António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, will witness grain shipments, one of his organization’s most concrete achievements.
Month: August 2022
Mexico Says 43 Students’ Disappearance Was a State Crime
The authorities said for the first time that the state had been a key player in the likely massacre of students from a teachers’ college in 2014.
Europe’s Scorching Summer Puts Unexpected Strain on Energy Supply
The dry summer has reduced hydropower in Norway, threatened nuclear reactors in France and crimped coal transport in Germany. And that’s on top of Russian gas cuts.
Ukraine Live Updates: U.N. Chief Visits Lviv to Assess Progress in Grain Exports
António Guterres helped broker the deal restoring the flow of food out of Ukraine. He and the leaders of Ukraine and Turkey will discuss the battles threatening a nuclear plant.
Your Thursday Briefing
Global inflation woes.
Missile Strike Kills 6 Civilians in Kharkiv, as Front Remains Static
The missile hit a residential building in Ukraine’s second largest city, and the death toll was expected to rise. The U.N. Secretary general arrived in Ukraine for high-level meetings.
Top Vatican Official Is Accused of Sexual Misconduct in Quebec
A woman accused Cardinal Marc Ouellet, a member of Pope Francis’ inner circle, of inappropriately touching and kissing her.
10 Years After Disappearing in Syria, Freedom Is Elusive for U.S. Journalist
There are signs that efforts to free Austin Tice, who disappeared in Syria in 2012 and who the U.S. believes is being held by the Syrian government, are reviving. But his family says the U.S. needs to do more.
Ukraine Strikes Again in Crimea, Challenging Russian Hold on Peninsula
ODESA, Ukraine — Russian warships patrol Crimea’s coasts and Russian warplanes fly from its territory, transformed by eight years of occupation into a fortress. President Vladimir V. Putin has called Crimea a “sacred place,” Russia’s “holy land,” and one of his top advisers has warned that if the peninsula were attacked, Ukraine would face “Judgment […]
New Water Cuts Announced as Colorado River Hits Dangerous Low
With water levels in the Colorado River near their lowest point ever, Arizona and Nevada on Tuesday faced new restrictions on the amount of water they can pump out of the river, the most important in the Southwest. And the threat of more cuts looms. This week, those two states along with five others failed […]