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A priest described the blast in the city of Makassar as a suicide bombing. The mayor said no churchgoers were killed. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3w04qv7 via IFTTT

Many universities stipulate that to participate in graduation, students must test negative for the coronavirus beforehand and have a record of adhering to campus restrictions. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3ctgBsH via IFTTT

The attack by hundreds of suspected Islamist insurgents trapped nearly 200 people, including foreign workers, in a hotel in Palma, Mozambique, site of a major gas project. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/31o8Ain via IFTTT

The first round of 16 matchup in the N.C.A.A. women’s basketball tournament was the first to welcome paying spectators. Huskies fans made sure the rest of the crowd in San Antonio knew who won. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3ct89JV via IFTTT

Children, including a 5-year-old-boy, were among those killed on Saturday as the country’s security forces cracked down on nationwide protests against a coup. A New York Times photographer was there. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/31qUZXy via IFTTT

The Ever Given container ship on Saturday remained lodged in the Suez Canal in Egypt, where it had been stuck since Tuesday. Authorities said the jam has caused a backlog of more than 300 ships waiting to cross. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3rC5nGF via IFTTT

While the government is welcoming Chinese investors to save moribund businesses and bring much-needed capital, many Serbians are complaining of environmental and political impacts. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3w6ntnh via IFTTT

The psychological toll on young people of months in isolation and great global suffering is becoming more clear after successive lockdowns. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3lWab8p via IFTTT

He was hailed for leading the rescue of Apollo 13 astronauts when their spacecraft was rocked by an explosion en route to the moon, and for helping guide them home. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3csECjx via IFTTT

The country plans to defer second shots for three months to give more residents first doses as variants drive surges in neighboring Brazil, Chile and Paraguay. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/39mezbD via IFTTT

“I was shocked,” one human rights activist told BuzzFeed News. “How can I explain the cold faces? They were not even acknowledging the suffering.” View Entire Post › from BuzzFeed News https://ift.tt/3csj86l via IFTTT

A tiny Egyptian village has a front-row seat to the unfolding effort to dislodge the container ship that ran aground in the canal, holding up $10 billion in global trade every day. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2NZkI6j via IFTTT

The song’s lyrics were found to violate the competition’s rules in what critics called an endorsement of President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko’s crackdown on antigovernment protests. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2NXjW9M via IFTTT

The European Medicines Agency gave a green light to plants in the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland that will build supplies of AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3w6UcZZ via IFTTT

The No. 15 seed from Tulsa, Okla., plays No. 3 Arkansas on Saturday, and the players will try to show that they are not done yet. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3ctQj9m via IFTTT

The killings took place on a holiday honoring the army. A dissident called it “a day of shame for the armed forces.” from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3fldvc2 via IFTTT

The stranding of the Ever Given in the Suez Canal this week became a fully fledged internet moment. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/39jTmyZ via IFTTT

The countries signed a sweeping pact on Saturday that calls for heavy Chinese investments in Iran over 25 years in exchange for oil — a step that could ease Iran’s international isolation. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3d627xS via IFTTT

Online portals have practiced aggressive journalism in a mostly compliant media landscape. But trolls and the government could now be empowered to stop them. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3w6Oas0 via IFTTT

The virus has killed more than 300,000 people in Brazil, its spread aided by a highly contagious variant, political infighting and distrust of science. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2P45mOw via IFTTT

A Kashmir resort is welcoming the highest number of skiers in decades as Indians eager to get outdoors after lockdowns flock there even amid a simmering separatist movement and a security clampdown. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3lUE1u1 via IFTTT

Despite a 2016 peace deal with the FARC, Colombia’s long internal conflict continues. Seldom has that been as evident as this month, when the government bombed a rebel camp full of young people. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3coMEKb via IFTTT

The Texas center, projected to be the No. 1 pick in the 2021 W.N.B.A. draft, got through a difficult year by drawing strength from her family. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3dqtH9p via IFTTT

Forward Naz Hillmon and Coach Kim Barnes Arico determined that it was important to have frank, open, difficult conversations as a team about racism, which hadn’t happened before. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/31pMNa2 via IFTTT

The team from Tulsa, Okla., would be only the second No. 15 seed to advance to the tournament’s round of 16 if it were to upset No. 3 Arkansas. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3w6OGGO via IFTTT

At least four people were killed in clashes between the police and demonstrators, who have denounced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for inviting India’s leader. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3w6IKh0 via IFTTT

The aging movie star in Indianapolis, which was featured in the film “Hoosiers,” is too small to host national tournament games these days, but the pandemic has put it back in the spotlight. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3rrPIJC via IFTTT

Should a white writer translate a Black poet’s work? A debate in Europe has exposed the lack of diversity in the world of literary translation. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3rlY6u9 via IFTTT

Agnès Callamard, who wrote of a cover-up in the 2018 killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, called out “bully boy” tactics and intimidation in international diplomacy. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3lR4rwI via IFTTT

Several variants have been found in the country, but there is little data on whether they are playing a role in the rapid increase in infections and hospitalizations. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2Qwikoj via IFTTT

Two trains collided in southern Egypt on Friday, killing at least 32 people and injuring 90 others. The national rail authority said “unknown actors” had activated brakes on one train. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/39ke8P5 via IFTTT

Be patient, West Ham’s David Moyes said when he signed the out-of-favor forward from Manchester United in January. Both are already reaping the rewards. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3tXZjK4 via IFTTT

Lockdowns helped Britain’s most profitable online betting outfit, bet365, hit the jackpot. For addicted gamblers, it has been a disaster. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/39k6Zyf via IFTTT

Financial details revealed publicly for the first time show that the N.C.A.A.’s budget for the men’s tournament was nearly double that of the women’s tournament in 2019. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3w5cScC via IFTTT

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative allies have seized on a dispute over ostentatious displays of the Union Jack as a way to keep opponents on the defensive. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/31mIfBa via IFTTT

More than 12,000 students are being recruited at more than 20 universities across the United States. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3rtPHoC via IFTTT

The money-losing office space firm plans to merge with a blank-check company backed by big Wall Street investors. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/39e6XI3 via IFTTT

In a life dedicated to social justice, she was jailed in Rhodesia but later returned to a liberated Zimbabwe to help build its school system. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/39e2PYI via IFTTT

A ship has been stuck in the Suez Canal in Egypt since Tuesday evening, after powerful winds forced the ship aground on one of the canal’s banks, shutting down traffic in both directions. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3ddR7Pb via IFTTT

An analysis found that more than 2,334 adults were buried on Hart Island last year, up from 846 in 2019. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/31k4k34 via IFTTT

At the N.C.A.A. basketball tournaments this year, the intensity is on the court but not in the stands. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3cmFgis via IFTTT

Neta Elkayam, an Israeli singer, plumbs the rich culture of the Moroccan Jews she descended from, and introduces it to new audiences in both countries. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3lRnM0R via IFTTT

Covid-19 testing is on the decline. That’s a problem. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/31nWBB8 via IFTTT

Players and owners want the D.H. Agents like Scott Boras think it is a safety issue. But N.L. pitchers will bat anyway — for now. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3sk013P via IFTTT

Iowa’s Caitlin Clark and Connecticut’s Paige Bueckers, among the nation’s top players, will face each other for the first time in college. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/2PvN6x0 via IFTTT

Israel and Iran have fought a clandestine war across the Middle East for years, mainly by land and air. Now ships are under attack in the Mediterranean and Red Seas. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3w15puZ via IFTTT

From JobSeeker to working from home to … online menus? from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3cplraa via IFTTT

After a staff member dismissed racism as a problem in medicine on a podcast, a petition signed by thousands demanded a review of editorial processes at the journal. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3lVWGp9 via IFTTT

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Tugboats and dredgers were toiling to release the wedged container vessel, which is obstructing the crucial artery of global trade like “a very heavy beached whale,” one expert said. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2PwN4oY via IFTTT

Wednesday’s games wrap up the first two rounds of the N.C.A.A. women’s tournament. Oregon fought past Georgia, while Maryland made a case as a top contender with a blowout win. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3d6m9rZ via IFTTT

It’s never easy to be the coach’s son. But for Jim and Buddy Boeheim of Syracuse, a strong relationship — and Buddy’s stellar play — is making things easier. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3rmafQ3 via IFTTT

Line by line, workers update this avatar for the N.C.A.A. men’s tournament. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/31kjXaO via IFTTT

As the Black Lives Matter movement advanced, the ice became a platform for athletes who are also artists. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/2QxQnwl via IFTTT

We look at five key facts about gun violence — and the politics of the issue. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2QEgLF2 via IFTTT

In the fourth attempt, neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his opponents have a clear path to power. An Islamist party has emerged as a possible kingmaker. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2NNOTNy via IFTTT

The company said its shot was 76 percent effective at preventing Covid-19, a hair lower than the number it announced earlier this week. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3spcd3a via IFTTT

Elie Kligman can do anything on a baseball field, but his strict observance of the Jewish sabbath complicates his future. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3lLJhA4 via IFTTT

In 2019, a fan traveled to the Swiss tennis star’s birthplace: ‘The fact that I was able to walk in Mr. Federer’s footsteps, and sit in a packed arena with 10,000 unmasked fans and watch him play feels like a dream to me now.’ from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/31nxBtH via IFTTT

Line by line, workers update this avatar for March Madness. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3fdAVQg via IFTTT

It’s never easy to be the coach’s son. But for Jim and Buddy Boeheim of Syracuse, a strong relationship — and Buddy’s stellar play — is making things easier. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3lMtXTQ via IFTTT

In 2019, a fan traveled to the Swiss tennis star’s birthplace: ‘The fact that I was able to walk in Mr. Federer’s footsteps, and sit in a packed arena with 10,000 unmasked fans and watch him play feels like a dream to me now.’ from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/31nxBtH via IFTTT

The British prime minister is riding high on a strong vaccine rollout, despite a bumpy departure from the European Union and earlier pandemic missteps. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3skgUva via IFTTT

‘He is now running out of legal runway,’ one law expert says, as the country’s highest court will decide whether the former president can be jailed for contempt. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3skvmU9 via IFTTT

Bureaucratic inertia, a diffusion of responsibility and logistical problems have seriously undercut vaccination efforts. In Italy, it’s the older population that bears the brunt. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2P2Tz2E via IFTTT

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Italy’s vaccine missteps. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3cjinwg via IFTTT

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Tim Peel, who had worked in the N.H.L. since 1999, was caught on a microphone during a game saying he had wanted to make a call against a team. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3fbM1Fr via IFTTT

The 40-year-old competed for France in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and at the Turin Games in 2006. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3fgvTmb via IFTTT

The 40-year-old competed for France in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and at the Turin Games in 2006. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3fgvTmb via IFTTT

The organizers of a new program are trying to recruit 12 companies to screen asymptomatic employees with rapid antigen tests on a routine basis. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3tPltxV via IFTTT

The abandonment of a plan for an extended spring holiday is the latest in a series of chaotic moves as Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government confronts a third wave of coronavirus cases. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3faICHa via IFTTT

The league is expected to approve a measure that will allow Daniel Snyder to buy total control of the team. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/397k8KY via IFTTT

Toronto’s Kyle Lowry, Houston’s Victor Oladipo and Lonzo Ball of the New Orleans Pelicans are popular figures as the league’s trade deadline approaches Thursday. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3sv71uA via IFTTT

The Bayern Munich star didn’t learn his own refugee story until his parents talked about it in a team video. He has come to embrace its power, and its effect on others. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3rcRcrj via IFTTT

The Miami Open is the lone significant North American tennis event before late summer, and a glimpse of what the sport might look like for the foreseeable future. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3f9u9el via IFTTT

The U.S. media is offering a different picture of Covid-19 from science journals or the international media, a study finds. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3tLUByX via IFTTT

The rally in Bristol, England, followed violent clashes on Sunday. The demonstrations are part of a broader movement against a proposed law that would bolster authorities’ power to disperse protests. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3ceNuJq via IFTTT

By Wednesday morning, more than 100 ships were stuck at each end of the canal, which carries roughly 10 percent of worldwide shipping traffic. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3d2lQhV via IFTTT

For the past four years, Alexey Molchanov has been the undisputed best all-around free diver in the world. He broke yet another world record last week, this time beneath an icy surface. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3rct9sx via IFTTT

A new study hints that excessive HIIT may harm your mitochondria, the energy generators found in every cell of your body. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3d2e9rZ via IFTTT

As the nation’s military kills, assaults and terrorizes unarmed civilians each day, some protesters say there is no choice but to fight the army on its own terms. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2OSUHpL via IFTTT

The Games’ organizers say they have a responsibility to hold the event and “build a legacy” for society. But money, national pride and political obduracy are also important drivers. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3tQqiHq via IFTTT

New satellite images obtained by The New York Times show that China has allowed tankers to use its infrastructure and territorial waters to deliver oil to North Korea. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2NLl6VJ via IFTTT

The Sri Lankan government tried to block the inquiry into abuses committed by both Tamil Tigers guerrillas and security forces during the 30-year war. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3f95gQ7 via IFTTT

Two reasons, really: To showcase the top teams and because there are no men’s games competing for attention, the N.C.A.A. said. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/399POiY via IFTTT

Claims that AstraZeneca cherry-picked data. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2P4lb7J via IFTTT

Two reasons, really: To showcase the top teams and because there are no men’s games competing for attention, the N.C.A.A said. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3reU6f1 via IFTTT

The Bangladesh authorities say that at least 15 people have died after a devastating fire ripped through the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, leaving hundreds injured and tens of thousands homeless once again. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3vSmPtC via IFTTT

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party took a lead in Israel’s fourth election in two years, but updated exit polls projected a stalemate that could extend Israel’s political deadlock. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3tNWNFZ via IFTTT

Another blow to AstraZeneca. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/31estZ3 via IFTTT

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The Russian president has posed for some new publicity stills amid the snowy Siberian landscape. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3lIxliD via IFTTT

The crosses painted on a Prague street highlight a stark death toll in the Czech Republic as the coronavirus sweeps across the region. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3d2LT8A via IFTTT

According to federal officials, an independent panel of medical experts said the promising results announced by the company on Monday may have relied on “outdated information.” from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3lJigxi via IFTTT

Biden has a plan to reshape the American economy. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3caMvd1 via IFTTT

The bomb-scarred building in a picture of children during the Spanish Civil War will be turned into a cultural center. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3tSA5Nf via IFTTT

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The number of virus deaths in the country has declined sharply, even as vaccines become more widely accessible. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/31cnWX3 via IFTTT

The city of Mumbai will conduct random tests in crowded places as India confronts a growing number of coronavirus cases. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/31bpK2k via IFTTT

The treatment sharply cut the risk of hospitalization and death in a large clinical trial, the drug maker announced. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3tOO4ng via IFTTT

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Restrictions will be extended until April 18 to stop a rise in coronavirus cases. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/318pt07 via IFTTT

Mass shooting at a Colorado grocery store. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3tL9Sjl via IFTTT

Britain’s policing and crime bill has set off a string of demonstrations in cities around the country. So what is the proposed legislation and why are people protesting against it? from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/395FDMn via IFTTT

In Britain and beyond, protesters on the left and right are rebelling against virus restrictions, drawing harsh police responses — and questions about the officers’ legitimacy. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3cXn79R via IFTTT

The Big Ten’s teams have faltered, the Pac-12’s have excelled and the upsets have been steady. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3tGmU1u via IFTTT

Four double-digit seeds reached the round of 16 in the men’s tournament. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3rcq63t via IFTTT

The Big Ten’s teams have faltered, the Pac-12’s have excelled and the upsets have been steady. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3vQhQJZ via IFTTT

The league’s recent agreement with ESPN grants the network media rights in Latin America, and some teams already regularly broadcast games on the radio in Spanish. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3fc92s9 via IFTTT

After days of unrelenting rain, major flooding in eastern Australia forced nearly 20,000 people to be evacuated and more than 150 schools to be closed. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3sf30KH via IFTTT

Gunmen on motorcycles struck in coordinated raids on villages on Sunday in southwestern Niger, a country being ravaged by Islamist violence. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3f7lc5o via IFTTT

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A scathing report found that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police mistreated and discriminated against the family of Colten Boushie in 2016 and mishandled parts of the investigation into his death. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2PjBehO via IFTTT