Category: Europe
Wednesday Briefing
New York Times Here’s what you need to know. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/briefing/russia-general-syria-israel.html
Read MoreU.K. Police Chiefs Were Too Slow to Respond to Summer Riots, Report Says
New York Times Police leaders waited too long — three days — to trigger a national mobilization to tackle the anti-immigrant violence that broke out in Britain this year, a report found. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/world/europe/uk-riots-police-response-report.html
Read MoreCongressional Leaders Unveil Short-Term Spending Bill Tied to Disaster Aid
New York Times What started out as a simple stopgap measure to avert a shutdown for a few months became a magnet for more than $100 billion in emergency disaster and farm aid, plus a host of unrelated policy measures. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/europe/congress-short-term-spending-bill.html
Read MoreVideo Captures Blast That Killed Russian General Igor Kirillov
New York Times A video clip that recorded the assassination of Igor Kirillov, a high-ranking general, gives a few clues about the power and the placement of the explosive device. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/europe/russian-general-assassination-igor-kirillov-video.html
Read MoreFrance Rushes Aid to Mayotte, ‘Devastated’ by Cyclone
New York Times Hundreds are feared dead after the storm razed entire neighborhoods in Mayotte, a series of islands off the eastern coast of Africa, before unleashing its destructive force on Mozambique. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/africa/mayotte-cyclone-chido-curfew-deaths.html
Read MoreBritish Agencies Criticized Over Sewage in Public Waterways
New York Times The condemnation by a watchdog comes as England’s largest water company asks for an emergency loan and the nation wrestles with water pollution. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/business/britain-sewage-thames-water-spills.html
Read MoreA Grisly Discovery at a Bronze Age Mass Grave: The Victims Were Eaten, Too
New York Times “It’s taken us all aback,” said a professor who led a study revealing that 37 people in a prehistoric site in England were likely consumed by their attackers. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/science/bronze-age-skeleton-cannibals.html
Read MoreA Grisly Discovery at a Bronze Age Mass Grave: The Victims Were Eaten, Too
New York Times “It’s taken us all aback,” said a professor who led a study revealing that 37 people in a prehistoric site in England were likely consumed by their attackers. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/science/earth/bronze-age-skeleton-cannibals.html
Read MoreWho Was Igor Kirillov, the Russian General Killed in a Moscow Bomb Blast?
New York Times The general had faced sanctions for using chemical weapons in Ukraine. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/europe/igor-kirillov-russian-general.html
Read MorePaul Watson, Anti-Whaling Activist, Is Released After 5 Months in Prison
New York Times Mr. Watson was facing extradition to Japan but was released after Denmark decided to reject the extradition request, his lawyer said. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/europe/denmark-anti-whaling-activist-no-extradition.html
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