‘Like a Miracle’: Israel’s Vaccine Success Allows Easter Crowds in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — On Friday morning, in the Old City of Jerusalem, in the limestone alleys of the Christian quarter, it was as if the...
DeSantis Bans Agencies, Businesses From Requiring ‘Vaccine Passports’ in Florida
Florida has banned state and local government agencies and businesses from requiring so-called vaccine passports, or documentation proving that someone has been vaccinated against...
Fully Vaccinated Americans Can Travel With Low Risk, C.D.C. Says
Americans who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can safely travel at home and abroad, as long as they take basic precautions like wearing masks,...
Alabama to Open Vaccination to People 16 and Older
Alabama will allow everyone ages 16 or older to sign up for a Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, joining more than 40 states that have...
Reversing Trump, Biden Repeals Sanctions on Human Rights Prosecutor
In June, Mr. Trump signed an executive order authorizing sanctions on any personnel at the International Criminal Court who were investigating “allied personnel without...
C.D.C.’s Travel OK for the Vaccinated Wins Industry Applause
The travel industry on Friday applauded new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that said Americans who are fully vaccinated against...
‘The Angriest Octopus’ Lashes at a Tourist on an Australian Beach
The pain wasn’t too bad, he said. The whipping sensation felt like a wet towel, and he has experienced worse stings from Bluebottle jellyfish,...
Crowds Lured by a Hoax Concert Clash With Belgian Police
BRUSSELS — In an April Fool’s Day joke that went wrong, a fake announcement of a music festival contributed to thousands gathering in a...
Vaccinated Americans Can Travel, C.D.C. Says
Americans who are fully vaccinated can travel “at low risk to themselves,” both within the United States and internationally, but they must continue to...
U.K. Reports More Blood-Clotting Cases in People Who Received AstraZeneca Shot
Britain reported 30 cases of extremely rare blood clots in people who had received the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine, the same sort of events that have...
The State of Summer Vacation
With Covid vaccinations underway, many people are wondering about travel.The C.D.C. has recommended that Americans, even those who have been fully vaccinated, not travel...
‘Mommy, I Have Bad News’: For Child Migrants, Mexico Can Be...
Thousands of children, most from Central America, are making their way to the border, many hoping to meet parents in the United States. But...
Is the Fight Against Sexism in Australia’s Politics Different This Time?
The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email.For most of the past week, I’ve...
Taiwan Train Derails in Tunnel, Killing at Least 34 People
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A passenger train derailed in eastern Taiwan on Friday morning, killing at least 34 people, the authorities said, in the island’s...
Your Friday Briefing – The New York Times
The ‘gut punch’ of the pandemic’s latest waveExperts warn that despite hope from Covid-19 vaccinations and a clearer path forward, it is much too...
Coronavirus Testing Declines May Mask the Spread in Some States
Declines in coronavirus testing in many states in the South and the Great Plains are making it harder to know just how widely the...
Can Vaccinated People Spread the Virus? We Don’t Know, Scientists Say.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday walked back controversial comments made by its director, Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, suggesting that people...
Virginia Adults Eligible for Covid Vaccine on April 19
Maine announced on Thursday that adults 16 years and older will be eligible for a vaccine on Wednesday, more than a week sooner than...
Your Friday Briefing – The New York Times
We’re covering threats of virus resurgence around the world, and the convictions of top pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong.The pandemic is still not over,...
London Police Officer Convicted of Membership in Neo-Nazi Group
LONDON — An officer in London’s main police force was convicted on Thursday of being a member of a banned neo-Nazi group, his force...
If You Build It, They Will Bike: Pop-Up Lanes Increased Cycling...
Adding bike lanes to urban streets can increase the number of cyclists across an entire city, not just on the streets with new bike...
Anti-Asian Attack in New York Hits a Nerve in the Philippines
MANILA — When a Filipino immigrant was brutally attacked this week on a New York City sidewalk, the Philippine foreign secretary went on Twitter...
Biden’s Afghanistan Dilemma – The New York Times
Is America’s longest war finally coming to an end?That’s the question President Biden is confronting before a May 1 deadline to withdraw U.S. troops...
‘They Told Us Not to Resist’: Sexual Violence Pervades Ethiopia’s War
Mona Lisa lay on a hospital bed in Mekelle, the main city in war-torn northern Ethiopia, her body devastated but her defiance on display.Named...
Women Are Calling Out ‘Rape Culture’ in U.K. Schools
LONDON — For weeks, the harrowing anonymous testimonies have poured in, one after another.Accusations of sexual assault of girls as young as 9. Girls...
Your Thursday Briefing – The New York Times
Women call out ‘rape culture’ in U.K. schoolsAfter weeks of harrowing anonymous accounts of sexual violence, sexism and misogyny at schools on a platform...
Hong Kong Convicts Martin Lee and Other Democracy Leaders Over Protest
HONG KONG — Seven of Hong Kong’s leading veteran pro-democracy advocates were found guilty on Thursday of unauthorized assembly, as Beijing’s campaign to quash...
Trump Aide Peter Navarro Doled Out Millions in Pandemic Contracts, Inquiry...
The Trump administration was so slow to prepare for the coronavirus pandemic that a top aide to President Donald J. Trump took matters into...
Pregnancy Complications Have Been Common During the Pandemic, Researchers Say
More expectant women died, experienced complicated pregnancies or delivered stillborn babies during the pandemic than in previous years, according to an analysis of 40...
Johnson & Johnson vaccine is delayed by a U.S. factory mixup.
Workers at a Baltimore plant manufacturing two coronavirus vaccines accidentally conflated the vaccines’ ingredients several weeks ago, ruining about 15 million doses of Johnson...
