List of daily viral news

In a season of uncertainty, the Knicks gave fans, and opponents, one thing to count on: “They were coming to play,” one observer said. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3xWzpJf via IFTTT

Olympic organizers changed how boxers from the Americas would qualify for Tokyo because of the pandemic. Now one of the best Canadians is on the outside looking in. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/33rXQAp via IFTTT

A win over Washington put the Yankees over .500. For the Mets, Lindor and McNeil got back to baseball, leading the team to a win. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3vOqqbp via IFTTT

Scots voted to remain in the E.U., and they resent being dictated to by England. And they just plain don’t like Prime Minister Boris Johnson. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3tpLa7K via IFTTT

Strict measures in early April and rising vaccinations have helped lower the U.S. territory’s new daily cases by more than 60 percent over the past two weeks. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3nZQZaJ via IFTTT

Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski is the most complete, most ruthless, most polished striker of his generation. But what we see is only the finished product. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/2QW7DfB via IFTTT

The Scottish National Party appeared likely to fall short of an outright majority, though pro-independence parties were on track to retain control of Scotland’s Parliament. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3hfwKoa via IFTTT

An archaeological excavation south of Rome uncovered fossil remains of nine Neanderthals, along with the bones of hyenas, elephants and rhinoceroses. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3hctDxq via IFTTT

The popular cleric Moktada al-Sadr got a coronavirus vaccine, persuading many of his followers to do the same. Yet millions of Iraqis remain unconvinced. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3f1fbpj via IFTTT

Artifacts from the White War — a battle between Italian and Austro-Hungarian troops that took place in the forbidding heights of the Alps — are on their way to a museum. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3o0ogmj via IFTTT

A dried-up canal running from Ukraine into Russian-occupied Crimea is emerging as one of Europe’s main flash points. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3o0qEJy via IFTTT

Five states are poised to allow college athletes to profit from their fame starting on July 1, and the N.C.A.A.’s leader says the association is preparing to respond. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3h8r8fl via IFTTT

In his new role, the tennis champion and avowed chocolate lover, shares favorite places to hike, play tennis and eat in his home country. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/2SAM5Wd via IFTTT

Mourners in protective gear, or watching from home. Long waits at the cremation grounds. The trauma of loss has become both lonely and public. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3tvF3P2 via IFTTT

In his new role, the tennis champion and avowed chocolate lover, shares favorite places to hike, play tennis and eat in his home country. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2SAM5Wd via IFTTT

Beyond Álvarez’s bout on Saturday night with Billy Joe Saunders, it is not very clear where boxing is headed. Thank the sport’s usual gamesmanship. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3f332Qz via IFTTT

Sinopharm is the first Chinese shot to be classified as safe and effective by the World Health Organization, allowing the vaccine to be more widely distributed to poor and middle-income nations. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3nXp9vP via IFTTT

The Reds scored three runs in 9th to break 0-0 tie. The Mets won in extra innings and the Yankees got crushed. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3b6FFob via IFTTT

The Serum Institute vowed to protect the country from Covid-19 and inoculate the world’s poor, but India’s crisis has pushed it past its limits. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2RxF08g via IFTTT

Palestinians protested ahead of a decision that will come from the Israeli Supreme Court on whether to uphold the eviction of six families from a neighborhood in East Jerusalem in favor of Jewish settlers. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3uvo8xD via IFTTT

Although Canada is having its third wave, talk has resumed in the United States about what it will take to reopen the border between the two. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3vPlzGP via IFTTT

Real Madrid, Juventus and Barcelona are threatening to extract damages from their former partners in a doomed European Super League. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/2SCZM7b via IFTTT

Its regulator factored in concerns over very rare blood clots, the dwindling risk of severe infection and the availability of alternatives. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2SxERSS via IFTTT

The vaccine has been used under an emergency authorization since December. A decision by the Food and Drug Administration could take months. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2QTPAqo via IFTTT

The decision was criticized by Indigenous rights activists who say traditional taboos and customs around hunting make such laws unnecessary. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3uukGTN via IFTTT

When Vanessa Nakate, 24, was cropped out of a wire photo featuring her and four white activists, it drew attention that she now uses to expand her work in Uganda and beyond. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3uFnePj via IFTTT

Social and psychological forces are combining to make the sharing and believing of misinformation an endemic problem with no easy solution. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2SufSzH via IFTTT

When leaving the Dominican Republic, Ubaldo Jiménez promised his mother he’d get an education. Twenty years later, he graduated from college — with honors. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3xVEhyw via IFTTT

The vaccine has been used under an emergency authorization since December. A decision by the Food and Drug Administration could take months. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/33BuHD7 via IFTTT

With tensions rising, we explain the new relationship between Russia and the U.S. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3tlKxMs via IFTTT

When leaving the Dominican Republic, Ubaldo Jiménez promised his mother he’d get an education. Twenty years later, he graduated from college — with honors. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3enDLSa via IFTTT

Social and psychological forces are combining to make the sharing and believing of misinformation an endemic problem with no easy solution. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/33ky9ln via IFTTT

As airlines ramp up service, pilots who have been furloughed or laid off need to be retrained in everything from dealing with the control tower to ‘volcanic ash’ scenarios. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2PVXAXc via IFTTT

The expanded restrictions come 11 weeks before the scheduled start of Tokyo’s Summer Games, as a fourth wave of coronavirus infections continues. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2Rsc4hX via IFTTT

A giant wood moth, the heaviest of all known moths, appeared on the side of a school building in Queensland, Australia, enthralling students who are used to diverse wildlife. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2Szv7Yg via IFTTT

These outbreaks should be getting less significant as more Australians get vaccinated. But that has been a slow, ungainly process. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3tst0ly via IFTTT

But the U.S. lacked “evidence that the Kremlin directed this operation,” newly declassified information about the Russian team showed. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3vNt7tD via IFTTT

When the Rangers and the Capitals dropped their gloves to settle a score, the old-school spectacle was greeted with disgust, nostalgia and excitement. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/33oBtMm via IFTTT

America’s next phase of the pandemic. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3eosmBy via IFTTT

The Mets starter allowed just one hit in seven innings. In Cincinnati, Tony La Russa admitted a mistake. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3tsXaW1 via IFTTT

The ads are part of a promotional effort to combat Covid-19 vaccine skepticism. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2R0hS2j via IFTTT

The ads are part of a promotional effort to combat Covid-19 vaccine skepticism. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2Q1zCtO via IFTTT

The survey also found that only 9 percent of adult respondents who had not gotten the shot planned to do so, suggesting that the country is nearing the limit of people who want to get vaccinated. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2Rx3RsO via IFTTT

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A dispute over fishing rights ballooned into the countries sending ships to the island of Jersey in the English Channel. No, they’re not likely to go to war. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2R2BvGV via IFTTT

Eurovision acts are known for being one-hit wonders. Can this year’s contestants, most returnees from the canceled 2020 event, break the stereotype? from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2R1E9wL via IFTTT

The police distributed a magazine denouncing “rumors and lies,” and have warned news outlets against undermining national security. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3b5xHf5 via IFTTT

In a social media post about visa applications, the consular section in Beijing posed a question that some critics called racist. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2RsAXu2 via IFTTT

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Olympic officials announced deals to provide vaccine doses to visitors before they travel to Japan, the latest effort to ease the fears of a skeptical Japanese public. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/33iatxJ via IFTTT

Consular appointments for U.S. citizens overseas are nearly impossible to come by as many embassies, plagued by Covid restrictions and staff reductions, remain all but closed. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3hbR0at via IFTTT

Manchester City and Chelsea seal an all-Premier League final thanks in part to resources and rosters that no club, not even their biggest rivals, can match. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3b2ZXyD via IFTTT

We explain Facebook’s decision to extend Trump’s suspension — and why he may soon be back. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3up5WWm via IFTTT

The French president’s speech on the 200th anniversary of the emperor’s death combined a rebuke for a betrayal of the Enlightenment and recognition of his achievements. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3nPiP9E via IFTTT

After years working on American bases in Afghanistan and fearful of the Taliban, Afghans are heading to Turkey and Europe. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2PUHjSv via IFTTT

Consular appointments for U.S. citizens overseas are nearly impossible to come by as many embassies, plagued by Covid restrictions and staff reductions, remain all but closed. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3eWYiMq via IFTTT

Sixty years ago, a Times article described one girl’s wish to find a pen pal. A journalism class investigated how the story ended. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3upmei0 via IFTTT

A $230,000 statue is part of an effort to revive tourism in the fishing town of Noto. Critics call it a waste of money as Japan struggles to contain a new outbreak. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3eUr8gw via IFTTT

The head of the European Commission said the E.U. would consider proposals regarding waiving intellectual property rights following the Biden administration’s reversal of U.S. policy. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2RyizzC via IFTTT

In a short clip that circulated online, the journalist, Olivier Dubois, said he had been seized by a jihadist group linked to Al Qaeda and urged the French government to secure his release. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3b5q886 via IFTTT

If the pro-independence vote surges in Thursday’s elections for the Scottish Parliament, momentum for an another referendum on independence may become unstoppable. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3ekqmdx via IFTTT

The pandemic slowed worldwide drug testing to a crawl. The process has resumed, but the problems that led to poor testing ahead of the 2016 Games have not gone away. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3b1Jmve via IFTTT

A breakthrough announcement on vaccine patents. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2PUbVDF via IFTTT

“Now, every time he takes the ball, he is well aware — because he’s done it — that he could pitch a no-hitter,” said Jim Palmer, the last Orioles pitcher to throw one on his own. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3eVzZyu via IFTTT

A fifth straight win has the team on a hot streak. The Mets split a doubleheader with St. Louis. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/33kECg8 via IFTTT

The United States is also urging its citizens to leave the country. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3h6PPsG via IFTTT

Colombians continued to protest on Wednesday for an eighth day in a row, demanding an end to inequality, corruption and the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3gZOGDg via IFTTT

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With 93 points and five games left, the Edmonton Oilers star is piling up goals and assists at a pace not seen since the days of Gretzky and Lemieux. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3h4JUo4 via IFTTT

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said that fully vaccinated people will be able to sit in areas of Yankee Stadium or Citi Field without social distancing, and that people who get a shot at a game will get a free ticket. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3b19XZd via IFTTT

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said that fully vaccinated people will be able to sit in areas of Yankee Stadium or Citi Field without social distancing, and that people who get a shot at a game will get a free ticket. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3b19XZd via IFTTT

Workers examined the site of the bridge collapse in Mexico City that sent a train plunging to the ground, killing at least 24 people and injuring dozens more. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2SvTHt1 via IFTTT

For the first time, researchers have identified the remains of a sailor from the doomed 1845 Franklin expedition of the fabled Northwest Passage. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3eZsAOq via IFTTT

The team still cannot return to Toronto, but on June 1 its home games will shift from Florida to a Class AAA park in Buffalo. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3xOU7Lf via IFTTT

A marker that was moved seven feet into French territory by a farmer in Belgium might have changed the countries’ border forever if not for a sharp-eyed group of friends. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2Ss4QuW via IFTTT

The massive cricket competition, being played in a bubble despite India’s outbreak, was half over when positive tests shut it down. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3uqgtke via IFTTT

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s foreign minister, is in London for meetings before a June summit of leaders from the world’s top industrial powers. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/33j3VPI via IFTTT

The German company CureVac hopes its RNA vaccine will rival those made by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech. It could be ready next month. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3vIbsn7 via IFTTT

Nepal’s government insists there is no coronavirus on expeditions to the world’s tallest peak. Climbers tell a different story. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3xQ6FBS via IFTTT

Japan’s attempt to hold an Olympics in a pandemic is a test of how much normalcy is possible — and safe. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3um0OSV via IFTTT

As coronavirus infections rise, Singapore is limiting events and quarantining travelers. It’s also on social media, ordering corrections and posting amusing content. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3eS5xVX via IFTTT

On the occasion of baseball’s oldest living Hall of Famer turning 90, a reflection on the conditioning that powered his greatness. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/33gb3w3 via IFTTT

The world beckons, especially for those who have been vaccinated, but would-be travelers face a difficult moment when travel possibilities are at odds with the facts of a still reeling world. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3nQ7I0f via IFTTT

An unequal global recovery. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3vIBKpn via IFTTT

Despite early vows, the developed world has done little to promote global vaccination, in what analysts call both a moral and epidemiological failure. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3eSFo9h via IFTTT

President Emmanuel Macron will lay a wreath on the emperor’s tomb on the 200th anniversary of his death, stepping into a national debate over the legacy of Napoleon. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/33dnoRx via IFTTT

Though stars like LeBron James and Luka Doncic have complained about the pre-playoff hurdle, the stress of the play-in matters less than injuries and the compressed season. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3elLOPs via IFTTT

Lee Tae-kyung has campaigned tirelessly in South Korea to share the story of the 93,000 people who migrated from Japan to North Korea from 1959 to 1984 and were forced to stay. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2PNC7zA via IFTTT

The Capitals forward was fined $5,000 a day after he punched the Rangers’ Pavel Buchnevich in the head and tossed a helmetless Artemi Panarin to the ice. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3b1ubCr via IFTTT

A raucous home crowd helped power an easy win. The Mets, meanwhile, are dealing with an injury to Jacob deGrom. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3uom1vp via IFTTT

The suspect is accused of sending menacing letters to well-known progressives, including a lawyer, a politician and a comedian. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3eh03oD via IFTTT

An official social media post contrasting Beijing’s successes with its neighbor’s coronavirus woes drew a backlash from some, who called it callous. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3tjRhdH via IFTTT

The company said its vaccine generated $3.5 billion in revenue in the first three months of this year. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3tiWEdd via IFTTT

The Indian Premier League suspended its season after several teams reported infections. It had drawn intense criticism for going ahead with games in hard-hit cities. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3ujYpYL via IFTTT

President Biden’s tax plan would leave rates on the wealthy lower than they were in the 1990s. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3gYFfDU via IFTTT

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In the wake of a seismic scandal, Chellsie Memmel and other gymnasts are done with inhumane coaching — and the idea that they have to peak in their teens. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3eeDIYA via IFTTT

The assignment for a China correspondent: Report on a live sporting event for the first time. In a sport she barely knows. With less than 48 hours to prepare. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3ujB35t via IFTTT

Some parents are opting to try, once again, the dangerous trek north to rejoin the children who were kept in the U.S. by the Trump administration. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3nMYCkF via IFTTT

In easing its restrictions, the country, largely dependent on tourist dollars, has jumped ahead of a broader European Union plan to welcome visitors from outside the bloc. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3xIe3iN via IFTTT

The assignment for a China correspondent: Report on a live sporting event for the first time. In a sport she barely knows. With less than 48 hours to prepare. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3ujB35t via IFTTT

This story, split between Guatemala and Florida, offers a firsthand look at the continuing trauma of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” separation policy, and how the delay in reuniting families has encouraged people to make a desperate trek back to the U.S. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3tbZwbP via IFTTT

The derailment occurred at a station in the city’s southeast, the authorities said. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2QVq9o2 via IFTTT

India’s Covid crisis. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2QVoa34 via IFTTT

A Catalan separatist leader, Jordi Cuixart, is serving a nine-year prison sentence for supporting a failed independence bid in his Spanish region. His supporters say he should not be in prison at all. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3ePqyQV via IFTTT

Investigators in a small southern Italian city say they discovered a criminal network that expanded all the way to a cafe at the judicial building. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3tgRJtc via IFTTT

Our streaming picks for May, including ‘Puberty Blues,’ ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race: Down Under’ and ‘The Underground Railroad’ from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3hcDjrR via IFTTT

Eric Collins, the TV play-by-play announcer for the Charlotte Hornets, has gained new fans this season with his high-energy broadcasts showcasing the rookie LaMelo Ball. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/2QK8eRu via IFTTT

After the loss, the Mets announced the firing of their hitting coaches. The Ball Hall of Fame, meanwhile, announced Roberto Alomar had resigned from its board. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3nSdH4M via IFTTT

President Biden and drugmakers are facing demands from liberal activists and global leaders to suspend intellectual property rights on the vaccines as the pandemic surges. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3uh8W78 via IFTTT

The U.S. vaccination campaign will soon expand to millions more people, but public health experts say the move raises complicated questions about supply and access. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3h0sA3A via IFTTT

History suggests Trout may struggle to win the batting title, let alone hit .400, but baseball’s best player has shifted into a higher gear. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3tiEWX4 via IFTTT

At least 10 people die, and possibly as many as 24, in their beds after a hospital ran out of an increasingly precious resource here: medical oxygen. It was the latest in a growing series of such accidents. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3ufYXPf via IFTTT

The demonstrations have morphed into a national outcry over rising poverty, unemployment and inequality. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3eTOGSq via IFTTT

Unser, who was afraid of heights, also captured the Pikes Peak climb race an unmatched 13 times. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3xHXd3E via IFTTT

On Sunday, the United States delivered the third of six aid shipments to New Delhi, including 1,000 oxygen cylinders. Britain donated more than 400 oxygen concentrators, and France sent eight oxygen generators, each of which can serve 250 hospitalized patients. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2SmG9jw via IFTTT