Good morning. We’re covering Brazil’s post-protest reality and heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine. |
| Protesters vandalized the facade of Brazil’s presidential office.Victor Moriyama for The New York Times |
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Brazil reels from Sunday’s riots |
At least 1,200 people have been detained after rioters stormed government offices on Sunday in Brazil’s capital, officials said yesterday. |
Yesterday, authorities also began dismantling the tent city where Bolsonaro supporters had been camping out since he lost the election. The dispersal was peaceful, despite fears that it could have fueled further tensions. |
Brazil’s justice minister said that authorities had identified about 40 buses that brought rioters to Brasília and that the financial backers of the trips would be tracked down and held responsible. Voices on social media had offered free transportation and food to protesters. |
| Ukrainian military analysts near Bakhmut reviewed videos obtained by drone operators last week.Nicole Tung for The New York Times |
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Heavy fighting near Bakhmut |
Russia claimed to have taken a village near Soledar. Ukraine said that it had repelled Russian attempts to storm Soledar, where the deputy defense minister said that “fierce battles” were raging. Ukraine usually avoids battles with the risk of high casualties. But in Bakhmut, without hesitation, it’s going toe-to-toe with Russia. |
If Russian forces capture Soledar, it would mark their most significant advance in Ukraine in months. But fighting in the east is slow and relentless, and there is little sign that dug-in Ukrainian forces will relinquish the city anytime soon. |
The Wagner Group: The group’s Kremlin-aligned founder said that Soledar “is being taken solely by Wagner units,” which Western security officials and analysts say operate largely outside the Russian military’s chain of command. |
| A refrigerator factory in 2018 in a part of China where businesses had defied restrictions on ozone-depleting chemicals.Gilles Sabrié for The New York Times |
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The ozone layer is on the mend |
A U.N.-backed report found that the ozone layer could be restored within a few decades, now that China has begun successfully cracking down on rogue emissions of a banned chemical. |
That’s big news: In 2018, scientists revealed that global emissions of CFC-11, a chemical most likely used to make foam insulation, had increased since 2012. Investigations by The Times and others strongly suggested that small factories in Eastern China disregarding the global ban were the source. |
In 2018, the head of the U.N. Environment Program said the rogue emissions, if they continued, could delay ozone recovery by a decade. But now, scientists said that ozone levels between the polar regions should reach pre-1980 levels by 2040. Ozone holes should also recover. |
Ozone: The protective layer in the upper atmosphere blocks ultraviolet radiation from the sun, which can cause skin cancer. |
Context: The Montreal Protocol, the treaty negotiated in the 1980s to phase out the use of such chemicals, is generally considered to be the most effective global environmental pact ever enacted. |
| A wallaby passed through floodwaters last week.Callum Lamond, via Reuters |
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- The Kimberley region, in Australia’s western outback, is suffering a “one-in-100-year flood,” Sky News reports.
- Thailand dropped a rule that would have required visitors to present proof of a Covid vaccine, Reuters reports. Officials had announced the rule on Saturday, as the country prepared for Chinese visitors.
- Australia is doing well economically, but a recession is still possible.
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- President Biden visited the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time since taking office. He’s in Mexico City now.
- In a landmark lawsuit, environmental groups in France are suing Danone, the dairy giant, for failing to sufficiently reduce its plastic footprint.
- Prince Harry’s memoir comes out today. In it, he claims that he killed 25 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.
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| The Ocean Canda nightclub feels more beachfront shack than ritzy club.Joao Silva/The New York Times |
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South Africa’s townships, born of racist apartheid-era social engineering, once kept nonwhite citizens segregated from economic opportunities and basic infrastructure. |
Now, they’re home to a vibrant nightlife scene. Instead of Cape Town — with its traffic, expensive drinks and whiter population — Black professionals party in Khayelitsha, a nearby township that they say better suits their culture and tastes. |
| A signature of Noma and its cuisine is its luxurious, modern-rustic aesthetic.Ditte Isager for The New York Times |
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My colleagues have a major scoop in the world of fine dining: Noma will close for regular service at the end of 2024. The Copenhagen restaurant, which repeatedly tops lists of the world’s best restaurants, will become a full-time food laboratory focused on its e-commerce operation. It will open to diners only for periodic pop-ups. |
But Redzepi said that the current model, which changed fine dining forever, was “unsustainable.” Staff at Noma work grueling hours. The workplace culture is intense, and the restaurant long relied on an army of unpaid interns. One alumnus compared the industry to ballet, another elite pursuit that has abuse built into its very model. |
“We have to completely rethink the industry,” Redzepi told The Times. “This is simply too hard, and we have to work in a different way.” |
| Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Sophia Pappas. |
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In “The Bandit Queens,” wives in rural India get the ultimate revenge on their no-good husbands. |
That’s it for today’s briefing. See you next time. — Amelia |
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