With Fire and Song, Kurds in Turkey Hail the Start of Spring
via NYT > World News The Newroz holiday comes at a critical time, as Kurds in Turkey push for peace while their brethren in Syria and Iran fear further conflict.
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Shigeaki Mori, Hiroshima Survivor Photographed With Obama, Dies at 88
via NYT > World News He lived through the first atomic bombing in Japan and then spent decades researching the identities of 12 American P.O.W.s killed in the attack.
The Downfall of a Food Icon
via NYT > World News We look at how Noma, the restaurant that revolutionized fine dining, became a byword for toxic kitchen culture.
Trump’s Reaction to Israeli Strike on Gas Field Exposes Divergent Strategies
via NYT > World News President Trump said he complained to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel about the attack, which sent energy markets reeling. But Israeli officials said the Americans were informed beforehand.
‘Africa Will Write Its Own History.’ Who Was Patrice Lumumba?
via NYT > World News Remembering the African leader after a Brussels court this week ordered a retired Belgian diplomat stand trial for his 1961 assassination.
U.S. Lifts Fertilizer Sanctions on Belarus as Iran War Causes Price Surge
via NYT > World News The Trump administration made the move in exchange for Belarus’s freeing of 250 political prisoners, part of a rapprochement between the two countries.
Strikes Deliver Another Blow to Iran’s Domestic Energy Sites
via NYT > World News The attacks could worsen the severe electricity shortages that Iranians already face.