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Aujourd’hui — 20 avril 2024NYT > World

Chinese Export Surge Clouds U.S. Hopes of a Domestic Solar Boom

The decision by a Massachusetts solar company to abandon plans to build a $1.4 billion U.S. factory highlights the risks amid a flood of Chinese clean energy exports.

A surge of cheap solar panels from China is posing problems for American manufacturers and the Biden administration’s plans to jumpstart U.S. manufacturing.
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Netanyahu Says Israel Will Make Its Own Decisions in Response to Iran’s Attack

“We will make our own decisions,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, rebuffing European diplomats’ requests to stand down.

Members of the Israeli military showing the remnants of an Iranian ballistic missile that fell on Israel over the weekend.

The Global Turn Away From Free-Market Policies Worries Economists

More countries are embracing measures meant to encourage their own security and independence, a trend that some say could slow global growth.

Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, has pushed back against the growing use of industrial policies.

The 2024 Paris Olympics Prepares For Cyberattacks

“We will be attacked,” the official responsible for fending off cyberthreats said. To prepare, organizers have been hosting war games and paying “bug bounties” to hackers.

The head of cyberattack preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympics said he expected to face billions of probing attacks against the Games’ computer networks.

For Many Western Allies, Sending Weapons to Israel Gets Dicey

Par : Lara Jakes
As civilian casualties in Gaza spiral, some nations are suspending sales amid accusations of abetting genocide and war crimes.

Israeli soldiers in January in the central Gaza Strip. The war there has prompted war crimes charges against Israel and allies that sell it weapons.

Here’s What to Know About the Hunger Crisis in Gaza

“The food production system has been completely obliterated, and the lack of entry of emergency aid within a short time has created a free fall,” a United Nations official said.

A group receiving food aid last month in Jabaliya, in northern Gaza.

Europe’s A.I. ‘Champion’ Sets Sights on Tech Giants in U.S.

Mistral, a French start-up considered a promising challenger to OpenAI and Google, is getting support from European leaders who want to protect the region’s culture and politics.

“The issue with not having a European champion is that the road map gets set by the United States,” Mr. Mensch said.

Global Stockpile of Cholera Vaccine Is Gone as Outbreaks Spread

One company is going to great lengths to build it up, but it will be years before it returns to the minimum level.

A health worker administering a dosage of the cholera vaccine during an immunization campaign in Harare, Zimbabwe, in January.

Another Israeli Hostage’s Body Recovered, the Death Angering His Family

Like the families of other hostages, they are outraged that the Israeli government has yet to reach a deal to halt the fighting and bring home loved ones held in Gaza.

A March protest in Tel Aviv demanding the release of the Oct. 7 hostages. At center, a woman holds a poster of Elad Katzir, whose body was recovered Friday by the Israeli military.

Gazans Describe Search For Food and Wonder If It Will Get Worse

The charity food group World Central Kitchen suspended its relief efforts after seven of its workers were killed in Israeli airstrikes.

Suhail al-Asaad, a body builder, at home in 2022.

Israeli Military Says Series of Failures Led to World Central Kitchen Attack

“It’s a serious event that we’re responsible for, and it shouldn’t have happened,” Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said of the strike that killed seven World Central Kitchen workers.

United Nations staff members inspecting a car used by World Central Kitchen workers that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza this week.

Eyeglasses Improve Income as Well as Sight, Study Shows

A study found that when farsighted workers in Bangladesh were given free reading glasses, they earned 33 percent more than those who had not.

According to the W.H.O., the lack of access to corrective eyewear inhibits learning among students, increases the likelihood of traffic accidents and forces middle-age factory workers and farmers to prematurely leave the work force.

World Central Kitchen Demands an Independent Investigation Into Israeli Strike

The Israeli military, which has accepted responsibility for the strike, has started looking into the killings of seven aid workers. But the disaster relief organization said that was not enough.

United Nations staff members inspecting one of the destroyed vehicles used by World Central Kitchen.

U.S. Defense Secretary Denounces Israel’s Strike on Aid Workers in Gaza

A bristling phone call reflected a shift in Lloyd J. Austin III’s tone toward his Israeli counterpart as he stressed the need for better protection of aid workers.

A destroyed car used by World Central Kitchen after an Israeli strike in Gaza this week. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III upbraided his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, over the deadly attack.

Israeli Strikes in Damascus and Gaza Show Strengths and Limits of Accuracy

In an airstrike on Monday in Damascus, Israel’s military displayed pinpoint precision. Hours later in Gaza, that same military killed seven aid workers.

An airstrike by the Israeli military on an Iranian embassy complex in Damascus killed Iranian intelligence officers and Palestinian militants but not a single civilian, Iranian officials said.

World Central Kitchen Workers Delivered Aid. Then Their Convoy Was Hit.

The deaths of World Central Kitchen workers pushed the number of aid employees killed during the war in Gaza to at least 196, according to the U.N. secretary general, António Guterres.

Relatives and friends praying near the body of a staff member of World Central Kitchen in Rafah, Gaza, on Tuesday.

Biden Outraged After Israel Claims Attack on Aid Workers Was a Mistake

In a sharply worded statement, Mr. Biden said that Israel had not done enough to protect civilians and noted that the deaths were not a “stand-alone incident.”

The funeral of Saif Abu Taha, a 26-year-old Gazan who worked as a driver and translator for World Central Kitchen, in Rafah on Tuesday.

Israeli Strikes Kill 7 Aid Workers in Gaza

The attack on clearly marked vehicles run by the World Central Kitchen shows how dangerous relief work has been during the war, and adds fuel to accusations that Israel has bombed indiscriminately.

One of the vehicles that World Central Kitchen vehicles workers were traveling in when they were killed in an Israeli strike late on Monday in Deir al Balah, Gaza.

7 Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Were Known for a Passion for Helping Others

Par : Gaya Gupta
Gaza has been the deadliest place for aid workers since the Oct. 7 attacks.

Relatives and friends mourn the death of Saif Abu Taha, one of the seven workers with World Central Kitchen who was killed in Gaza when an aid convoy was fired on Monday night.

What We Know About the Strike That Killed World Central Kitchen Workers in Gaza

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel acknowledged on Tuesday a “tragic case of our forces unintentionally hitting innocent people.”

A car used by World Central Kitchen that was hit by a strike in Deir al Balah in the central Gaza Strip.

José Andrés’s World Central Kitchen Feeds People in Disaster and War Zones

The group is a relatively new aid provider in Gaza, but it has garnered notice by making bold moves, like building a jetty out of rubble to bring aid in by sea.

Volunteers for World Central Kitchen preparing food for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, Gaza, last month.

What We Know About the World Central Kitchen Strike Victims in Gaza

The group said one of the seven workers who was killed was a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, while the others were from Australia, Britain, Gaza and Poland.

The funeral of a Palestinian who worked as a driver and translator for World Central Kitchen, in Rafah on Tuesday.

Gaza Aid Groups Fear for Safety After Strike on World Central Kitchen

Par : John Yoon
“Gaza right now is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a humanitarian worker,” a spokeswoman for Save the Children said after a strike killed World Central Kitchen workers.

U.N. staff members inspecting the remnants of a car used by World Central Kitchen in Deir al Balah, Gaza, on Tuesday.

5-Star Bird Houses for Picky but Precious Guests: Nesting Swiftlets

To lure swiftlets, whose saliva-built nests fetch high prices in China, people in Borneo compete to build them the most luxurious accommodations: safe, clean, dark and with pools for bathing.

Not a prison nor a fortress, but a bird house on Borneo for swiftlets, whose nests fetch high prices in China.

Lou Conter, Last Survivor of the Battleship Arizona, Dies at 102

Escaping injury in the Japanese attack on the ship in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, he went on to help in recovering bodies and putting out fires.

Lou Conter in 2015 during a memorial service in Honolulu marking the 74th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

‘Oppenheimer’ Opens in Japan, Earning $2.5 Million in First Three Days

While some viewers lamented the movie’s exclusion of scenes from Hiroshima or Nagasaki, others said they recognized that it had another story to tell.

A poster for “Oppenheimer” in Tokyo on Friday. The movie opened in Japan eight months after its release in the United States.

Second Boat Carrying Aid to Gaza Departs Cyprus

Par : Gaya Gupta
World Central Kitchen, the charity founded by the chef José Andrés, said barges were carrying almost 400 tons of rice, pasta, flour, canned vegetables and proteins.

A cargo ship transporting humanitarian aid bound for Gaza is escorted by Cyprus Port and Marine Police vessels, as seen from Larnaca, Cyprus, on Saturday.

Ice Skating and the Brain

How do champion skaters accomplish their extraordinary jumps and spins? Brain science is uncovering clues.

Sugar in India, Fueled by Child Marriage and Hysterectomies

An investigation into the sugar-cane industry in the Indian state of Maharashtra found workers ensnared by debt and pushed into child marriages and unnecessary hysterectomies.

Workers in a cane field near NSL Sugars in the Beed district of Maharashtra, India, last year. Mills pay contractors to employ field workers.

How World Central Kitchen Built a Jetty to Get Aid Into Gaza

Par : Adam Sella
Workers with World Central Kitchen were still finishing a jetty made from the rubble of bombed buildings when a ship arrived carrying the first aid into the enclave by sea in nearly two decades.

In a photo provided by World Central Kitchen, a crane unloads pallets of food aid from a barge at a makeshift jetty in Gaza earlier this month.

Sugar in India, Fueled by Child Marriage and Hysterectomies

An investigation into the sugar-cane industry in the Indian state of Maharashtra found workers ensnared by debt and pushed into child marriages and unnecessary hysterectomies.

Workers in a cane field near NSL Sugars in the Beed district of Maharashtra, India, last year. Mills pay contractors to employ field workers.

Climate Change Made an Early Heat Wave in West Africa 10 Times as Likely

Temperatures in the region rose above 40 degrees Celsius in February, with humidity pushing the heat index even higher.

Henock Inonga, of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s national soccer team, cooled off before a match with Ivory Coast in Abidjan on Feb. 7. Players in the Africa Cup of Nations tournament had to take extra breaks to hydrate because of the heat wave.

Congress Seeks to Bar Funding for U.N. Agency for Palestinians

A bill would bar support for the agency, UNRWA, amid accusations that some employees were Hamas fighters. Other countries are scrambling to make up the looming shortfall.

Palestinians gathered to receive aid outside an UNRWA warehouse in Gaza City on Monday.

At CERAWeek, Saudi Aramco C.E.O. Says Energy Transition ‘Visibly Failing’

The comments by a Saudi executive raised questions regarding whose predictions about the future of oil and gas are more likely to be true.

Amin Nasser at the Houston energy and tech conference.

Gaza Aid Chef, José Andrés, Calls for Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire

Par : Vivian Yee
The chef, José Andrés, also said that he hoped his group, World Central Kitchen, would be eventually able to transport “huge quantities of food daily into the shores of Gaza.”

World Central Kitchen is the only aid group that has successfully delivered aid directly to Gaza by sea.

Gaza Receives First Sea-Borne Aid Amid Fears About Security and Malnutrition

The 200 tons of food provided by a celebrity chef’s charity arrived as UNICEF said rising numbers of children in Gaza were facing food deprivation.

The Open Arms ship towing a barge loaded with food off the coast of Gaza on Friday. The supplies were successfully offloaded for distribution in the territory.

First Ship Carrying Food Aid Arrives in Gaza

The ship, the Open Arms, carried some 200 metric tons of rice, flour and other food from Cyprus. It is seen as a pilot effort for a new maritime aid corridor.

Aid delivered by the Open Arms vessel arrived off the coast of Gaza on Friday.

Ukraine, Stalled on the Battlefield, Strikes Russia’s Oil Industry

Ukrainian drone strikes have been able to hit refineries deep in Russian territory, indicating a new vulnerability. But it is unclear if that will affect the fighting.

An image taken from video released by Roman Starovoit, governor of the Kursk region of Russia, last month, purportedly showing firefighters working to extinguish flames at an oil depot after a Ukrainian drone strike.

Philippe de Gaulle, Admiral and Son of Charles de Gaulle, Dies at 102

His exploits in World War II and later in Algeria and Indochina were not enough for him to emerge from the shadow of his father, for whom a thousand streets in France are named.

Philippe de Gaulle accompanied his father, Charles, who was president of France at the time, on a trip to West Germany in 1962. The son spoke of General de Gaulle’s coldness toward him.

Israel Allows Aid Directly Into North Gaza, Raising Hopes for More

The World Food Program delivery, containing food for 25,000 people, was the first since Oct. 7 to go directly from Israel into the northern Gaza Strip, where many people are at risk of starvation.

Dropping supplies into the northern Gaza Strip, on Sunday.

Handling of Sex Abuse Inquiry Poses Test for World Bank’s Ajay Banga

The bank is facing scrutiny as it debates how to compensate victims of abuse at Kenyan schools that it was financing.

Ajay Banga was selected by President Biden to bolster the World Bank’s efforts to combat climate change and inject a new sense of urgency into the institution.

First Aid Ship Heads to Gaza, but Far More Is Needed

The maritime package of more than 200 tons of food is a welcome milestone, but not nearly enough to prevent famine, said relief officials, who called on Israel to allow more aid delivery by land.

A rescue vessel owned by a Spanish NGO departing with humanitarian aid for Gaza from Larnaca, Cyprus, on Tuesday

U.S. Military Ship Sets Sail to Help Build a Pier Off Gaza for Aid

The pier project is the latest in a flurry of efforts to get more aid into the enclave — including by sea — amid warnings from the U.N. that a famine in Gaza is imminent.

The coastline at Deir al Balah in southern Gaza last month.
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