The Women Who Are Giving Dating Apps the Summer Off Summer is the season where romantic encounters heat up. Some singles are logging off to see what’s out there. http://web.archive.org/web/20230809173613/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/08/style/women-dating-apps-summer-off.html

What to Know About Limiting Your Child’s Screen Time Concerned parents have many tools, including free software from Apple and Google, to actively oversee how children use their tech. http://web.archive.org/web/20230810013635/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/technology/personaltech/what-to-know-about-limiting-your-childs-screen-time.html

This Is a Reminder That You’re Probably Oversharing on Venmo The mobile wallet service is a cautionary tale of how apps born at least a decade ago may be exposing more information than you would like. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812194209/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/technology/personaltech/venmo-privacy-oversharing.html

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.” http://web.archive.org/web/20230813012502/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/arts/music/sixto-rodriguez-dead.html

Wednesday Briefing A troubled Black Sea. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812203325/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/briefing/ukraine-black-sea-weather-europe.html/

Muon Discovery Moves Physicists One Step Closer to a Theoretical Showdown The deviance of a tiny particle called the muon might prove that one of the most well-tested theories in physics is incomplete. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812193718/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/science/physics-muons-g2-fermilab.html

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.” http://web.archive.org/web/20230813010440/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/world/europe/istanbul-turkey-sufi-shrines.html

Imran Khan Appeals Prison Sentence in Pakistan The former prime minister of Pakistan was jailed after being found guilty in a corruption case. The legal fight will determine his political future ahead of elections later this year. http://web.archive.org/web/20230813012738/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/world/asia/imran-khan-appeal-prison-sentence.html

Debris From Downed Missile Fell on Kyiv Hospital Grounds, Ukraine Says The Ukrainian Air Force said that three other missiles were aimed at military airfields in the western part of the country. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812172945/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/world/europe/russian-missile-strikes-kyiv-ukraine.html

What Another Trump Presidency Could Mean for Australia The author of a new book exploring that possibility says it would raise existential questions about the current alliance with America, with huge implications for Australia’s regional and global standing. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812182053/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/world/australia/what-another-trump-presidency-could-mean-for-australia.html

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. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812193520/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/world/africa/ethiopia-fighting-war.html

Russian Influencer Ksenia Sobchak on the War: Resistance Is Futile, So Find Ways to Cope Ksenia Sobchak, one of the best known media figures still in Russia, says her fatalistic stance just reflects a grim reality. Some liberals call her a Kremlin stooge, while hawks see her as disloyal. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812174529/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/world/europe/ksenia-sobchak-putin-russia-ukraine-war.html/

What Happened to Britain’s ‘Crooked House’ Pub? The beloved tilted landmark in the West Midlands area of England was razed after a fire that police suspect was arson, leaving locals looking for answers. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812220552/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/world/europe/crooked-house-pub-fire.html

Americans Held Prisoner in Iran Saw Promise of Better Relations The five Americans who are part of a prisoner swap could be released by September under a complicated agreement with Tehran. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812193524/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/world/middleeast/americans-prisoners-iran-swap.html

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. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812193522/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/world/asia/china-taiwan-military.html

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. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812184128/http://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/politics/biden-ukraine-aid.html

11 Killed in Vacation Home Fire in France The victims were on an organized trip for people with mental disabilities in Wintzenheim, near the borders of Germany and Switzerland. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812220656/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/world/europe/france-fire-vacation-home.html

Does Information Affect Our Beliefs? New studies on social media’s influence tell a complicated story. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812143237/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/world/europe/interpreter-social-media.html

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. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812193609/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/world/africa/niger-coup-ecowas-summit.html

Russian Missile Hits Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Killing 3 Officials said nine people were injured, a church building and several local shops were destroyed, and the windows were blown out of several high-rise buildings. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812040133/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/world/europe/russia-missile-zaporizhzia-ukraine.html/