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Good Morning. We cover Sievierodonetsk’s growing isolation, China’s mass Covid testing, and South Asia’s climate change crisis.

Sivierodonetsk, isolated

The eastern city of Sievierodonetsk was separated from the territory under Ukrainian control. last bridge to the west collapsed. The development could intensify the humanitarian crisis at a critical point in the brutal war for the Donbas region: Hundreds of civilians are trapped in the city.

As the outlook for Ukraine’s eastern front turns more pessimistic, some European officials are voicing their concerns over whether President Volodymyr Zelensky will be. has a viable strategy to win the war.

The West’s growing hesitation to procure more weapons, pissing off some Ukrainian leaders. “If you think we should lose, just tell us directly ‘we want you to lose,'” said Zelensky’s senior adviser. Here latest updates.

What’s next: Western officials will meet in Europe this week to discuss the form of continued aid to Ukraine. A senior Pentagon official I wouldn’t pressure Ukraine to make peace against your will.

China’s collective Covid testing strategy

China, the last country trying to eradicate Covid, collective testing of a permanent feature of everyday life. In many major cities, even in places where no cases have been reported, residents are required to show negative PCR tests to shop, ride public transport, and attend other activities.

Officials hope regular mass testing will help isolate cases before they escalate into larger outbreaks. But the policy could thwart efforts to revive China’s economy.

Workers say the time it takes to get tested reduces their pay. Local governments get money poverty reduction Projects payable for testing. Businesses worry that the requirement will hurt productivity, and economists worry that people will stay at home to avoid the hassle.

Reaction: Only two weeks after Shanghai lifted the two-month quarantineAuthorities launched scattered protests, placing millions of people in new isolation. The city said it will begin charging residents for tests in August.

South Asia facing climate change

South Asia is home to millions of the world’s most vulnerable people. climate change make their hard life even harderAs extreme weather conditions increasingly become the norm, and poverty, food insecurity and health issues are making it harder to address.

Pakistan has been battling massive forest fires. Millions stranded in Bangladesh flood before monsoons. Nepali authorities are trying to dry up glacial lakes that are about to burst before washing away the drinking-water-stressed Himalayan villages.

And in India, the region’s largest grain supplier, farmers faced unseasonably heavy rains and equally unseasonable temperatures. The weather devastated the farmers, many of whom were saddled with big debt and increasing numbers are dying by suicide. It also threatened national and global food security.

Detail: India’s wheat harvest has dropped at least 3.5 percent this year, according to preliminary reports. Some areas in Punjab, traditionally India’s wheat basket, experienced a 30 percent drop. March was the hottest month on record for 122 years in India and Pakistan, with precipitation 60 to 70 percent below the norm. scientists say.

Health: A new study has found that air pollution in New Delhi reduces life expectancy there by nearly 10 years. Al Jazeera reported. And researchers extreme heat makes people sick and kills them.

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Basic Korean recipes

Eric Kim has spent his life watching his mother cook.

When Eric was little, “it was a little shadow that followed him in our Atlanta suburban kitchen, tasting his kimchi for sugar and salt; helping her collect and wash perilla leaves from the garden for a family dinner; or later, sitting on the kitchen island watching the smash gin, that gorgeous roasted seaweed, over a plate of fried kimchi rice on the way home.

Now, Eric lives in New York. She is a cookbook author and columnist for The Times Magazine. But his mother, Jean, always present in his meals. “The way I cook now, the way I move and breathe in my New York City kitchen echoes her movements, her breaths.”

Eric has developed recipes for him that define Korean cuisine. “If I could only eat 10 Korean dishes for the rest of my life, these would be these,” she writes. Enjoy.

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What to Cook

You only need 15 minutes for this zucchini dishContains chickpeas and peanuts.

What to Read

“Grand Hotel Europe“A novel originally published in Dutch is a comedy of manners about what tourism has done to Europe.