⁩The ship hits the bridge, the bridge collapses, six people die, the port is cut off. Around the world, a group of 80 or so firms whose business it is to insure insurers prepares to pony up $3 billion. W/Jenny Gross Mike Forsythe 傅才德⁩ ⁦Peter Eavis nytimes.com/2024/04/05/bus…

Ships Belonging to Owner of Baltimore Ship Had Been Cited for Labor Violations -- by me, Peter Eavis Jenny Gross nytimes.com/2024/03/26/us/…

Where in the world are people continuing to WFH, and where are people are back in the office? A look at the latest data:

nytimes.com/2023/09/04/bus… w/ Emma Goldberg John Yoon Hikari Hida & Melissa Eddy in New York, Seoul, London, Tokyo & Berlin

Ukraine’s Danube River ports have become key arteries for grain exports. But threats from Russia and costly delays have made some shippers rethink their operations in the Black Sea.
Jenny Gross⁩ & I on the complications shipping companies now face.
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I got a reply today from Evan Gershkovich in Lefortovo prison via Polina Ivanova and Friends of Evan. It’s dated July 25 and contains his hallmark wit and modesty. It will be 18 weeks tomorrow since his wrongful detention in Russia. He should be back with friends and family.

Here's a look at alternatives to modern heat-trapping architecture. Europe had age-old methods for cooling but is following the US in the wrong direction. More reliance on air conditioning will eventually broil us all. nytimes.com/2023/07/28/wor…

For shipping companies looking for a way to bring Ukrainian grain to global markets, the options keep dwindling.

nytimes.com/2023/07/25/bus… with Patricia Cohen

'Internally, we called ourselves SpaceX for the ocean.'

The New York Times profile on Stockton Rush, the cavalier entrepreneur who brought four passengers to their deaths near the Titanic.

(w/ Shawn Hubler Anna Betts William J. Broad Jenny Gross Kitty Bennett) nytimes.com/2023/06/23/us/…

NEW: OceanGate was warned in 2018 of the potential for 'catastrophic problems' with the submersible used for its Titanic mission.

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NEW: Leaders in the submersible craft industry were so worried about OceanGate's planned tours of the Titanic that they wrote a letter to the company's CEO in 2018 warning of the potential for a 'catastrophic' problem.

(w/ Jenny Gross Kitty Bennett)
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For recovering objects off the sea floor in deeper water, the Navy relies on what it calls remote-operated vehicles, such as the one it used to salvage a crashed F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in about 12,400 feet in the South China Sea.

nytimes.com/live/2023/06/1… John Ismay

Silvio Berlusconi has been dominant for so long in Italy that I wrote his obit for both the The New York Times and the The Washington Post

Paul McCartney announces a new Beatles song, with a little help from an A.I. friend

nytimes.com/2023/06/13/art… Derrick Bryson Taylor

Oxford Business College, unaffiliated with the elite school nearby, makes millions, largely by recruiting immigrants. It and other schools like it operate in an opaque corner of the U.K. education system.

nytimes.com/2023/06/05/wor… Emma Bubola

No Shame. No Sorrow. Divorce Means It’s Party Time in Mauritania.

Many women find that divorce affords them freedoms they never dreamed of before or during marriage, especially a first marriage.

A lovely story by Ruth Maclean!

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A Black girl, in 1908, won what was likely the first national U.S. spelling contest. Her descendants are searching for her medal.

nytimes.com/2023/06/01/us/… Livia Albeck-Ripka

'French people can forgive a politician for writing erotic novels, but they can’t forgive a politician for writing them badly.' wsj.com/articles/frenc… via The Wall Street Journal Noemie Bisserbe Sam Schechner

Here is our story. Please read & share. Migration management is a major policy challenge, but violating the law, brutalizing people & radicalizing your authorities & your voters cannot be the answer.

It's time for the EU to demand accountability.

nytimes.com/2023/05/19/wor… /ENDS

For most coronations over the past 800 years, the city of Gloucester in England has presented newly crowned monarchs with lamprey pies. To reflect changing tastes, King Charles III’s pie was made with pork instead of the traditional slimy, eel-like fish.
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New buildings in south Turkey readily collapsed in February's earthquake, putting their contractors under scrutiny. In a deep look at one project, we found that even w/ a warrant pending for his arrest, one such developer has helped the government rebuild. nytimes.com/2023/05/04/wor…