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Guardian Journalists Strike Over Planned Sale of The Observer

New York Times Workers have begun a 48-hour walkout, the first in 50 years for the outlet, over a proposal to sell The Observer to Tortoise Media, a digital media start-up. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/business/guardian-strike-observer.html

Zelensky Offers $24 One-Off Payment to Win Over War-Weary Ukrainians

New York Times Citizens will be entitled to a $24 one-off payment this winter, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced, in a move apparently intended to soften the blow of a tax rise to help fund the war effort. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/world/europe/ukraine-war-grants-zelensky.html

Stripping Down for a Night at a French Museum

New York Times To report on an unclothed visit to an exhibition about social nudism, a Times journalist chose to join the party. Her mother did, too. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/world/europe/naked-visit-marseille-museum.html

Writers Silenced by Stalin Get New Life Amid War in Ukraine

New York Times The Soviet regime killed a generation of literary artists in the 1930s. Their legacy is being reclaimed as Ukraine fights to preserve its cultural heritage. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/world/europe/stalin-ukraine-writers-war.html

Wednesday Briefing

New York Times A political crisis in South Korea. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/briefing/south-korea-ukraine-nato.html

NATO Chief Urges More Weapons for Ukraine Ahead of Any Peace Talks

New York Times Mark Rutte said it was up to Ukraine to decide when it was ready to begin negotiations with Russia — and that the West should help strengthen Kyiv’s position beforehand. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/world/europe/nato-ukraine-trump-peace-talks.html

Italian Sentenced in Killing of Ex-Girlfriend, Giulia Cecchettin

New York Times The killing ignited national outrage and provoked calls for stronger measures to protect women. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/world/europe/giulia-cecchettin-murder-conviction-italy.html

Amid Pro-Palestinian Protests, Turner Prize Goes to Jasleen Kaur

New York Times The artist, who has supported the protests against the Tate group of museums, won the prestigious British award for an installation that includes a car covered by a giant doily. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/arts/design/turner-prize-jasleen-kaur.html

NATO Chief Urges More Weapons for Ukraine Ahead of Any Peace Talks

Investigation Into Forced Adoptions From Ukraine Points Finger at Putin

New York Times Yale researchers traced hundreds of children taken to Russia in the war, finding what they described as “a higher level of crime than first understood.” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/world/europe/russia-ukraine-children-deportation-adoption.html