List of daily viral news

A mix of unemployed veterans and minor league prospects propelled the United States to a 4-0 record in the Americas Qualifier. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3x1K1Fs via IFTTT

Here’s what to keep an eye on as the undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes on the social media star Logan Paul in an exhibition in Florida. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3gsAxN9 via IFTTT

The golfer broke down in tears when he was told that he had tested positive. He had just finished the third round with a six-shot lead. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/2SXxUL0 via IFTTT

Kiké Hernandez was hitless in 27 straight at-bats before putting Boston ahead in the eighth as the Red Sox came back to win — again. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3v4LkSZ via IFTTT

Still, he expressed doubt about his ability to play his fourth-round match Monday against Matteo Berrettini. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/2SW4IE9 via IFTTT

Jennifer Brady, unable to play through pain caused by plantar fasciitis, had to retire from the third-round match after just one set and 19 minutes. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3wZHZFT via IFTTT

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Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Serena Williams lead the charge as the round of 16 begins at Roland Garros. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3clr6h4 via IFTTT

Officials from the Group of 7 countries agreed on Saturday to back a new global tax rate of at least 15 percent, which companies would have to pay regardless of where their headquarters are based. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3poFdHD via IFTTT

The bout won’t have an official decision since it’s an exhibition. It might have a knockout. It is certain to deliver an oversized share of frivolity. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3uTnFol via IFTTT

For the next two decades, the scenic city and tourist magnet is going to look more like one gigantic construction site. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3wWHT1O via IFTTT

New York Times photographers bring you scenes from the final race of the Triple Crown schedule. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3ppKlLV via IFTTT

Burkina Faso’s government said that about 100 people were killed by armed assailants in the north of the country Friday night, in one the deadliest attacks in year. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3g9dw1r via IFTTT

Paul Rusesabagina told his family that prison officials informed him that they would cut access to food, water and medicine from Saturday, raising concerns about his health. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3iksLaE via IFTTT

Burkina Faso’s government said that about 100 people were killed in the attack by armed assailants in the north of the country Friday night. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3fYLhnr via IFTTT

The popular social media site had removed a post by President Muhammadu Buhari threatening secessionists in the southeast of the country. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2T4PVas via IFTTT

Because benevolent bots are suckers. Plus, racism in medical journals, the sperm-count “crisis” and more in the Friday edition of the Science Times newsletter. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2T0Kglw via IFTTT

Legislation labeling discrimination “unacceptable” has been blocked by conservative lawmakers, showing how far the country has to go to fulfill the goal of equality enshrined in the Olympic charter. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3fT81oP via IFTTT

Users outside China said the site had failed to call up videos and images of the iconic figure from the 1989 crackdown. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3vWmzt9 via IFTTT

Thailand went for months without a single confirmed case of local transmission, but the epidemic has now radiated from nightclubs to areas where social distancing is all but impossible. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2SYIi5l via IFTTT

While America has essentially lifted all rules for those who are vaccinated, the emergence of a new variant is leading Britain and the E.U. to move with more caution. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3cgbKdG via IFTTT

The post time for the race is 6:49 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday. A Triple Crown will not be at stake. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3pp6RUQ via IFTTT

Voting on Sunday may hint at how strong the Alternative for Germany party is in the east, and what that means for national elections in September. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3pnd1F6 via IFTTT

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At the Memorial Tournament, where Koepka is not even playing, fan chants of “Brooks!” and Brooks-y!” followed DeChambeau as well as Jordan Spieth, who was playing in the same group. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3uRQ521 via IFTTT

Megha Ganne seemed at ease as she moved to the top of the leaderboard during her second round at the Olympic Club. She held a share of first place after the early wave of competitors finished. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3vWe55j via IFTTT

At the French Open, the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion defeated her fellow American Danielle Collins, 6-4, 6-4, in her most convincing performance of the week. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3pqmOKO via IFTTT

An international gathering of Indigenous musicians has revised its program in the aftermath of the grim discovery at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3prslR5 via IFTTT

Roman Protasevich, an activist who was detained when his commercial flight was diverted to Belarus, appeared in a video that aired on state television confessing to organizing illegal rallies. His family says the comments were made under duress. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/34JSwJr via IFTTT

Daily coronavirus tests. Hotel confinement. A lot of Nintendo time. The experience of Australia’s softball team is a preview of a Games like no other. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3uLo8sJ via IFTTT

At 36, with his team’s future in doubt, James faces basketball mortality. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/34JYYzY via IFTTT

In a letter to Pope Francis, Cardinal Reinhard Marx said he saw his resignation as an opportunity to take responsibility for the abuses of past decades. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3fN8wk7 via IFTTT

Italy has 10 players in the top 100, the most ever, and two 19-year-olds who look like major stars in the making. Just don’t ask them what’s going on. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3goFN4n via IFTTT

The Rays had not had a complete game in more than five years. The Mets lost to San Diego and Bob Brenly is taking a leave of absence. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3pryJI7 via IFTTT

A Google fact box singled out Kannada, a language spoken in the country’s south. The faux pas highlights the algorithm’s fallibility. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2Rmqlgx via IFTTT

We look at the differences between men’s and women’s college sports. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3vRwYXb via IFTTT

Iran and four other countries were disqualified from voting in the General Assembly because they haven’t paid dues for two years. Iran blamed sanctions imposed by the Trump administration. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2SZSdrm via IFTTT

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel failed to win a majority in the past three elections — but still held onto power. The ground has shifted. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3fOA08Z via IFTTT

An Arab party’s decision to join a right-leaning Israeli government would be an important, if uncertain, step toward inclusion rather than perpetual opposition. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3uPuTd4 via IFTTT

Reports of a decline in male fertility rely on flawed assumptions, a new study contends. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3x9Y5gv via IFTTT

How fear, neglect and Covid-19 tore apart a single New Delhi neighborhood. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2TI84uU via IFTTT

The National Archives’ funding crisis has sparked a discussion about whether we undervalue our country’s history. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3cg8oYj via IFTTT

The Los Angeles Lakers, the defending N.B.A. champions led by LeBron James, struggled with injuries all season. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/2Sbrmsb via IFTTT

Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert weighed in on the contenders for the 153rd Belmont Stakes on Saturday. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/34OCRs6 via IFTTT

Italy’s uneven vaccine coverage. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3uTQVey via IFTTT

The Tampa Bay Rays had not had a pitcher complete his start in more than five years. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3cjwMIi via IFTTT

The social network, under pressure since barring former President Donald J. Trump, will no longer automatically give world leaders special treatment. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3ieNcWa via IFTTT

Just eight of the top 16 women’s seeds at Roland Garros remained after Barty withdrew during the second round because of an injury, but the defending champion, Iga Swiatek, has looked very strong. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3uQFcNZ via IFTTT

The new order includes firms engaged in making and deploying the surveillance technology used against Muslim minorities and dissidents around the globe. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3uIXUHe via IFTTT

Nelly, the top-ranked American at No. 4, went off course after three bogeys, as No. 11 Jessica carded a one-over-par 72. Britain’s Mel Reid leads the field at four under. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3uM8wVH via IFTTT

Latin America, South and Southeast Asia and Africa will be among the recipients of an initial 25 million excess doses that the Biden administration is sharing this month. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3vLzaiO via IFTTT

Brazil has lost 207,000 people to Covid-19 in the past three months alone, but President Jair Bolsonaro decided to host the Copa América, arguing, “We have to live.” from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3pm6eM4 via IFTTT

The airline, which plans to buy planes from Boom Supersonic, a start-up, could become the first to offer ultrafast commercial flights since the Concorde stopped flying in 2003. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2RghDAe via IFTTT

Even accounting for virus-related stints, trips to the injured list are up as the sport lags behind others in injury prevention. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/2RiyFxH via IFTTT

Barty, the world’s No. 1 tennis player, had to leave the court for medical treatment during her second-round match. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3vJfo7A via IFTTT

11 cities, 24 teams and hundreds of headaches: The European soccer championship is here after a year’s delay. Here’s what you need to know. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3ceP65m via IFTTT

The airline, which plans to buy planes from Boom Supersonic, a start-up, could become the first to offer ultrafast commercial flights since the Concorde stopped flying in 2003. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3pgIqJf via IFTTT

Why the Israeli right and left are teaming up to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3uHCzOd via IFTTT

Some relatives of the 21 runners who died in an ultramarathon last month are quietly asking whether their loved ones could have been saved. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3yXEBxc via IFTTT

Behind closed doors, shipbuilders and miners can speak on behalf of governments while regulating an industry that pollutes as much as all of America’s coal plants. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3g5bu2h via IFTTT

Some relatives of the 21 runners who died in an ultramarathon last month are quietly asking whether their loved ones could have been saved. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3yXEBxc via IFTTT

The departures were the latest sign of opposition among the Japanese public to hosting the Games during the pandemic. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/34Jhtog via IFTTT

The social network wrongly bowed to government demands to take down content in the countries, employees said, in more signs of internal dissent. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3g9bVbI via IFTTT

The Boston Celtics tried in their first-round series but were too depleted to compete. The Nets’ next opponent, the Milwaukee Bucks, may have a better shot. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3yY8ugR via IFTTT

A golf phenom since she was 10, Michelle Wie West was ready to focus on motherhood. Rudy Giuliani’s vulgar remarks convinced her to keep fighting and playing. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3cbOJsc via IFTTT

Israelis reacted with happiness and frustration to news that opposition parties had agreed to form a coalition government that would end Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year tenure as prime minister. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3pgzEeq via IFTTT

A coalition of Netanyahu’s foes. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3z0kz5h via IFTTT

Julius Randle had 23 points for the Knicks, but it wasn’t enough. The Hawks’ star guard Trae Young dominated again down the stretch. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3pg5FmH via IFTTT

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving leader, is on the verge of losing power as his opponents strike a deal that would replace him with an ultranationalist, Naftali Bennett. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3z07rx1 via IFTTT

Black players’ dementia claims were being measured differently from white players’. The change could prompt a reassessment of hundreds of previously denied cases. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3uUmoNX via IFTTT

Both players are 39 years old, and both are rounding into form as they eye another Grand Slam, whether on Paris’s clay or Wimbledon’s grass. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3z0YOlB via IFTTT

The Sabres missed the playoffs for the 10th consecutive season and had the best odds for the No. 1 pick. Owen Power, from the University of Michigan, is most widely projected to be taken first. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3z11nUL via IFTTT

The funds were pledged by wealthier countries, foundations and private companies during a virtual summit hosted by Japan and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3wSi1UW via IFTTT

An advisory body approved following up AstraZeneca shots with either Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2SRNrvM via IFTTT

A former chief of staff to the prime minister he may replace, he is considered by some to be more right-wing than his old boss. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3pfAsju via IFTTT

Londoners got a break from the hot temperatures in a new swimming pool that sits more than 10 stories above the ground, bridging two high-end residential buildings. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/34GPdTe via IFTTT

Mark Eaton and Rudy Gobert, paint protectors past and present for the Utah Jazz, had built a relationship of mutual admiration and respect. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3ceNk4p via IFTTT

The company said it would “buy America’s next round” once 70 percent of U.S. adults had received at least one dose of a vaccine. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3pezHY5 via IFTTT

The colt, trained by seven-time Derby winner Bob Baffert, stands to become the second horse in the history of the race to be disqualified for a failed test. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3uLMGBL via IFTTT

Scientists are working to assess the risk of a volcanic eruption after lava from Mount Nyiragongo forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3igiTyr via IFTTT

Technological advances, including DNA and tooth enamel analyses, allowed researchers to form new conclusions about capital punishment under Roman rule. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2Rh5Q4Q via IFTTT

Since emerging as an elite tennis player and Grand Slam tournament champion in 2018, Osaka has experienced success and anguish, both of which played out in public. It is “a lot to put on anyone’s plate.” from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/34G2FXm via IFTTT

We look at the effects of the C.D.C.’s new mask guidance on Covid cases and vaccinations. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3z4UIJx via IFTTT

Births at the island nation’s zoos are up 25 percent, a rare bright spot as Covid-19 ravages an economy closely tied to tourism. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3fGbI0U via IFTTT

The Southeast Asian nation has prided itself on successfully containing the coronavirus. But an outbreak at a church in Ho Chi Minh City and the emergence of a deadly new variant suggest its luck may be running out. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2SPYfKK via IFTTT

The World Health Organization said that such an infection was “a vivid reminder that the threat of an influenza pandemic is persistent.” from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3uDm31X via IFTTT

In parts of South America and Asia, lockdowns have resumed, coronavirus deaths are climbing and vaccinations are proceeding far more slowly than in the West. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/34GNGwh via IFTTT

To meet a jump in demand, the country’s bike-making industry is building new factories, hiring workers and dealing with parts shortages. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3ieGRKq via IFTTT

The Brooklyn Nets were built to be an unbeatable superteam of eccentric basketball superstars. Will they dominate the N.B.A. playoffs? from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3uJaiXM via IFTTT

Rod Brind’Amour, Carolina’s coach, and Joe Sakic, Colorado’s general manager, have guided their teams to the postseason. Others haven’t been so successful in their post-playing roles. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3c6FoCb via IFTTT

To meet a jump in demand, the country’s bike-making industry is building new factories, hiring workers and dealing with parts shortages. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3ieGRKq via IFTTT

Hotels not necessarily known for fine dining are drawing award-winning chefs seeking opportunities for reinvention. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/34Ejhij via IFTTT

Spanish officials say Morocco increasingly sees migrants as currency for financial and political gains after it let up to 12,000 flood into a Spanish enclave in North Africa over two days. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3uKmQ0O via IFTTT

Efforts to save the vessel, the biggest in the country’s naval fleet and described as a “training ship,” failed. The authorities offered no cause for the blaze. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3fH1sW8 via IFTTT

Our streaming picks for June, including ‘Sweet Tooth,’ ‘Good on Paper’ and ‘Eden' from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3paq78N via IFTTT

The Yankees outfielder saved the game with a catch in the eighth and won it with a homer in the 11th. The Blue Jays, meanwhile, resumed their residency in Buffalo. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3fHshcH via IFTTT

The E.U.’s new vaccine passports. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3uERXLj via IFTTT

The clearance means that the vaccine could be distributed as part of Covax, the global effort to share shots with hard-hit, undersupplied nations. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3csxqDJ via IFTTT

Opponents of President Jair Bolsonaro have mounted the largest protests since the beginning of the pandemic, suggesting new volatility before next year’s elections. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3z1IGk2 via IFTTT

The company’s application follows the move by Pfizer and BioNTech to seek full approval last month. The vaccines already have emergency use authorization in the United States. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3uEaCH9 via IFTTT

The European Union plans to roll them out to all member states by July 1, and to eventually make them available to travelers from outside the bloc. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2Tn0yFt via IFTTT

The rising toll comes as the country struggles with a difficult vaccine rollout, the presence of other deadly diseases and eruption of one of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3vEU1EB via IFTTT

The new rules explicitly criminalize sexual exploitation of adults by priests who abuse their authority and also apply to lay people with power in the church. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3fJxQYp via IFTTT

About 81 percent of Israel’s adult population has been fully vaccinated. People must still wear masks in closed, public spaces. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3g1BtaO via IFTTT

Gwen Peterson, who has Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is one of the many advocates who view the league’s new event as a chance to raise awareness and funding. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/34xZxwR via IFTTT

Four big cases and three questions. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3uCEXpG via IFTTT

Intense workplace competition, inadequate child care and widespread job discrimination against pregnant women have made childbearing an unappealing prospect for many. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3vH1faT via IFTTT

Looking for some names to root for? Start here. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3wKJVSC via IFTTT

Fifteen years ago, the Mavericks lost the N.B.A. finals after winning the first two games of the series. Now they have blown a 2-0 lead over the Clippers. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3wKJMi2 via IFTTT

Global shortages of many goods reflect the disruption of the pandemic combined with decades of companies limiting their inventories. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3p9oYya via IFTTT

Tour companies are reporting a resurgence in interest for trips to bucket-list destinations, where travelers can still see the sites without being jostled. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3i4i63C via IFTTT

As the Chinese government tries to increase the country’s falling birthrate, some millennials are striving for a lifestyle commonly known as “Double Income, No Kids.” from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3vEVr1z via IFTTT

The team will be confined to one floor of a hotel as it prepares for the Tokyo Games, which are scheduled to begin July 23 despite a coronavirus outbreak and growing public opposition. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3yTMmEc via IFTTT

The main players in the latest twist in Israeli politics have very different agendas, but one common goal: unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3yLNQAB via IFTTT

Britain will expedite the relocation of Afghan staff, largely interpreters, who worked for the country’s armed forces and are at increasing risk ahead of the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3i7rX8D via IFTTT

CeCe Telfer, the first openly transgender woman to win an N.C.A.A. title, is aiming to qualify for the U.S. Olympic trials in the 400-meter hurdles. Her biggest obstacle, for now, is a lack of training facilities. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3vKAeni via IFTTT

A new kind of pandemic grief. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3fWR77j via IFTTT

In Israel’s newspapers — as fractured as its electorate — the opinions on the possible fall of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were as emphatic as they were varied. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3p5mAZl via IFTTT