Europe – Page 4 – Prologue Journal

How Forced Labor and Hysterectomies Are Darkly Linked in India

New York Times Our correspondent explains how an exploitative labor system has produced a system of brutality in the country’s sugar fields. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/world/europe/india-sugar-debt-bondage-women-forced-labor.html

Thursday Briefing

New York Times Here’s what you need to know. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/briefing/gaetz-ethics-israel-ukraine.html

Ukraine Strikes Inside Russia With U.S. Missiles

New York Times The next two or three months in Ukraine are likely to be exceedingly violent, in a war that has already been the deadliest in Europe in the past 80 years. Marc Santora, who has been reporting from Ukraine since the beginning of the war with Russia, explains why. https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/100000009833781/ukraine-atacms-russia.html

What Are Anti-Personnel Mines?

New York Times The Biden administration has agreed to send the weapons to Ukraine, despite their reputation for killing and maiming civilians. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/world/europe/anti-personnel-land-mines-ukraine.html

U.S. and Europeans Move to Censure Iran for Nuclear Secrecy

New York Times Before Donald J. Trump takes office, the West wants to call out Iran for failing to adhere to treaty obligations to be transparent about its nuclear past and present. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/world/europe/iran-nuclear-iaea-censure.html

Vatican Sets Out New Rules to Simplify Papal Funerals

New York Times Pope Francis’s down-to-earth style has become a trademark of his papacy. New rules for papal burials are another step to seal it into his legacy. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/world/europe/pope-vatican-funerals.html

Biden Agrees to Supply Ukraine With Anti-Personnel Mines

New York Times The decision is the latest in a series of moves by the U.S. and Russia that have escalated tensions between the two. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/world/europe/us-ukraine-anti-personnel-mines.html

Ford to Cut 4,000 Jobs in Europe as Electric Vehicle Sales Slow

New York Times The American automaker said the cost-cutting measure would help it compete with Chinese rivals in the face of slowing demand for electric vehicles. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/business/ford-layoffs-europe.html

Hennessy Workers Strike Over Plans to Bottle Cognac in China

New York Times The walkout in France is the latest development in a simmering trade war between Europe and China. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/business/china-france-hennessy-lvmh-strike.html

As Trump Pushes Peace, Russia Intensifies Assaults on Ukraine

New York Times Overextended and exhausted, Ukrainian forces lack manpower and artillery against Russian forces willing to absorb staggering casualties. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-attacks-trump.html