Category: Europe
Wednesday Briefing
New York Times A cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/briefing/israel-hezbollah-truce-trump.html
Read MoreCompassion or Coercion? Britain’s Emotional Debate Over Assisted Dying.
New York Times As lawmakers prepare to vote on legalizing assisted suicide for the terminally ill in England and Wales, an intense public discussion has unfolded. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/world/europe/uk-assisted-dying-suicide.html
Read MoreStarbucks Among Companies Affected by Ransomware Attack
New York Times Blue Yonder, which provides supply chain management software for thousands of companies, said a cyberattack had disrupted some services. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/business/blue-yonder-ransomware-attack-starbucks.html
Read MoreBreyten Breytenbach, Dissident South African-Born Writer, Dies at 85
New York Times He wrote poetry in Afrikaans and prose in English in his fight against apartheid, an effort that landed him in jail for seven years and in Paris as an expatriate. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/world/africa/breyten-breytenbach-dead.html
Read MoreRussia Fires Record Number of Drones in Overnight Assault, Ukraine Says
New York Times The assault, which the Ukrainian Air Force said involved 188 drones, came as both sides intensify air bombardments. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/world/europe/ukraine-russia-drone-attack.html
Read MoreTaxing Farm Animals’ Farts and Burps? Denmark Gives It a Try.
New York Times Cows and pigs produce a large share of planet-warming methane. A new tax is part of a plan to clean that up. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/climate/denmark-methane-farm-animal-tax.html
Read MoreA Misstep by Ireland’s Prime Minister Simon Harris Muddies Election
New York Times A fumbled meeting with a voter may dent Simon Harris’s popularity. But his coalition government’s main opposition, the nationalist party Sinn Fein, will likely remain locked out of power. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/world/europe/ireland-election-simon-harris-voter-video-sinn-fein.html
Read MoreTuesday Briefing
New York Times Talks on a truce between Israel and Lebanon. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/briefing/truce-trump-storm-bert.html
Read MoreA Misstep by Ireland’s Prime Minister Simon Harris Muddies Election
New York Times A fumbled meeting with a voter may dent Simon Harris’s popularity. But his coalition government’s main opposition, the nationalist party Sinn Fein, will likely remain locked out of power. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/world/europe/simon-harris-voter-video-sinn-fein-election.html
Read MoreAs Russia Advances in Ukraine, a Cop Has to Flee City After City
New York Times For Volodymyr Nikulin, being a wartime police officer means aiding evacuees, surviving a shrapnel wound and tackling looters. It also means quickly switching cities when one falls to the invaders. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/world/europe/ukraine-donbas-wartime-policing.html
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