List of daily viral news

Last week Nassib, 28, became the first openly gay player to compete in an N.F.L. game. Teammates, the news media and observers casually noted the feat, then cheered his game-changing play. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/2ZbfcTj via IFTTT

Six prisoners had tunneled out of a maximum-security facility on Sept. 6, in an embarrassment for Israel. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2VRNQ3c via IFTTT

The restoration effort is seeking to meet President Emmanuel Macron’s ambitious plan to reopen the cathedral five years after it was ravaged by a fire — just in time for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3CkEMn0 via IFTTT

It is unclear how the animals were infected. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3hKQwrb via IFTTT

“Our state literally shrunk in 2020,” said Dr. Scott Harris, the state’s health officer. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3EzlBbg via IFTTT

A Davis Cup tie between South Africa and Venezuela is being held in front of a small group of fans at the West Side Tennis Club — the first Davis Cup action at the club since 1959. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3zk4oOT via IFTTT

Some, however, wondered why the cutoff age is 65, and not 60. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2XpfTYe via IFTTT

The British government played an early role in brokering the alliance with the U.S. and Australia to deploy nuclear-powered submarines in the Pacific, officials in London and Washington said. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3zjXnO3 via IFTTT

Militia violence has driven antigovernment protesters underground and shaken Karbala, a city of gold-domed Shiite shrines. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3khhCYx via IFTTT

A snap election that was supposed to be a show of strength has instead allowed opponents to highlight the prime minister’s weak points. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3zr9TLH via IFTTT

Afghans expressed a familiar anger at the Pentagon’s admission that an attack killing 10 civilians was a mistake, one of many such errors during the 20-year war. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2Zb8OLR via IFTTT

Jose Abreu is known for picking up checks, crowding the plate and driving in runs — a lot of runs. He is quiet in the news media, but his teammates have plenty to say about him. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3Am9HP7 via IFTTT

As rumors and misinformation about coronavirus vaccines gradually subside and the West African country emerges from a third wave, Senegalese are less reluctant to take a shot. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/39gi8Qf via IFTTT

New audio shows made in Cuba are finding a rapt audience and upending the island’s hyperpartisan media landscape. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3Cut6yl via IFTTT

Overblown fears that the coronavirus could be transmitted through surfaces have created a stigma around handling nonhazardous trash, experts say. Some recyclable waste has been junked or burned. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3hN3yEv via IFTTT

Israeli agents had wanted to kill Iran’s top nuclear scientist for years. Then they came up with a way to do it with no operatives present. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3kipfOw via IFTTT

Championed by doctors and conservative radio hosts alike, monoclonal antibodies for Covid are in high demand — even from those who don’t want a vaccine. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3kretWp via IFTTT

Mr. Bouteflika, ousted from the presidency in 2019 after 20 years in office, joined the country’s fight for independence in the 1950s and helped lead the nation out of a brutal civil war in the 1990s. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3AsvRj6 via IFTTT

The discovery of over 1,000 remains in unmarked graves at former residential schools started a dialogue that hardly surfaced in the campaign. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3hG5Ghu via IFTTT

The French foreign minister said the decision was made by President Emmanuel Macron. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3zkjsfB via IFTTT

The government announced plans to allow shops to sell produce in pounds and ounces, rather than using the metric system, as part of an effort to “capitalize on new Brexit freedoms.” from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3kj3ZrN via IFTTT

After early setbacks, the country’s inoculation push has gained momentum. It now counts more than 784 million shots administered. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3EmUHmN via IFTTT

The Camp Nou’s reaction to a humbling defeat in the Champions League was a measure of how far and how fast a mighty team has fallen. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3ziXucT via IFTTT

Racing to beat NASA, an actress and a film director will blast off next month for the International Space Station, where they will film “The Challenge.” from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3CpqhP3 via IFTTT

Washington won a thriller on a last-second field goal, sending Daniel Jones and the Giants to another 0-2 start. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3CmKrcs via IFTTT

In an executive order, President Biden targeted all sides of the widening conflict in Africa’s second most populous country, demanding an end to fighting and safe passage for aid. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2XtPYiC via IFTTT

A trademark dispute with an Irish company has prevented the singer’s new line of Irish cream liqueur from reaching customers in Ireland or the rest of the European Union. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2Z6CWbb via IFTTT

The deletions were the most high-profile instance of internet censorship under the national security law. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3kihkRd via IFTTT

New South Wales will allow some returning international travelers to quarantine at home starting at the end of the month. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3AeQC1r via IFTTT

‘I just think that’s what being a New Yorker is all about, being hungry for more,’ said Noah Syndergaard, an avid reader. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3lstxCe via IFTTT

Capitol Hill is bracing for another pro-Trump rally. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3tPHspy via IFTTT

The app, from the Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, vanished from online stores as polls opened in the parliamentary election it was designed to sway. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2YWBp7m via IFTTT

New South Wales will allow some returning international travelers to quarantine at home starting at the end of the month. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3tLU15z via IFTTT

The Somerset Patriots lost cars and equipment to Hurricane Ida’s aftermath — and had fish swimming in the on-deck circle — but the Yankees affiliate returned home a week later. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3ChV0xe via IFTTT

The former defense secretary now leads a committee that could remake college sports — or, as often happens with the N.C.A.A., that has little to show after many meetings. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3tNJab3 via IFTTT

“They look like an AT&T wiring diagram,” said the former defense secretary, who now leads a committee that is rewriting the N.C.A.A.’s constitution. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3CjxArl via IFTTT

The arrest of Jacob Zuma set off days of violent unrest and exposed deep rifts in his party, the African National Congress. But some hailed it as a victory for democracy. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3nHJyXC via IFTTT

Chancellor Angela Merkel steered Europe through crises, and Germany has boomed during her tenure. But she has ducked changes needed to ensure the success lasts, analysts say. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3zm7hPg via IFTTT

The Russian authorities have used a variety of deceitful tactics to try to manufacture a big victory in parliamentary elections this weekend. Here’s how they do it. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3EsLoli via IFTTT

Marvel’s first Asian superhero movie has yet to be released in the mainland amid fierce debate over its back story and star. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3CjEuwH via IFTTT

The lockdown isn’t over. But at least we can gather on the grass. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3nKdt1o via IFTTT

Tensions over a U.S.-Australia submarine deal. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3hIqvIS via IFTTT

In a country where food is scarce and the land can shake underfoot at any moment, political infighting is just one crisis among many. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3EtdWuG via IFTTT

In a country where food is scarce and the land can shake underfoot at any moment, political infighting is just one crisis among many. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2XAGNg5 via IFTTT

The new mandate that workers be able to show proof of vaccination, immunity or a recent negative test by mid-October is one of the most sweeping in Europe. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/399vaPA via IFTTT

Nona Gaprindashvili, a history-making chess champion, sued Netflix after a line in the series mentioned her by name and said she had “never faced men.” She had, often. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3EnY4cW via IFTTT

Less than three years ago, Australia’s leader said his country need not choose between the U.S. and China. A nuclear submarine deal shows that much has changed since then. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3ElFUbZ via IFTTT

Only 2 percent of doses administered globally so far have been given in Africa, where one-sixth of the world’s people live, according to the W.H.O. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3loqOty via IFTTT

French officials accused President Biden of acting like his predecessor, saying they were stabbed in the back and not consulted. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3nFicBG via IFTTT

The victims had ventured into the waves at various beaches despite high seas stirred up by strong winds that formed perilous underwater swells. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2XplMEU via IFTTT

Distressed by soaring salaries, he sold the team a year after they beat Kansas City in the 1980 World Series. “We hoped common sense would prevail,’’ he said. “But it didn’t.” from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3Cl14oW via IFTTT

The country stepped closer to its goal of inoculating 80 percent of its population of 1.4 billion by the end of the year. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3nJlPGN via IFTTT

Frustrated by not feeling like he was his team’s focus, and slowed by illness and injury, Siakam believes his future is in Toronto. And that the future is bright. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3nEDleY via IFTTT

Many who left the country in August are waiting for medical and security screenings and flights from overseas that were halted by measles. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3Egu5Ui via IFTTT

Still an ace at 40, Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals is having his best season in years. His secret? “It starts with a game of catch.” from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/2Z2anvw via IFTTT

Nicholas continues dumping rain on the South. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3lANsz8 via IFTTT

Daniel Jones and the Giants head to Washington; Josh Allen and the Bills try to bounce back in Miami; and Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs aim to maintain a winning streak against Baltimore. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3EgemVg via IFTTT

The country stepped closer to its goal of inoculating 80 percent of its population of 1.4 billion by the end of the year. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3tL40rw via IFTTT

Both countries took steps aimed at improving Egypt’s poor human rights record, but rights advocates found them short of the mark. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3hFtIZI via IFTTT

Many who left the country in August are waiting for medical and security screenings and flights from overseas that were halted by measles. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3zfx7V6 via IFTTT

The International Criminal Court will investigate the killings of thousands under President Rodrigo Duterte. His lawyer says it has no authority to do so. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3ltnJIP via IFTTT

A new defense pact challenges China. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3nCKAEn via IFTTT

Ahmad Massoud, a leading figure in the resistance to Taliban rule, hired a lobbyist to seek military and financial support in the United States. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3ka3cJH via IFTTT

Ahmad Massoud, a leading figure in the resistance to Taliban rule, hired a lobbyist to seek military and financial support in the United States. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3nBOcq1 via IFTTT

Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahraoui’s group claimed responsibility for an attack that killed four U.S. soldiers in Niger. President Emmanuel Macron also blamed the group for killing French charity workers. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3zeeuRE via IFTTT

President Jair Bolsonaro had issued rules forbidding social networks from removing many posts that the sites considered misinformation. On Tuesday, Brazil’s Senate and top court killed the policy. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2XousLt via IFTTT

Officials pointed to the coronavirus pandemic’s effects on young people in the Americas as especially worrisome. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3llZagA via IFTTT

Five of the opposition leader’s exiled allies are engineering an election campaign that they hope will put dozens of Kremlin opponents into Parliament. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3hBKKYF via IFTTT

Claims that the minister in charge of prison affairs had barged into jail while drunk and forced Tamil inmates to kneel at gunpoint come amid U.N. discussions on the country’s human rights record. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3nFQ1SX via IFTTT

His mammoth Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul symbolized the explosive growth of the religion in the once war-torn country. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3CulLPl via IFTTT

The British High Court will serve papers on the prince if necessary, allowing Virginia Giuffre’s suit, filed in New York, to proceed. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3lq5jsd via IFTTT

Graphic images of the animals raised ire among activists, and some locals said the killings undermined the work of whale hunters who follow a centuries-old tradition that helps feed local people. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2VMcYbG via IFTTT

“What must the pastor do?” Francis said when a reporter asked him about the subject. “Be a pastor, don’t go condemning.” from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3nAECDP via IFTTT

In an annual speech on the state of the bloc, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, praised its coronavirus response but warned against a “pandemic of the unvaccinated.” from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3Cikb2y via IFTTT

The Covid vaccine joins a list of others that applicants must have, including inoculations against measles, mumps, rubella, polio, and hepatitis A and B, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3nBw0gc via IFTTT

Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney and Maggie Nichols will testify at a Senate Judiciary Committee review of the Lawrence J. Nassar sexual abuse investigation. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3Eofg2i via IFTTT

N.F.L. teams are in an ever-escalating arms race to generate maximum pressure on opposing quarterbacks. The Steelers pass rusher T.J. Watt and other QB maulers benefit from the demand. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3tVHLj3 via IFTTT

Erin O’Toole, the Conservative Party leader, has brought his party into a statistical tie in polls with the Liberals. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3EhEOhj via IFTTT

Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney and Maggie Nichols will testify at a Judiciary Committee review of the Lawrence J. Nassar sexual abuse investigation. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3keMWY6 via IFTTT

A reshuffle would give Mr. Johnson the chance to reshape the top echelons of his government at a time when his popularity appears to be waning. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3Cfpa4o via IFTTT

His Brewers could win 100 games and his players can’t believe he’s never won the Manager of the Year Award. That he’s doing it at home in Milwaukee is icing on the cake. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3zb7DIE via IFTTT

California voters rejected the attempt to remove Gov. Gavin Newsom from office. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3EhYsd9 via IFTTT

Since the Taliban takeover, much of Afghanistan’s countryside has seen a big drop in violence after 20 years of fighting. “It has been a long time now since a bullet hit our homes.” from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3nAxxU4 via IFTTT

Persecution in a remote Indian province spawned Modi’s new draconian citizenship law. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3kd5oAa via IFTTT

Ursula von der Leyen, president of the E.U.’s executive arm, also said the bloc would donate 200 million additional vaccine doses to middle- and low-income countries by mid-2022. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3hymCGG via IFTTT

N.F.L. teams are in an ever-escalating arms race to generate maximum pressure on opposing quarterbacks. The Steelers pass rusher T.J. Watt and other QB maulers benefit from the demand. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3Ci08S9 via IFTTT

Vaccine booster shots in the U.K. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3lrF3h3 via IFTTT

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a plan to offer those age 50 and older a booster vaccine shot, as part of a winter strategy to prevent a new surge in coronavirus cases and to avoid another lockdown in the country. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/39e4m0l via IFTTT

The British man was arrested by armed Dutch police at the request of the Italian authorities, who believed him to be a fugitive Sicilian mobster. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3lluNHn via IFTTT

The country’s chief prosecutor wants Ariel Henry, the acting prime minister, to answer questions about the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse this summer. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2XbIWyl via IFTTT

Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is having a season for the ages, but he’ll have a hard time catching Shohei Ohtani. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3tGTemi via IFTTT

Global warming and the future of the country’s oil and gas industry dominated the election campaign, yet smaller parties with ambitious approaches on climate fared less well than expected. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3tDdyVy via IFTTT

This year’s shortlist includes novels by Nadifa Mohamed, Patricia Lockwood, Damon Galgut and Anuk Arudpragasam. A winner will be named in November. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3CcMaRi via IFTTT

Officials said additional vaccine doses would start being offered next week. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3C9gw7k via IFTTT

Sheriff Tiraspol, a team from Moldova (sort of), has made the Champions League. But whether the club’s story is wonderful or worrying depends on the light. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3lsbKeB via IFTTT

The army has escalated attacks on militias that oppose its rule, driving thousands of people into the hills. A shadow government has called for a nationwide uprising. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3Cf75n1 via IFTTT

The shock of the pandemic is being channeled into artistic creations that offer global range and historical insight. It’s something to look forward to. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3EqMhuL via IFTTT

CNews, the creation of the billionaire Vincent Bolloré, has become France’s No. 1 news network by giving a new bullhorn for right-wing views on crime, immigration, climate and Covid. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3hvW3Sc via IFTTT

A wild Monday night victory gives Las Vegas a victory, and leaves Baltimore wondering about one that got away. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3EfnY2G via IFTTT

The island nation, the first to vaccinate children so young against the coronavirus, is using domestically made vaccines whose trial data have not been peer-reviewed. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3CaeqEh via IFTTT

If the Democrats pass a sweeping piece of legislation, will Americans notice? from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3A65WNM via IFTTT

After coming out as a transgender woman more than two years ago, Vica Steel never dreamed of forging a path to church leadership. Until now. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3kff79n via IFTTT

Officials are intent on avoiding another lockdown, but worry that a return to in-person schooling and worsening weather could drive up infections again. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3C9SSrs via IFTTT

A growing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3z6gtHr via IFTTT

The closure is spawning a backlash in a country where many people do not have access to a computer or the internet at home. Most schools in the United States and Britain have resumed in-person instruction. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2YOLpiZ via IFTTT

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After the Trojans lost to Stanford as 17-point favorites, they moved on from Helton, who had two years left on his contract. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3liVdJS via IFTTT

At least two Republicans demanded the resignation of Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken as he defended the U.S. withdrawal and sought to shift some blame for the chaos to the Trump administration. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3k46BtE via IFTTT

Edging close to a bomb’s worth of fuel is seen as a tactic to pressure the Biden administration into agreeing to a quick renewal of the 2015 nuclear deal. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2XmYWxN via IFTTT

Delays, disappointments, false starts and abrupt reversals marked the 18 months of pandemic disruptions for students, teachers, parents and others in the nation’s largest school system. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3hNwlsP via IFTTT

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The wheelchair tennis stars Diede de Groot and Dylan Alcott each added a fourth major championship to the Paralympic titles they won this year. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/2XkoR9w via IFTTT

The grandfather of a 6-year-old boy who survived an accident that killed his parents in May is under investigation after taking him to Israel. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3lmQbvE via IFTTT

The Mets shortstop homered three times in Sunday’s win but tempers flared after he implied the Yankees were cheating. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3tGdi8f via IFTTT

Some vaccinated women and girls have reported changes in their menstrual cycles, although no formal studies have yet examined the issue. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3lilJ62 via IFTTT

A guide to whether Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients should get a booster shot — and how they might do so. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3k8GBxj via IFTTT

After a sluggish start, Australia’s inoculation campaign is gathering speed amid an outbreak of the Delta variant. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/38Z6mK5 via IFTTT