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Friday, October 9, 2026

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Music

In Krakow, an Experimental Music Festival Finds Its Audience Getting Younger, and LouderClara Vasquez
Review: Marisa Fonte Takes Fado Out of the Tavern and Into the Club, and It Survives the TripClara Vasquez

World

Indonesia’s Nickel Boom Made Morowali Rich on Paper. Its Residents Are Breathing the CostPham Thi Lan
Dhaka Opens Second Metro Line, Betting Rail Can Unclog One of the World’s Slowest CitiesNurul Rahman
Oman Ships Its First Cargo of Green Ammonia, a Test of Whether the Gulf Can Sell SunlightLeila Haddad
Salvador Restores Its Colonial Heart Again, This Time Promising to Keep the ResidentsCamila Restrepo
After Years of Drought, Mexico City’s Reservoirs Are Nearly Full. Few Believe It Will Last.Alejandro Ruiz Montoya
Chile’s State-Run Lithium Venture Ships Its First Cargo as Atacama Communities Press for a ShareCamila Restrepo
Monterrey’s Factories Have the Orders. What They Cannot Find Is Workers.Rafael Quintanilla
After 80 Years of Promises, Bogotá Runs Its First Metro TrainMarcus Oyelaran
Monarch Butterflies Arrive Early in Mexico’s Mountains, Puzzling Scientists and Delighting VillagersRafael Quintanilla
Vietnam’s Coffee Farmers Finally Have the Prices They Wanted. Now They Fear What Comes NextPham Thi Lan

Europe

E.U. Court Rules Asylum Seekers Cannot Be Detained Solely for Lacking PapersPieter van der Laan
Danish Court Hands Down First Conviction Under Law Against Burning Holy BooksHenrik Dahlgren
Greece’s First Private Universities Open Their Doors, Ending a 50-Year State MonopolyClara Esposito
European Parliament Lifts Immunity of Two Lawmakers in Bribery InquiryPieter van der Laan
Zurich Voters Decide Schoolchildren Will Keep Learning French, NarrowlyLena Hofbauer

Science

A Visitor From Another Star Is Venting Carbon Dioxide, and Astronomers Are Racing to Catch ItAisling Breen
Swiss Researchers Make a Carbon-Fiber Composite That Can Be Taken ApartMarieke van der Berg
Laser Survey Finds a Roman Marching Camp in the Highlands, Far Beyond Where the Legions Were Thought to StopAisling Breen

Business

After Three Lost Years, Germany Is Building Homes AgainJulia Steinbach
Cocoa Prices Tumble From Record Highs, but Chocolate Lovers Won’t See Cheaper Bars SoonSophie Marchand
Switzerland Edges Back Toward Negative Interest Rates as the Franc Climbs AgainJulia Steinbach
Germany’s Grocers Go to War on Prices, and Their Suppliers Are Paying for ItJulia Steinbach

Sports

Basketball Is Now Germany’s Fastest-Growing Team Sport, and the Arenas Are FullLucía Ferrer Bosch
No Snow, No Problem? Slovenia’s Ski Jumpers Are Flying Off Plastic Deep Into AutumnAnže Kovačič
Turkey Makes a $180 Million Bid to Bring Formula 1 Back to Istanbul ParkNiall Keegan
Kenyan Sets Course Record in Eindhoven as a Dutch Runner Books Her Place for EuropePieter van den Brink

Real Estate

They Left Madrid for the Sea With 320,000 Euros and a List. Valencia Had Other Ideas.Jonas Weidemann

Television

Cooking

Pumpkin Risotto With Brown Butter and Sage Is Worth the StirringTeodora Ilić

Books

Review: A History of the Danube That Follows the Water, Not the EmpiresHelena Sorensen
At 71, an Irish Novelist Nobody Expected to Hear From Again Has Written His Best BookHelena Sorensen

Markets

European Shares End Week Higher as Bunds Rally on Rate Cut ExpectationsThe Continental Times Markets Desk

Obituaries

Claudine Verhaeghe, Pianist Who Brought Jazz Into Belgian Living Rooms, Dies at 79Isabel Quintanilha

Health

Technology

Five E.U. Countries Begin Requiring Age Checks for Social Media, Testing a Bloc-Wide ModelAnneke de Groot

Climate

Arts

Review: At Dutch National Ballet, a Choreographer Finds the Sea in 24 BodiesMargaux Delcourt

Opinion

Noise Is the Pollution Europe Refuses to HearOlivier Brandt