. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/world/europe/uk-china-cyberattack-hacking.html

Sugar in India, Fueled by Child Marriage and Hysterectomies

New York Times An investigation into the sugar-cane industry in the Indian state of Maharashtra found workers ensnared by debt and pushed into child marriages and unnecessary hysterectomies. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/24/world/asia/india-sugar-cane-fields-child-labor-hysterectomies.html

Monday Briefing

New York Times What the terrorist attack means for Russia. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/briefing/russia-attack-putin-india-sugar.html

The First Flight of Their Lives: An Airlift After Agony Terror in Gaza

New York Times The evacuees make up only a tiny fraction of the thousands of civilians, including many children, who have suffered grievous injuries over the course of Israel’s monthslong campaign against Hamas and its bombardment of Gaza. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/world/middleeast/gaza-children-injured-evacuated.html

Hunting the Northern Lights in Iceland

New York Times The country markets itself as a destination to see the northern lights — especially this year, which is a peak time for solar activity. But they can be elusive, as one writer recently found. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/travel/iceland-northern-lights-aurora.html