‘Culte’ Is a Fascinating Romp Through the Dawn of French Reality TV

By Margaret Lyons from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/7AF4SLH

Spain mourns as death toll passes 150 in catastrophic floods

At least 158 people have died in Spain's worst flooding disaster in decades as rescuers race to find victims.

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U.S. Military Says It Killed Up to 35 Islamic State Militants in Syria

By Eve Sampson from NYT World https://ift.tt/omd1DCM

When Yankees Fans Take the Game Into Their Own Hands. Literally.

By David Waldstein from NYT New York https://ift.tt/kdLJ1Uh

'Like a tsunami': Spaniards recount horror of deadly floods

Flash floods sparked by torrential rainfall have killed 95 people around Valencia, while dozens are still missing.

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What is Unrwa and why has Israel banned it?

The agency provides aid for Palestinians in Gaza and elsewhere, and has long been criticised by Israel.

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Investigators Suspect Arson in Fires at 2 Ballot Drop Boxes in the Pacific Northwest

By Mike Baker from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/OakACbI

Iran executes German-Iranian dissident

The German-Iranian had denied leading a group that bombed a mosque in 2008, killing 14 people.

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Michelle Obama’s Plain Words in a Plain Suit

By Vanessa Friedman from NYT Style https://ift.tt/50Fi4lW

Georgia PM rejects vote-rigging claims as president calls mass rally

Irakli Kobakhidze says the ruling party won the vote by a landslide, but the president says it was a fraud.

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Why Are North Korean Troops in Russia?

By Michael D. Shear, Nikolay Nikolov and Laura Salaberry from NYT World https://ift.tt/taduPMO

Penny Hires Jury Consultant Who Aided O.J. Simpson and Kyle Rittenhouse

By Hurubie Meko and Anusha Bayya from NYT New York https://ift.tt/SNTwiFC

Georgia's ruling party leads pro-EU opposition in crucial vote - projection

A partial projection by Georgia's central election commission gives the ruling party almost 53% of the vote.

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Chinese Hackers Are Said to Have Targeted Phones Used by Trump and Vance

By Devlin Barrett, Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/8oSuNLT

Bodycam captures rescue of woman in basement of burning house

First responders worked frantically to save the woman who was in a basement filling with smoke.

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‘Back to the Future’ to Close on Broadway, Rerouting DeLorean to Germany

By Michael Paulson from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/BVnPzuK

Venice to double number of days tourists must pay entry fee

The fee, which only applies to daytrippers, will be in force on weekends and public holidays from April to July.

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What Do You Give Someone Who Just Got Engaged?

By Mackenzie Oster from NYT T Magazine https://ift.tt/wZ68HNm

Georgia's ruling party holds mass rally ahead of crucial vote

Three days before Georgians vote, the ruling party's founder tells supporters "we choose peace, not war".

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6 Social Media Accounts That Changed How I Rediscover Music

By Jon Caramanica from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/jzyiJvN

German police raid pizzeria serving side order of cocaine

The number 40 pizza was one of the Düsseldorf restaurant's most popular pizzas, police said.

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Arkansas May Have Vast Lithium Reserves, Researchers Say

By Ivan Penn and Rebecca F. Elliott from NYT Business https://ift.tt/QYTgiOX

Polio cases surge in Pakistan

Prior to the latest surge in infections, Pakistan was on the verge of eradicating the disease.

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Mozambique opposition lawyer shot dead

Lawyer Elvino Dias and opposition party official Paulo Guambe were gunned down in broad daylight.

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La tormenta tropical Nadine llega a Belice

By Judson Jones and Isabella Kwai from NYT En español https://ift.tt/bN12w7Q

‘A New Day’ at the Supreme Court? Justices Decline to Block an E.P.A. Rule.

By Karen Zraick from NYT Climate https://ift.tt/UVoA5iQ

Israelis and Palestinians react to Hamas leader Sinwar's death

Relatives of the Israeli hostages still held in Gaza say now is the time to negotiate their release.

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The World’s Carbon Sinks Are on Fire

By Austyn Gaffney from NYT Climate https://ift.tt/UezDq7j

How Pervasive Are Microplastics? Dolphins Are Exhaling Them.

By Hiroko Tabuchi from NYT Climate https://ift.tt/n1NGTV6

Niger drops French place names to honour local heroes

Avenue Charles de Gaulle in Niamey is now Avenue Djibo Bakary after the city's first post-independence mayor.

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Ka Made Rap on His Own Terms. Hear How in 7 Songs.

By Jon Caramanica from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/RuX43ND

SpaceX lanza su cohete Starship y atrapa el propulsor con brazos mecánicos

By Kenneth Chang and Eric Lipton from NYT En español https://ift.tt/AaNbudY

BBC Verify analyses footage from Gaza strikes

BBC Verify analyses video and images from Israeli strikes in Gaza over the weekend.

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Fisher-Price Recalls 2 Million ‘Snuga Swings’ After Five Infant Deaths

By Amanda Holpuch from NYT Business https://ift.tt/QqFBHVP

Family rushed to hospital after eating toxic mushrooms

The local fire department said the family became sick after eating wild mushrooms that one of them "found in the woods".

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Para estos estadounidenses, México también es su país

By Orlando Mayorquín and Luis Antonio Rojas from NYT En español https://ift.tt/Ov1GZcj

Fifth peacekeeper wounded in southern Lebanon, UN says

The UN said a peacekeeper in the city of Naquora was injured on Friday amid "military activity" nearby.

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Israeli and U.S. Defense Ministers Discuss Israel’s Expanding Conflicts in Mideast

By Eric Schmitt from NYT World https://ift.tt/2rvTH7l

Watch: Northern lights over Iceland in sped-up footage

Time-lapse images show the northern lights on the outskirts of the capital Reykjavik.

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Escombros y desafío

By David Guttenfelder from NYT En español https://ift.tt/kLoPgjx

A Hurricane’s Lasting Death Toll Is Always Much Larger Than It Seems

By Eliza Barclay from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/tAH36yK

EU delays introduction of border check system again

The EU pushes back introducing new biometric border checks that were due on 10 November.

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Patrick Summers, Veteran Opera Conductor, to Step Down in Houston

By Javier C. Hernández from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/Fh6qQwD

Las Vegas casino imploded to make way for stadium

The Tropicana opened in 1957 and in its heyday was visited by Frank Sinatra and the so-called Rat Pack.

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Is It Too Late Now to Say Sorry? 8 Songs for the High Holy Days.

By Marc Tracy from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/cw4orjl

Why Israel’s Hostage Families Are Turning on Their Government

By Sarah Kerr, Shakked Auerbach, Ben Laffin and Guy Barak from NYT World https://ift.tt/DlcPT1o

Review: Philharmonic Returns to Classics, at Its Own Expense

By Zachary Woolfe from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/vVC7jmP

'I felt like my heart was going to explode': Beirut reels from heaviest night of strikes

A doctor tells the BBC of the moment she found out her clinic was next to an Israeli target building.

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Here is the latest on the storm.

By Judson Jones from NYT Weather https://ift.tt/og5pPfe

Tennis star and style icon Lea Pericoli dies

The formidable Italian player made it to Wimbledon three times, turning heads with every outfit.

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Syria, Russia Remain Silent on Reported Airstrikes Near a Russian Base in Syria

By Eve Sampson, Anton Troianovski, Aric Toler and Oleg Matsnev from NYT World https://ift.tt/B2bfNp6

Paul Pogba doping ban reduced to 18 months after appeal

Paul Pogba's four-year ban for a doping offence has been reduced to 18 months after winning his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).

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Aid Is Slow to Reach Some Latino Areas in Storm-Hit North Carolina

By Edgar Sandoval from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/u8C1YnE

Penn Station Must Expand to Improve Service, Railroads Say. But How?

By Patrick McGeehan from NYT New York https://ift.tt/0eEH9Kh

The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix in October

By Noel Murray from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/SrqOQYH

Six killed in shooting and knife attack in Tel Aviv

Police said two attackers were "neutralised" after they opened fire in the Jaffa neighbourhood

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