NY Times: Biden Seeks $24 Billion More for Ukraine in Test of Bipartisan Support - The aid request is the first by the president since Republicans took over the House, and some party leaders have expressed opposition to spending more to help Ukraine beat back Russian forces. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/politics/biden-ukraine-aid.html -

NY Times: China’s Military, ‘Chasing the Dream,’ Probes Taiwan’s Defenses - Day by day, the People’s Liberation Army is turning up the pressure, deploying an ever-wider array of planes and ships. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/world/asia/china-taiwan-military.html -

NY Times: Sex Segregation in Israel Grows, Raising Fears for Women’s Rights - Ultra-Orthodox members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition want to expand the powers of all-male rabbinical courts, and to bar women and men from mixing in many public arenas. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/world/middleeast/israel-women-rights.html -

NY Times: Friday Briefing - The toll from wildfires in Hawaii. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/briefing/hawaii-maui-ruble-russia.html -

NY Times: Fresh Fighting in Ethiopia Raises Fears of New War - Less than a year after the war in the country’s northern Tigray region ended, Ethiopia’s military is battling an ethnic militia in the neighboring Amhara region in a part of Africa already ravaged by conflict. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/world/africa/ethiopia-fighting-war.html -

NY Times: Russia Is Making Copies of Iranian Drones to Attack Ukraine - Called the Geran-2, the drones are a Russian-made version of the Shahed-136, which explodes on impact, researchers say. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/russia-iran-drones-ukraine.html -

NY Times: U.S. Nurse and Her Child Released by Kidnappers in Haiti - The abduction came as gang violence has begun cresting in Haiti and an international force may be headed to the Caribbean island nation to address the insecurity. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/world/americas/haiti-kidnapping-us-nurse-alix-dorsainvil.html -

NY Times: Wednesday Briefing - A troubled Black Sea. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/briefing/ukraine-black-sea-weather-europe.html -

NY Times: Can Frozen Peas, Long Taken for Granted, Find New Appeal in the U.K.? - Britain’s vegetable producers are hoping this is a moment for the humble frozen pea, a cost-effective staple at a time of rising food prices. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/world/europe/uk-peas-frozen.html -

NY Times: Poland to Deploy 2,000 Troops To Reinforce Belarus Border - The deployment comes as concerns are mounting in Poland, a NATO member, over the presence of mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner private military company in neighboring Belarus. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/world/europe/poland-belarus-wagner-nato.html -

NY Times: Israel’s Supreme Court Braces to Rule on Judicial Overhaul - The justices will be scrutinized as never before at a hearing in September on the first part of a judicial overhaul that the government pushed through Parliament, angering many Israelis. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/world/middleeast/israel-judicial-overhaul-supreme-court.html -

NY Times: Rodriguez, Singer Whose Career Was Resurrected, Dies at 81 - Two albums in the early 1970s went largely unnoticed in the United States, but not overseas. Then came the 2012 documentary “Searching for Sugar Man.” - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/arts/music/sixto-rodriguez-dead.html -

NY Times: In Istanbul, Tombs of Religious Figures Still Draw Pilgrims - Turkey’s largest city is dotted with the tombs of religious figures, where pilgrims seek divine intervention. “When you ask for something from God, those who are beloved by God can be a go-between.” - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/world/europe/istanbul-turkey-sufi-shrines.html -

NY Times: At Least 60 Injured in Factory Explosion at Plant In Moscow - Russian officials said one person was killed and dozens were injured in the blast. The warehouse is on the grounds of a plant that has produced night vision devices and binoculars, according to local news media. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/world/europe/russia-fireworks-warehouse-explosion.html -

NY Times: U.S. Reaches Deal With Iran to Free Americans for Jailed Iranians and Funds - Five American detainees will eventually be allowed to leave Iran in exchange for Tehran gaining access to $6 billion for humanitarian purposes and the United States freeing several jailed Iranians. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/politics/iran-us-prisoner-swap.html -

NY Times: A Drone’s View Behind Russian Lines: Cratered Fields and Charred Armor - A Ukrainian unit sent a drone into Russian-occupied territory to surveil the battlefront, and it brought back vivid images of the Russian side of the war zone. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/world/europe/ukraine-drones-russia-war-zone.html -

NY Times: Ecuador Reels From Assassination of Fernando Villavicencio - The killing of Fernando Villavicencio marks a grim turning point for a once-tranquil country now awash in violence fueled by drug gangs. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/world/americas/ecuador-fernando-villavicencio-assassination.html -

NY Times: Prisoner Deal Could Smooth Effort to Contain Iran’s Nuclear Program - Iran and the United States appear to be observing an informal agreement under which Iran has limited its nuclear program and restrained proxy militias. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/politics/iran-us-prisoners-nuclear-program.html -

NY Times: Few Options on Niger Crisis for West African Leaders - The military junta told an American diplomat this week that they would kill Niger’s elected president, who they’re holding hostage, if other countries tried to intervene. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/world/africa/niger-coup-ecowas-summit.html -

NY Times: Russia Downs 2 Drones Near Moscow, as Ukraine War’s New Phase Intensifies - It was the 12th time in the past three weeks that Russian officials had reported intercepting such aerial attacks in the heart of the capital. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/world/europe/russia-drones-moscow-warehouse-explosion.html -