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The Pompidou Center Museum Has Global Needs (but It Can’t Have Jersey City)

New York Times The Pompidou Center is creating international outposts to help fund a renovation of its Paris home. What happens now that Jersey City has pulled out? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/arts/design/pompidou-center-international-outposts.html

Venice Film Festival: Marina Cicogna’s Glamorous Legacy

New York Times Cicogna, who died in November, was the face of the Venice Film Festival for decades and a pioneer for women in the Italian film industry. She also knew how to throw a party. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/movies/venice-film-festival-marina-cicogna.html

Not Only for Killing: Drones Are Now Detecting Land Mines in Ukraine

New York Times Ukraine is a beta test for embedding artificial intelligence and other new technologies in drones and robots to find deadly land mines, saving lives and allowing military forces to advance more quickly. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/world/europe/ukraine-land-mines-drones.html

Wild Boars Are Wreaking Havoc in Scotland’s Countryside

New York Times Local residents say the animals are roaming the roads and hills around the lake, tearing up lawns and terrorizing sheep. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/world/europe/scotland-boars.html

Knife Attack in Germany Kills at Least 3 at Solingen Festival

New York Times The attack took place in Solingen during a celebration of the 650th anniversary of the city’s founding. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/world/europe/germany-knife-attack-festival.html

Lucie Castets Wants to Be France’s Prime Minister but Needs Emmanuel Macron’s Backing

New York Times Lucie Castets, a relatively obscure bureaucrat, is the left’s choice to be prime minister. Just one person stands in her way: the president. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/world/europe/france-prime-minister-castets-macron.html

Prisoners Stage Deadly Mutiny in Southern Russia

New York Times In the latest in a series of such uprisings, at least one guard died after inmates took control of part of a maximum security jail in the Volgograd region https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/world/europe/russia-prison-mutiny.html

Ukraine Steps Up Strikes Into Russia as Moscow Pushes Ahead in the East

New York Times Ukraine struck a port across from Crimea and damaged a cargo ferry. But Kyiv’s forces continued to struggle in eastern areas under a relentless Russian assault. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-crimea.html

Final Body Is Recovered From Yacht That Sank Off Sicily

New York Times Hannah Lynch, the 18-year-old daughter of the British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, was part of a group that had been celebrating her father’s victory in a high-profile fraud case. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/world/europe/italy-sicily-yacht-lynch.html

Modi Arrives in Kyiv as Ukraine Pushes Diplomacy

New York Times Ukrainian officials were portraying the visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India as a welcome show of support for their country during the war with Russia. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/world/europe/ukraine-modi-india.html