| Three Israeli soldiers were killed on Saturday at the mostly peaceful border with Egypt in the first deadly security episode of its kind in more than a decade.Hundreds of thousands of people marched through Warsaw in a huge display of opposition to the governing party ahead of Poland’s general election in October.After back-to-back mass shootings last month, growing protests in Serbia are denouncing a “culture of violence” and the increasingly authoritarian rule of the country’s leader.In Mauritania, divorce can be a time of celebration. Now the custom is being updated for a younger generation. |
| Other Big Stories |
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| Mexican authorities found at least 45 trash bags containing human remains that match traits of a group of call center workers who disappeared last month.A Brooklyn neighborhood was allowed to police itself for five days as part of an experiment that some believe could redefine law enforcement in New York City.President Biden is asking voters to keep him in the White House until age 86, renewing attention on his status as America’s oldest president.Plans to return the Benin Bronzes seem to have run aground after the departing Nigerian president moved to pass them into private hands. |
| From Opinion |
| Nicholas Kristof writes: We live in an age of miracles during which diseases have cures, poverty is much reduced and 96 percent of children survive until adulthood.Why Sarah Wildman and other descendants of Holocaust survivors insist that readers continue to engage with the atrocities that occurred.To end the war in Ukraine, David French says, the U.S. must provide the country with the support it needs to win against Russia.The widespread availability of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic could greatly remove the stigma of being overweight, Maia Szalavitz writes.Air travel could get much, much more miserable, Bill Saporito writes. |
| A Morning Read |
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| Teju Cole had not been keen on seeing a much-praised exhibition of paintings by Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. But when he found himself the lucky recipient of a ticket — and after-hours access — he could hardly refuse. |
| “Our little group paused in front of ‘Woman in Blue Reading a Letter,’” Teju writes, “and it was so beautiful that my heart almost stopped.” Read his review of an exhibition in which serene masterpieces give glimpses of a violent era. |
| SPORTS NEWS FROM THE ATHLETIC |
| Welcome to Manchester City 3.0: Pep Guardiola has created three great teams in seven years. Here’s how he has done it. |
| ‘Ted Lasso’ was willing to go places it didn’t need to: The show’s finale left many bread crumbs along the way, hinting that we may not be finished with Richmond just yet. |
| Unresolved issues in the Women’s World Cup: Excitement around the tournament is being dampened by matters that remain unresolved. |
| ARTS AND IDEAS |
 Illustration by Tomi Um |
| Bringing a child into a warming world |
| In this week’s edition of The Ethicist, prospective parents ask the philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah: Is it selfish to have children knowing full well that they will have to deal with a lower quality of life thanks to the climate crisis and its many cascading effects? And how about the effect on our carbon footprint? |
| “The marginal effect of adding a few humans to a planet of about eight billion people is negligible,” Kwame responds, especially as some models suggest that global populations are set to decline. And, he adds, “if everybody stopped having babies, the effect would be not to help humanity but to end it.” |
| Some readers suggested considering adopting a child as an alternative. “If you do choose to have children, have just one,” writes Kristie of Tucson, Ariz. “If you want more, adopt.” |
| Cheryl, another reader, takes a different view: For most of human history, children could expect a short, brutal life with a looming risk of war, famine and poverty. “Facing hardships doesn’t make experiencing life on earth miserable, when there is a hope of overcoming them,” she writes. “It’s your decision.” |
| PLAY, WATCH, EAT |
| What to Cook |
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| This cauliflower pasta is a taste of the Mediterranean. |
| What to Watch |
| Our critic celebrates the charms of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.” |
| From Wirecutter |
| The right way to kill household ants. |
| Now Time to Play |
| Here’s today’s Mini Crossword, and a clue: What tofu is made of (three letters). |
| And here are today’s Wordle and the Spelling Bee. |
