Europe - NYTimes

1. Biden Announces $2.5 Billion in Security Aid to Ukraine

2. Dominique Pelicot, Convicted in Mass Rape Trial in France, Will Not Appeal

3. Where Is Russia Finding New Soldiers? Wherever It Can.

4. Monday Briefing

5. Georgia Inaugurates Mikheil Kavelashvili as President Amid Anti-Western Drift

6. Azerbaijan Blames Russia for Plane Crash and Rebukes Kremlin

7. A Year Both Brutal and Bright: 13 Favorite Dispatches From 2024

8. Marc Fogel Designated as ‘Wrongfully Detained’ in Russia by U.S. State Dept.

9. Elon Musk Doubles Down on Support for German Far-Right AfD

10. Michel del Castillo, 91, Dies; Child’s-Eye Chronicler of Concentration Camps

11. Kirsten Simone, International Ballet Star, Is Dead at 90

12. Putin Apologizes for Azerbaijani Plane Crash but Does Not Take Responsibility

13. Ukrainian Aid Workers Risk Life and Limb to Get Civilians to Safety

14. Amid Israel-Hezbollah Crossfire, Fish Farmers Stay Put

15. Editors’ Note

16. Has Russia’s Shadow Fleet Added Sabotage to Its List?

17. Greeks Are Defying an Indoor Smoking Ban

18. Kazakhstan Plane Crash Survivors Describe Chaos on Azerbaijan Airlines Flight

19. What We Know About the Ship Finland Seized Over Fears of Russian Sabotage

20. What We Know About the Azerbaijani Plane Crash in Kazakhstan