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- EU drug regulator: Unusual blood clot 'very rare AstraZeneca side effect'
- A Fierce Election Tests Modi’s Campaign to Remake India
- Turkey coup: Top officers given life terms in mass trial
- Kim Kardashian becomes a Forbes billionaire
- Covid: Applause for 104-year-old Colombian who beat coronavirus - twice
- U.K. says AstraZeneca alternative should be offered for under 30s, and E.U. finds a ‘possible link’ to rare clots.
- Couple Who Defaced $400,000 Painting in South Korea Thought It Was a Public Art Project
- Imran Khan criticised for rape 'victim blaming'
- Ursula von der Leyen left without a seat during EU visit to Turkey
- Kenya Lamu mosque: Anger over T-shirt worn by Jay-Z
- Nemam Ghafouri, Doctor Who Aided Yazidis in Iraq, Dies at 52
- Jordan's King Abdullah describes 'most painful' royal rift
- Jordan’s King Breaks Silence on Feud, Saying It Has ‘Ceased’
- Tiger Woods car crash: Golfing great drove at almost double the speed limit
- Oh Se-hoon Wins Seoul Mayoral Election
- Rare Superman comic sells for record $3.25m
- Your Thursday Briefing
- Biden administration to restore $235m in US aid to Palestinians
- Oh Se-hoon Wins Seoul Mayoral Election
- Myanmar ambassador to UK 'locked out' of London embassy
- George Floyd: Expert witness criticises use of force during arrest
- 'Can you help me?': Boy in tears found alone at US-Mexico border
- Reversing Trump, Biden Restores Aid to Palestinians
- Myanmar: Celebrity model arrested amid coup crackdown
- Navalny: Jailed Putin critic 'losing sensation in legs and hands'
- Beijing now has more billionaires than any city
- South Korea ruling party suffers crushing defeat in mayoral vote
- Trans in Japan: Sterilisation and legal gender recognition
- The woman who took on Google and won
- Call My Agent star joins plea to reopen French theatres
- Indian Premier League: The risks of hosting the IPL during a pandemic
- Covid-19: The disinformation tactics used by China
- The water fight over the shrinking Colorado River
- Letter from Africa: Kenyans protest over growing debt
- Powerful Men Fall, One After Another, in France’s Delayed #MeToo
- ‘No More Parties’: Mexico’s Piñata Makers Badly Bruised by Pandemic
- Amid Sexual Harassment Scandals, Australia Plots a ‘Road Map for Respect’
- Myanmar's Ambassador to the U.K. Was Locked Out of London Embassy
- AstraZeneca Vaccine Faces Setbacks in U.K. and European Union
- For 10 Years, Photographer Follows Up on Destroyed Village
- Your Thursday Briefing
- Hawaii Becomes 50th State to Expand Vaccine Eligibility
- Opposition Wins Greenland Election After Running Against Rare Earths Mine
- Czech vaccines: European rights court backs mandatory pre-school jabs
- Ukraine conflict: Moscow could 'defend' Russia-backed rebels
- US gun violence: Joe Biden to target 'ghost guns'
- Zach Avery: Hollywood actor arrested over $690m scam scheme
- Turkey blames EU in 'sofagate' diplomatic spat
- ENA: Macron to scrap French leaders' elite training school
- Kyrgyzstan: Fury over death of 'bride kidnapping' victim
- Sri Lanka Mrs World arrested over pageant bust-up
- Milk Tea Alliance: Twitter creates emoji for pro-democracy activists
- What is behind the violence in Northern Ireland?
- Myanmar's ex-ambassador locked out of embassy
- Holocaust Remembrance Day: Israel stops to remember victims
- Outcry in Pakistan After Imran Khan Links Rape to How Women Dress
- South Korean Man Gets 34 Years for Running Sexual Exploitation Chat Room
- N.Y.C.’s mayor says a new virus rule will reduce temporary public school closures.
- George Floyd died from lack of oxygen, not fentanyl, says expert
- Phillip Adams: South Carolina shooting suspect named as former NFL player
- Covid-19: Why have deaths soared in Brazil?
- Deep sea mining to help make electric vehicles
- 'Satan Shoes' to be recalled as Nike agrees to settle lawsuit
- Amazon holds early lead in historic union election
- Covid patient receives world's first living donor lung transplant
- Norway death: Police ask how Oslo man's body lay in flat for nine years
- Sexual health: 'I can't tell my mum I'm having sex'
- Markus Söder: Star Trek fan who could boldly go and lead Germany
- How US history explains vaccine passport scepticism
- Is Netflix's Seaspiracy film right about fishing damaging oceans?
- Northern Ireland Sees Spasm of Violence as Old Tensions Resurface
- With the U.S. Asylum System Closed to Many, Some Find Sanctuary in Mexico
- Macron Closes ENA, in Bid to Diversify France's Public Service
- Slovakia Claims a Bait-and-Switch With the Russian Vaccines it Ordered
- Archaeologists Unearth ‘Ancient Egyptian Pompeii’
- Your Friday Briefing
- Afghan War Casualty Report: April 2021
- South Korea says tanker and captain detained in Iran released
- Covid: Australia faces vaccine delays after changing AstraZeneca advice
- North Korea: Kim Jong-un warns of 'difficult' crisis
- Taiwan drought: Man retrieves phone dropped in lake a year ago
- It’s All a Blur: Chinese Shows Censor Western Brands Over Xinjiang Dispute
- Your Friday Briefing
- 'Lost golden city' found in Egypt reveals lives of ancient pharaohs
- Does an ‘Asian-Australian’ Accent Exist?
- In Haifa, Israel, Wild Boars Encroach on Human Turf
- Greta Thunberg: I don't think I'll be going to COP26
- Archaeologists in Egypt Find Ancient City More Than 3,000 Years Old
- For a U.K. Satirist and His Online Fans, Comedy Is Catharsis
- Are Your Illegal Drugs Pure? New Zealand Will Check Them for You.
- Iran Releases South Korean Oil Tanker
- Driver found with corpse on wrong side of highway
- Israel to ignore ICC war crimes investigation
- Ocean noise: Study to measure the oceans' 'year of quiet'
- Antiretrovirals: Plight of HIV patients over ARV drug shortage in Kenya
- German lawmakers move to strengthen the government’s powers in the pandemic.
- Prince Philip: World leaders and royals send heartfelt sympathy
- Saint Vincent volcano: 'Explosive' Soufrière eruption sparks mass evacuation
- DMX, American rapper and actor, dies aged 50
- Amazon defeats historic Alabama union effort
- Derek Chauvin trial: Police restraint killed George Floyd, expert says
- Save our wine! Big freeze spells disaster for French vineyards
- South Korea beauty brand sorry for 'paper bottle' label fail
- Obituary: DMX, the record-breaking rapper with bark and bite
- Prince Philip, Husband of Queen Elizabeth II, Is Dead at 99
- India Covid-19 Crisis Deepened by Missteps and Complacency
- Latest Updates: Prince Philip’s Funeral Will Be Scaled Back Due to Covid
- Vaccine Passports Could Unlock World Travel and Cries of Discrimination
- Vaccine Passports: What Are They, and Who Might Need One?
- Volcano Erupts on Island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Blood Clots Linked to AZ Vaccine Stem From Rare Antibody Reaction
- Netflix's ‘The Crown’ Changed Prince Philip’s Image
- Prince Philip’s Life in Pictures
- Iran Nuclear Talks Start on Positive Note in Vienna
- To Speed Vaccination, Some Call for Delaying Second Shots
- Prince Philip, Style Icon
- Prince Philip will lie in rest at Windsor Castle before a funeral in St. George’s Chapel.
- Boris Johnson Reacts to Prince Philip's Death
- Prince Philip died at 99 at his home in Windsor Castle.
- Myanmar citizens flee to India to escape violence
- South African artists struggle with Covid theatre closures
- From 'Porky' to goalie: Peru's presidential candidates
- Prince Philip: US President Joe Biden describes him as 'a heck of a guy'
- For Prince Philip, Royal Family Plans Pandemic-Muted Honors
- Russian Troop Movements and Talk of Intervention Cause Jitters in Ukraine
- Turkey Fights for Return of a Work It Says Was Looted
- A Bleak Forecast for Canada’s 600,000 Energy Industry Workers
- Pfizer Requests Authorization to Use Vaccine in Young Teens
- Hong Kong residents stranded in Britain meet frustration as they try to return.
- The struggle against vaccine hesitancy comes to Mississippi.
- As a virus variant sweeps Europe, a look at lessons for the rest of the world.
- St Vincent volcano: Power cuts after another 'explosive event'
- Covid-19: India vaccination crosses 100 million doses
- Myanmar coup: 'Dozens killed' in military crackdown in Bago
- Jordan royal family pictured together following 'royal rift'
- US army officer sues police over violent traffic stop
- Benin elections: The fight for a democratic future
- Elephant calf rescued from bottom of well in India
- Chad presidential election: Voters head to the polls amid a boycott
- China mine rescue: Crews race to free trapped workers in Xinjiang
- Cyclone Seroja: Western Australia braces as category two storm nears
- Ecuador picks president under the shadow of Covid
- Giorgos Karaivaz: Veteran crime journalist shot dead in Greece
- Covid: Over 100 Paris restaurant diners fined for violating rules
- Moscow's palatial Yeliseyevsky food hall closes after 120 years
- Ghana's farmers eye sweet success from chocolate
- Saving green turtles... by cooling their eggs
- Ash falls like snow after St Vincent volcano eruption
- US soldier faces guns and pepper spray in traffic stop
- Baftas 2021: The Mauritanian star Tahar Rahim on 'reassuring' nomination
- How Prince Philip's death was reported worldwide
- Prince Philip: Biden, Ardern and other world leaders pay tribute to Duke of Edinburgh
- Harry Will Attend Philip’s Funeral, Raising Hope Royal Rift Will Heal
- After Going ‘Free of L.G.B.T.,’ a Polish Town Pays a Price
- Royal Rivalry Bares Social Tensions Behind Jordan’s Stable Veneer
- ‘You Can’t Trust Anyone’: Russia’s Hidden Covid Toll Is an Open Secret
- Sliding in the Polls, Erdogan Kicks Up a New Storm Over the Bosporus
- In Peru’s Presidential Election, the Most Popular Choice Is No One
- Indigenous Party, Not on the Ballot, Is Still a Big Winner in Ecuador Election
- ‘Everything Is Worth Freedom’: Uganda’s Opposition Leader Faces the Future
- ‘Tell Us if He’s Dead’: Abductions and Torture Rattle Uganda
- After Snatching One Crown, Mrs. World Gives Up Her Own
- New Hampshire and Oklahoma Move to Open Covid Vaccines to Nonresidents
- AstraZeneca Vaccine and Blood Clots: What Is Known So Far
- Indonesia Earthquake Kills at Least 6 People
- Ashraf Ghani, Afghanistan's President, Has Little Sway Over Its Future
- Iran nuclear: 'Terrorist act' at underground Natanz facility
- New Christ statue in Brazil's Encantado to be taller than Rio's
- Sydney remembers Prince Philip: ‘We feel more connected now’
- Need New Skills? How About a Hug? The Women’s Shed Welcomes You.
- Blackout Strikes Natanz Nuclear Facility in Iran
- China Official Acknowledges Low Effectiveness of the Country's Covid Vaccines
- Cambodia criticises edited photos of Khmer Rouge victims
- Myanmar Protests, and Killings, Continue
- ‘Nomadland’ Wins Big at Diverse BAFTAs
- Greg Abbott Speculates Texas Has Herd Immunity
- Blinken Calls for More Thorough Investigation of Covid Origins in China
- St Vincent volcano: Eruptions likely in coming days, experts warn
- Yuri Gagarin: Sixty years since the first man went into space
- Chinese official says local vaccines 'don't have high protection rates'
- Markus Söder joins German chancellor race
- Guillermo Lasso: Conservative ex-banker elected Ecuador president
- Alibaba accepts record China fine and vows to change
- Camille Pissarro: Transatlantic struggle for painting stolen by Nazis
- Why India's forest fires are worrying scientists
- Being mixed race like Kamala Harris: 'I feel just as Indian as I feel black'
- Your Monday Briefing
- A Clash of Wills Keeps a Leonardo Masterpiece Hidden
- Minneapolis: Daunte Wright killing by police near city sparks unrest
- Iran vows revenge for 'Israeli' attack on Natanz nuclear site
- Neighbours star Nicola Charles claims cast members tried to get her deported
- Prince Philip: The Vanuatu tribes mourning the death of their 'god'
- Haridwar: Crowds surging at Kumbh Mela as India overtakes Brazil in Covid cases
- Joseph Siravo: The Sopranos and Jersey Boys star dies aged 64
- Myanmar Coup Puts the Seal on Autocracy’s Rise in Southeast Asia
- When Anti-Asian Jokes Targeted BTS, the Boy Band’s Fan Army Mobilized
- Drought and Abundance in the Mesopotamian Marshes
- France moves to ban short-haul domestic flights
- Will Smith's slavery film Emancipation pulls out of Georgia over voting laws
- Nevskaya Manufaktura: Fire destroys historic factory in St Petersburg
- Iran nuclear attack: Mystery surrounds nuclear sabotage at Natanz
- Minneapolis: Daunte Wright killing by police sparks unrest
- After months of near-total lockdown, Britain begins to reopen.
- Blaming Israel, Iran Vows Revenge for Blackout at Nuclear Site
- The Ghosts of Northern Ireland’s Troubles Are Back. What’s Going On?
- Covid-19 Live Updates: Regeneron’s Antibody Drug Can Help Prevent Infections, Study Says
- From William and Harry, Loving but Separate Tributes to Prince Philip
- Severe Covid Cases Surge in Gaza as Ramadan Nears
- New York ends requirement to quarantine for international travelers, but recommends they still do so.
- Over 50,000 N.Y.C. Public School Students Will Return to Classrooms
- David Cameron Faces Inquiry Into His Dealings With Greensill
- Daunte Wright shooting by police 'accidental'
- Manhunt after 'execution' shooting in Paris
- French Wine Production Ravaged by a Devastating Frost
- Peru Election for the 5th President in 5 Years Goes to Runoff
- Ready or Not, Hideki Matsuyama Is Now a National Hero in Japan
- Two worrisome variants make up over 70 percent of cases analyzed in N.Y.C., city officials say.
- Your Tuesday Briefing
- George Floyd's younger sibling tells court: 'I miss my brother'
- George Floyd death: The prosecution's case against Derek Chauvin
- Taiwan: 'Record number' of China jets enter airspace
- Saving the kelp forest that stars in My Octopus Teacher
- Gruppe S: German far-right group on trial for 'terror plot'
- Sputnik V: What we know about India's Covid-19 vaccines
- Fukushima: Japan approves releasing wastewater into ocean
- World's wealthiest 'at heart of climate problem'
- Iran and Israel's shadow war takes a dangerous turn
- Myanmar coup: The people shot dead since the protests began
- Somaliland and Taiwan: Two territories with few friends but each other
- The exchange project uniting young Americans during the pandemic
- Covid accelerates India's millionaire exodus
- The anti-vax movement targeting German children
- Japan to Start Releasing Radioactive Water From Fukushima in 2 Years
- Britain Rejoices and Asks: Are Lockdowns Finally Finished?
- From William and Harry, Loving but Separate Tributes to Prince Philip
- Your Tuesday Briefing
- Graduation ceremonies will be allowed in New York this spring, with restrictions.
- England reopens shops and some pubs and restaurants after three months of lockdown.
- Daunte Wright shooting: Dozens arrested in fresh unrest in Minnesota
- Kim Kardashian and Kanye West agree joint custody after divorce
- Covid: Return to normality won't be a light switch moment, says Fauci
- Brazil coronavirus: Inside the crisis
- Girl's Rape in Venezuela Becomes a Rallying Cry for Abortion Activists
- Taiwan Hunters Contend With Taboos, and Trials, to Uphold Tradition
- How Do You Write an Anthony Bourdain Book Without Anthony Bourdain?
- The Simpsons: Hank Azaria apologises for voicing Indian character Apu
- US says troops to leave Afghanistan by 11 September
- Iran Natanz nuclear site suffered major damage, official says
- Daunte Wright shooting: Police chief resigns over black motorist's death
- Covid-19: US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine
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