| Boris Johnson referred to police |
| Boris Johnson, the former prime minister of Britain, has again been referred to the police by a government office to assess claims that he may have further violated coronavirus regulations, the Cabinet Office said in a statement. Johnson was fined last year while still in office for breaking Covid rules in 2020. |
| He faced a barrage of criticism over gatherings held during strict coronavirus lockdowns, and was fined this spring by the police for having broken pandemic regulations at Downing Street. At a parliamentary hearing in March over whether he lied to lawmakers about lockdown-busting parties, Johnson denied being untruthful but struggled to justify some of the misleading statements he made. |
| The Times of London has reported that the latest referral to the police is linked to new allegations about his behavior in Downing Street as well as several visits to the prime minister’s country residence, Chequers, that came to light during preparations for a public inquiry into the pandemic. |
| THE LATEST NEWS Around the World |
 Matthew Abbott for The New York Times |
| Australia is the world’s largest supplier of lithium, almost all of which is shipped to China for refining. A new model would keep processing on Australian soil.The top court in India asked the government to find a new place for resettled cheetahs after three died in a wildlife sanctuary.Fighting in Sudan has forced pregnant women to dodge artillery and shuttle through checkpoints to reach health care.U.S. warships are increasing patrols through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran tried to seize two oil tankers. |
| Other Big Stories |
| More than 450 credibly accused child sex abusers have ministered in the Catholic Church in Illinois since 1950, according to a new report.Prince Harry lost a bid to pay for police protection in Britain, days after a disputed encounter with photographers in New York City.Iran removed Ali Shamkhani, its top national security official, after he came under scrutiny over his close ties with a high-ranking British spy. |
| Science Times |
 Matt Celeskey |
| A new paper describes a previously unknown saber-toothed beast that challenges the theory that says large predators are first to fall victim to extinction pressures.Decades ago, medical researchers reached out to families in Colombia for insights into Huntington’s disease. Scientists are just now following up, hoping it’s not too late.The top health official in the U.S. has warned about the “profound” mental health risks of social media to young people.The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, the “mathematical equivalent to the F.B.I.’s voluminous fingerprint files,” is turning 50 this year. |
| A Morning Read |
 Luca Locatelli for The New York Times |
| Vienna has some of the world’s best public housing, known as the Gemeindebauten. A whopping 80 percent of residents qualify for these homes. Once you have a contract, it never expires, even if you get richer. |
| Experts believe that this approach leads to greater economic diversity within public housing — and better outcomes for the people living in it. |
| SPORTS NEWS FROM THE ATHLETIC |
| The Premier League’s uncomfortable predicament: Manchester City has been charged with 115 breaches of league rules between 2009 and 2018. A verdict could be years away. |
| The night a Real Madrid star decided enough was enough: Vinícius Júnior was once again the target of racist abuse on Sunday, as Real Madrid lost to Valencia. It has changed how he sees things. |
| P.G.A. Championship analysis: Brooks Koepka never looked back and by early Sunday evening was lifting the Wanamaker Trophy for a third time. Here’s what to know about his win. |
| ARTS AND IDEAS |
| The International Booker Prize winner |
| “Time Shelter,” a nostalgic satire written by Georgi Gospodinov and translated into English by Angela Rodel, is the first Bulgarian novel to win the International Booker Prize, one of the most prestigious awards for fiction translated into English. |
| The novel centers on a psychiatrist who creates a clinic in Switzerland to help people with Alzheimer’s disease. The clinic includes spaces that recreate past eras with intricate detail to help patients retain their memories, and the experiment proves so successful that the idea is taken up far beyond the hospital’s walls. |
| Leïla Slimani, the chairwoman of the judging panel, called it “a great novel about Europe, a continent in need of a future, where the past is reinvented and nostalgia is a poison.” |
| “So many book lovers only stick to American and British fiction — books originally written in English,” our colleague Alex Marshall, who covers European culture, said. “A prize and winner like this can really open you to entirely new literary styles and histories from places you wouldn’t have considered.” |
