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By Matthew Cullen
We, NATO’s new strategic plan and the mental scars of the Shanghai closure.
Yesterday, at a summit in Madrid, NATO presented its new strategic vision, positioning Moscow as the alliance’s adversary and, for the first time, calling China a strategic “challenge. “
The plan signifies a basic shift from the post-Cold War era, when the alliance saw Russia as a possible best friend and concentrated no one on China at all. Formal invitations to join Finland and Sweden followed, paving the way for NATO. largest expansion in more than a decade.
NATO’s efforts to force come as Moscow’s forces continue to gain leverage in the fifth month of its war in Ukraine, methodically gaining ground in the east as they reduce civilian spaces to rubble. The Secretary General of NATO has announced his goal of deploying thousands of new troops to bases in 8 countries on NATO’s eastern flank.
Related: A day after Turkey abandoned its opposition to Finland and Sweden’s efforts to join NATO, the United States came close to promoting F-16 fighter jets in Turkey.
News from Ukraine:
Russia is sending thousands more troops to eastern Ukraine as it struggles to reach the last component of Ukraine’s sovereign territory, an extension of about 20 miles, in Luhansk province.
Ukraine announced the largest prisoner exchange since Russia’s invasion, with 144 sent back to Ukraine, adding dozens who defended themselves by opposing the siege of Mariupol.
The United States accused five Chinese corporations of violating sanctions against Russia by turning to the Russian military.
Shanghai, China’s most populous city, has emerged from the depths of its devastating covid outbreak in the spring. Businesses and restaurants have reopened and state media have trumpeted a return to normalcy.
But many citizens still suffer with the mental scars of two months of strict confinement. Some worry about rights they once took for granted, such as buying food and expecting privacy in their own homes. Some are grieving broken relationships. Many are still worried about their pay weeks or the survival of their business.
During the lockdown, calls to intellectual fitness hotlines in Shanghai have increased. On Baidu’s search engine, the city’s queries on intellectual advice have more than tripled compared to a year ago. A survey of citizens found that 40% were at risk of depression When restrictions in some neighborhoods eased in late April, more than 1,000 people covered themselves outdoors at the Shanghai Mental Health Center one morning.
And then: on top of all this, there is a broader inability for the city to control it completely, while China maintains its goal of eliminating the virus completely. end of July for mass control.
Other virus news:
Macau officials are complying with the mandatory lockdown of parts of the city amid its worst rise in coronavirus cases.
The Omicron subvariants known as BA. 4 and BA. 5 have a dominant combination among new coronavirus cases in the United States.
A horrific video, of two Muslim men killing a Hindu tailor because they thought he had insulted the Prophet Muhammad, temporarily spread across India, sparking protests and considerations about the continuation of the violence.
Authorities arrested the men accused of terrorism and shut down the one in the state of Rajasthan, where the attack took place, in a bid to curb the video’s release.
The killing was the latest incident in India’s deepening schism between the two religions. In a televised appearance this month, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party made insulting comments against the Prophet Muhammad. Two Muslim men were killed in a protest calling for arrest. of the spokeswoman.
The tailor, Kanhaiya Lal Teli, had posted to him on WhatsApp. Then, this week, the two Muslim men posed as consumers in the tailor’s space and attacked him, filmed the killing with a cell phone and threatened the prime minister.
Official response: The Indian government has deployed its counter-terrorism force to investigate. “The central government is worried,” a spokesman said, “especially since the attackers threatened to pass through Narendra Modi afterwards. “
After a relentless Israeli crusade to undermine Iran’s security, a senior Iranian intelligence official lost his job and an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general was arrested.
The Philippine government ordered the closure of Rappler, the news co-founded by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa, for violating foreign ownership rules. Ressa vowed to appeal the decision.
The U. S. The U. S. Food and Drug Administration proposed banning the sale of flavored heated tobacco that is widely used in e-cigarettes.
The Scottish first minister has announced plans for a year-long referendum on Scottish independence, reviving doubts about his country’s future.
At least one died after violent thunderstorms hit villages in southern Austria.
Twenty men have been convicted for their role in a 2015 terrorist attack in France, a series of shootings and bombings that killed people.
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A U. S. official The U. S. government has asked Google and Apple to remove TikTok from their app stores, fearing that the Chinese-owned video app will simply send U. S. knowledge. USA to Beijing.
Clinics in the United States will begin providing apepox vaccines to those who may have been exposed to the virus.
Serena Williams lost in the first wimbledon for the time being year in a row.
In early June, the Egyptian government ordered the downing of the barges on the Nile. With them, the vestiges of a brilliant history will vanish. The divas housed halls of debauchery. Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz wrote a novel about one and noticed that films were shot about others. “It’s kind of a romantic dream,” said Ahdaf Soueif, a novelist. “
Taika Waititi is the busiest guy in Hollywood.
He was the cameraman as director and co-writer of the new Marvel film “Thor: Love and Thunder”. He starred in the HBO pirate comedy series “Our Flag Means Death,” in which he played Blackbeard. He voices a character in the new Pixar movie “Lightyear. “He created two projects for Netflix based on “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. “
Waititi’s secret to managing the workload: don’t think about it. “If I had to take a step back and look at every single thing I do, I would probably have a panic attack,” he told Dave Itzkoff of The Times. “I know,it’s too many things. I know I do a lot. I just have to be rotating every two hours.
This potato cake that you will like takes the flavor of the seasoning or topping you choose.
“The Tennis Podcast” around a dining table. Ten years later, he is a primary presence in sport.
Davey Davis’ new novel, “X,” is a queer black man set in a haunting world of the near future.
Play today’s mini-charts and find a clue: DNA sequences (5 letters).
This is Today’s Word and Spelling Contest.
You can all our puzzles here.
So for today’s briefing. See you. – Matthieu
PS: Has the war in Ukraine replaced your worldview?Tell us about that. The Times looks for examples, and small ones, from readers.
The episode of “The Daily” is about the dramatic hearing on Tuesday, January 6.
He can succeed in Matthew and the team in briefing@nytimes. com.
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