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Magazine
Iris Apfel Doesn’t Do Normcore
The New York fashion icon on how she became a 93-year-old cover girl.Business Day
Explaining the Greek Debt Crisis
The weak link in the euro zone is struggling to tame its debt as its people and its creditors grow more restive.Business Day
Greek Finance Minister Steers Debt Talk His Way
Rather than concede any missteps by Athens, Yanis Varoufakis is seeking to assess the flaws of the eurozone.Business Day
Russian Consumers Reflect the Pinch of Economic Sanctions
After years of insatiability, consumers are curbing their spending, leaving shopping centers and other retail space with high vacancies.Opinion
Greece Should Be Wary of Mr. Putin
It might be tempting, but Greece cannot count on Russia to ride to its financial rescue.Grexit?
Europe’s manhandling of Greece is a strategic gift to Russia’s Vladimir Putin Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, TelegraphAfter Syriza: What’s next for Spain? LSE
Putin: Greece did not seek financial aid from Russia BBC
UPDATE 1-Greece raises 1.1 bln euros, sells all 6-month T-bills on offer Reuters
Tsipras-Putin Sign New Trade Deal and Renew Greece-Russia Relations Greek Reporter
Russia could give Greece advance funds for future gas project – Greek official Daily Star
Marine Le Pen, Leader of France’s National Front Party, Splits With Her Father, Its Founder New York Times (KF)
Grexit?
Greece made its big IMF debt repayment Business Insider, and Greece makes IMF payment, gets bank funds, but doubts remain ReutersTHE EASTER BUNNY GOES TO KIEV — CANADA ANNOUNCES SECOND UKRAINE LOAN OF $200 MILLION — AUDIT PROVISIONS DROPPED FOR $400 MILLION IN CANADIAN FINANCING FOR UKRAINE’S MILITARY OPERATIONS John Helmer
Putin gives visiting Greek prime minister Tsipras an ancient Greek icon once stolen by Nazis FOX. Ouch.
ECB president ‘blew up’ at plan that could have solved the Greek crisis in 2010 Business Insider
Greece’s Achilles’ Heel WSJ. Capital flight.
Greece’s difficult road ahead OMFIF
Science
Natural Selection May Help Account for Dutch Height Advantage
A new study from the Netherlands suggests evolution favors taller people.Business Day
Listeria in Sabra Hummus Prompts New Wave of Recalls
The discovery of the potentially lethal bacterium has been linked to three deaths and five illnesses in Texas and Kansas.World
China Says Construction in Contested Waters Is for Maritime Purposes
A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman defended the island-building work in the South China Sea, noting it would help ships in the event of typhoons.N.Y. / Region
New Criticism After New Jersey Posts Text of Exxon Settlement
Environmental groups and some state lawmakers call the proposed $225 million deal a “corporate giveaway” that “leaves us with more questions than answers.”Business Day
Low Gasoline Prices Will Continue This Summer, Government Says
An Energy Department forecast says that gasoline prices this summer will be the lowest since 2009, even though oil prices have stabilized.U.S.
Ex-F.B.I. Agent Claims Retaliation for Dissent in Anthrax Inquiry
Richard Lambert, who led the F.B.I.’s anthrax investigation, has sued the bureau over its conclusions and claims that doubts he has raised led the bureau to spoil his job prospects.Travel
Apps for Encounters of the Local Kind
A roundup of new tools that let travelers connect with locals, at parties and over dinner tables.Opinion
McDonald’s Turns ‘Progressive’
Instead of playing catch-up, it should really transform itself.World
Ukraine’s Parliament Moves to Shore Up Battered Economy
A series of legislative votes came as new evidence emerged of just how badly the business sector has been shattered in the last year.World
Putin Meets With Alexis Tsipras of Greece, Raising Eyebrows in Europe
The Russian president said that the visit by the Greek prime minister “could not have come at a better time.”U.S.
In California, Cities Braced to Cut Water by 10 to 35%
Some cities and towns say that the state’s recommended drought-related cutbacks are too drastic and seem punitive.World
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