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Evening Reading – November 24, 2025

Russia Strikes Ukraine and Signals Resistance to Amended Peace Plan 25/11/2025

The attack killed at least seven people in Kyiv, the authorities said, as Moscow suggested it would resist changes negotiated by Ukraine.

Maria Varenikova and Aurelien Breeden

Bolsonaro To Start Serving 27-Year Prison Sentence Over Coup Plot 25/11/2025

Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a prison term for conspiring to remain in power after losing the last election.

Ana Ionova

The ‘New’ Solution for the N.Y.C. Housing Crisis: Single-Room Apartments 25/11/2025

There is a push to revive single-room occupancy housing, where kitchens and bathrooms are shared among apartments as small as 100 square feet each.

Mihir Zaveri

Vahid Abedini, University of Oklahoma Professor, Released After ICE Detainment 25/11/2025

Vahid Abedini, who colleagues said was in the United States on an H-1B visa, was arrested on his way to a conference in Washington. It was unclear why.

Mark Arsenault

Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command 25/11/2025

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign.

Apoorva Mandavilli

Joan Branson, Richard Branson’s Wife of 35 Years, Dies at 80 25/11/2025

Mr. Branson, the Virgin Atlantic founder, announced her death in an Instagram post.

Christine Hauser and Michael Levenson

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Says She Won’t Run for a Fourth Term 25/11/2025

She has led the heavily Democratic city through confrontations with President Trump, who earlier this year sought to impose federal control over the local Police Department.

Campbell Robertson

100 Notable Books of 2025 25/11/2025

Here is the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

The New York Times Books Staff

Boston Mayor Wu Question’s Mamdani’s Approach to Meeting With Trump 25/11/2025

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani won praise for his meeting with President Trump. But Michelle Wu, the like-minded mayor of Boston, said “flattery is not the way.”

Nicholas Fandos

Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago 25/11/2025

The Trump administration has claimed the police were slow to protect federal agents on Oct. 4, but videos and audio show that their rationale conflates hours of events involving a shooting, a protest, a car crash and a police radio call.

Devon Lum, Mattathias Schwartz, Christoph Koettl and Ainara Tiefenthäler

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Evening Reading – November 24, 2025