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Your Wednesday Briefing

New York Times Fox News settles a defamation suit. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/briefing/fox-defamation-settle-europe.html

Tobias Rahim Wants to Take Danish-Language Pop Global

New York Times Tobias Rahim is a phenomenon in Denmark. Now, he wants the country’s music to be internationally renowned. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/arts/music/tobias-rahim-danish-pop.html

Zelensky and Putin Make Dueling Trips to Front Line in Ukraine

New York Times The visits by the Ukrainian and Russian leaders came as both sought to display strength and confidence ahead of an anticipated Kyiv counteroffensive. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/world/europe/zelensky-putin-kherson-ukraine-russia.html

Russia Is Importing Western Weapons Technology, Bypassing Sanctions

New York Times Western technology goods are winding up in Russian missiles, raising questions about the efficacy of sanctions. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/business/economy/us-russia-chips-sanctions.html

Joe Kennedy Treads Careful Path as U.S. Special Envoy to Northern Ireland

New York Times With a mandate to drum up American investment but avoid the many political pitfalls, Joe Kennedy III will need to tread carefully in Belfast. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/world/europe/northern-ireland-joe-kennedy.html

Freddie Scappaticci, Who May Have Been British Spy ‘Stakeknife,’ Is Dead

New York Times He denied that he was Stakeknife, the code name of a high-ranking British mole in the Irish Republican Army during the Northern Ireland conflict. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/world/europe/freddie-scappaticci-dead.html

Russian Strikes Against Bakhmut Grow Fiercer, Ukraine Says

New York Times According to a top Ukrainian general, Kyiv’s forces remain in control in the ravaged city, the focus of months of fighting, but Russian forces are turning it “into ruins.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/world/europe/russia-ukraine-bakhmut-airstrikes.html

Russia Court Rejects WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich’s Detention Appeal

New York Times It was the first time Mr. Gershkovich, a 31-year-old American, was seen clearly since he was detained last month. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/world/europe/wsj-reporter-evan-gershkovich-moscow-court-detention.html

Subversive Novels Dominate Shortlist for International Booker Prize

New York Times Books by Maryse Condé and Eva Baltasar are among six nominees for the prestigious award for fiction translated into English. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/books/international-booker-prize-shortlist.html

Blinken and Top Allied Diplomats Stress Unity on Russia and China

New York Times The foreign ministers of the Group of 7 nations discussed their shared visions on Russia’s war on Ukraine and China’s assertiveness after talk flared this month over different strategies. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/world/asia/blinken-g7-russia-china.html