Thousands Evacuated as Canary Island Volcano Erupts
A volcano erupted Sunday on the Spanish island of La Palma, spewing lava and a thick column of smoke and prompting the authorities to evacuate thousands of residents from nearby…
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Your Monday Briefing
Good morning. We’re covering French anger over a U.S.-Australian submarine deal, a home quarantine pilot program in Australia and the fallout from a U.S. drone strike in…
Merkel’s Children: Living Legacies Called Angela, Angie and Sometimes Merkel
“She will only eat German food!” said Ms. Maai of little Angela, now 5. The fall of 2015 was an extraordinary moment of compassion and redemption for the country that…
Haiti Protests Mass Deportation of Migrants to a Country in Crisis
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The Haitian government protested plans by the Biden administration to expel migrants from the United States en masse, arguing that Haiti is mired in a…
Mississippi’s governor plays down state’s high death rate.
Gov. Tate Reeves of Mississippi on Sunday downplayed his state’s high Covid death rate on Sunday, calling it an inadequate benchmark to measure the pandemic’s toll in the…
Google Blocks More Anti-Kremlin Content as Vote in Russia Winds Down
MOSCOW — Russian opposition activists said Google had taken down videos and documents they were using to organize a protest vote in this weekend’s elections, the latest sign…
Chris Rock says he has a breakthrough coronavirus case.
Chris Rock told his social media followers on Sunday that he is sick with Covid-19, and the comedian urged people to get vaccinated. Mr. Rock didn’t elaborate on his symptoms,…
Fauci urges Americans not to get booster shots until they are eligible.
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease doctor, defended President Biden’s decision last month to announce the availability of Covid booster shots before…
Fighting a Pandemic, While Launching Africa’s Health Revolution
When Dr. John Nkengasong took the job as the first head of Africa’s new Centers for Disease Control in 2017, part of the continent had just emerged from a devastating Ebola…
When Covid-19 Stole Their Smell, These Experts Lost Much More
PARIS — Hélène Barre, 35, lost her sense of smell when she fell ill with Covid-19 in November, a condition known as anosmia. Her slow recovery was plagued by disturbing…
Madrid is set to remove most of its restrictions on Monday.
Madrid will remove most of its pandemic restrictions on Monday, amid a general easing of Spain’s lockdown rules after the country’s coronavirus infection rate fell to its…
Israel Captures Last 2 Palestinian Inmates Still Free After Prison Break
JERUSALEM — The last two of six Palestinian prisoners who escaped a maximum-security Israeli prison two weeks ago were recaptured early Sunday, the Israeli military said. It…
Stabilized Notre-Dame Cathedral Is on Track for 2024 Reopening, Officials Say
Two and a half years after a fire ravaged the centuries-old Cathedral of Notre-Dame in the heart of Paris, the building has been secured enough to start the rebuilding process,…
Lions and tigers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo test positive for the virus.
Lions and tigers and Covid? Oh my. Some of the lions and tigers of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C., have tested positive…
Covid-stricken Alabama had more deaths than births last year, a first in its recorded history.
For the first time in Alabama’s known history, the state had more deaths than births in 2020 — a grim milestone that underscores the pandemic’s calamitous toll. “Our state…
Health experts voice support for opening booster access to older and at-risk Americans.
American health experts spoke out on social media and other platforms on Friday and Saturday to applaud the likelihood that federal regulators could soon make Pfizer-BioNTech…
Submarine Deal Gives Post-Brexit Britain Its Moment on the Global Stage
LONDON — As relations between France and the United States sink to their lowest level in decades, Britain has emerged as the unlikely winner in a maritime security alliance that…
‘There Is Chaos’; Iran-Backed Militias Battle Activists in a Holy Iraqi City
KARBALA, Iraq — One night in May, Samira Abbas Kadhim was up late, waiting for her son. She poked her head out of the gate of their small house, looking for him down the narrow…
Trudeau Seeks a Fresh Start, but Many Voters See a Power Grab
Mr. Trudeau has many achievements since 2015 to point to. His government has introduced carbon pricing and other climate measures, legalized cannabis, increased spending for…
Afghans Somber but Not Surprised as U.S. Calls Drone Strike a ‘Tragic Mistake’
On its website, the organization has a tribute to Mr. Ahmadi noting that “Zemari was well respected by his colleagues and compassionate towards the poor and needy.” NEI had…
In Senegal, Demand for Covid Vaccines Grows, but They’re Hard to Get
But nurses like Ms. Sy have had to turn many others away. When Covid vaccines were first available, she said, many older people had shown up, but young people had been more…
Despite Censorship and Poor Internet, Cuban Podcasts are Booming
No subject is off limits. El Enjambre provided detailed coverage of the remarkable July 11 anti-government protests in Cuba and searing criticism of the ruthless crackdown that…
The Covid Crisis Is Now a Garbage Crisis, Too
Across Brazil, recycling plants stopped running for months. In Uganda, a junkyard is short on reusable plastics. And in Indonesia’s capital, disposable gloves and face shields…
The Scientist and the A.I.-Assisted, Remote-Control Killer Robot
If Israel was going to kill a top Iranian official, an act that had the potential to start a war, it needed the assent and protection of the United States. That meant acting…
They Shunned Covid Vaccines but Embraced Antibody Treatment
Lanson Jones did not think that the coronavirus would come for him. An avid tennis player in Houston who had not caught so much as a cold during the pandemic, he had refused a…
Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria’s Longest-Serving President, Dies at 84
ALGIERS — Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who joined his country’s fight against French colonial rule in the 1950s, rose to foreign minister at 26, went into exile over corruption…
Indigenous Issues Are Sidelined in Canada’s Election
As the 36-day snap election called by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau staggers toward Monday’s vote, the Liberals and the Conservatives remain locked in a statistical tie in the…
As Populists Decline, the Center-Left Sees Hints of a Comeback
A style of politics long considered in decline is experiencing something of a reprieve, even seeing glimmers of a possible return. The gray-suited technocrats of the center-left…
Furious Over Sub Deal, France Recalls Ambassadors to U.S. and Australia
He also said that until Mr. Macron received a letter Wednesday morning from the Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, telling him the French submarine deal was scrapped,…
Taliban Seize Women’s Ministry Building for Use by Religious Police
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban have converted the Ministry of Women’s Affairs building into offices for the religious morality police, who once instilled dread in…
