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- Spain to require masks outdoors amid Covid surge
- Omicron wave appears milder, but concern remains
- Rogel Aguilera-Mederos: Colorado lorry driver's sentence sparks uproar
- Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich wins apology over Putin claim
- NHL will not send players to Beijing Olympics
- Brigitte Macron to sue over false claims she was born male
- Roman-era 'Good Shepherd' ring found off Israel in ancient shipwreck
- Turkey arrests US diplomat over alleged passport handover
- French outcry over academic in Grenoble Islamophobia row
- Xi'an: Chinese city under lockdown as Covid cases rise
- Koalas: Mass deaths in Victoria bring animal cruelty charges
- US safety body to probe Tesla on in-car gameplay
- Libya elections: Delay called for in presidential poll
- India's Christians Attacked Under Anti-Conversion Laws
- Covid Live Updates: Omicron Cases Appear Less Severe, 2 U.K. Studies Say
- U.K. System Strained as Health Care Workers Get Covid Themselves
- Covid Spoils Another Christmas in the Holy Land
- New cases slow in South Africa, suggesting its Omicron wave may have peaked.
- France will offer Covid vaccinations for children aged 5-11, and other international news.
- Inflation Forces Parisian Vendors to Raise Prices on Staples
- Covid Cases Spike in New York City Jails
- CityMD Temporarily Shuts 19 Locations Amid Urgent Testing Demands
- Obamacare Sign-Ups Reach Record as Virus Rocks Job-Based Coverage
- What would it cost to end the pandemic?
- Reimposed travel restrictions spoil another Christmas season in the Holy Land.
- N.Y.C. Health Commissioner to Stay On Until March, Adams Says
- Turkey issues emergency-use authorization for its domestically produced vaccine.
- Americans are tired, and Omicron is just beginning.
- Much maligned during the pandemic, caroling is back. Outside London pubs, that is.
- ‘The Daily’: A Covid testing crisis, again.
- Decoding Joe Manchin
- Singapore and Malaysia freeze ticket sales for vaccinated travel amid Omicron fears.
- Using a City’s Excess Heat to Reduce Emissions
- Israel to Administer 4th Round of Covid Vaccines
- Omicron: Biden denies failure in pandemic testing response
- Pillar of Shame: Hong Kong's Tiananmen Square statue removed
- Philadelphia congresswoman carjacked at gunpoint in broad daylight
- Gay Santa ad highlights big shift in Norwegian society
- Kashmir fury at India's plan to redraw voting map
- Is this the world's largest virtual fashion show?
- How this iconic Manhattan newsstand survived the Covid pandemic
- ‘Koala Massacre’: Australia Files Hundreds of Charges After Land-Clearing Operation
- Three Dead and Many Missing as Migrant Boat Sinks Near Greece
- Omicron Infections Seem to Be Milder, Three Research Teams Report
- Studies Find Omicron May Be Less Severe Than Delta
- Holiday traveling and Omicron: Here are some strategies for staying safe.
- Kentucky tornado: Two babies pulled alive from rubble
- Australia settles lawsuit over welfare scheme criticised as racist
- James Franco admits sleeping with students from his acting school
- Tiananmen Square memorial statue removed in Hong Kong
- ‘Koala Massacre’: Australia Files Hundreds of Animal Cruelty Charges
- Your Thursday Briefing
- Russia-Ukraine crisis: Kyiv hopes truce will bring down war tensions
- Of Mouth Molds and Michelin Stars: Chef Finds Fame After Epic Takedown
- Omicron-Driven Pushes for Boosters Could Prolong Pandemic, W.H.O. Says
- How to Catch a Polar Bear
- At Putin News Conference, a Search for Signals on Ukraine
- Fury in China After Li Tiantian, an Outspoken Teacher, Disappears
- Covid Live Updates: European Nations Add Restrictions as Cases Surge
- Fury in China After Li Tiantian, an Outspoken Teacher, Disappears
- Covid’s Risk to Older Adults
- Hong Kong Removes 'Pillar of Shame' Statue Amid Crackdown
- Belgium agrees to close controversial ageing nuclear reactors
- Bros' Restaurant in Italy: Chef Finds Fame After Epic Takedown
- Netlicks? 'The TV screen you can taste’
- How to Catch a Polar Bear
- Kêfa Sagbadjou Glèlè: Monarch of once-powerful West African kingdom dies
- Capitol riot: Proud Boy pleads guilty and agrees to cooperate with authorities
- Joan Didion: US literary icon dies at 87
- TikTok ousts Google to become favourite online destination
- Sudan women protest against 'rape by security forces'
- President Putin: West must give us guarantees over Ukraine
- Israel May Give 4th Dose of Covid Shot, Despite Experts' Doubts
- Cecilia McDowall to Debut New Christmas Carol
- Putin says he won’t pursue fines or prosecute unvaccinated people in Russia.
- As the virus surges again, U.S. colleges worry about a mental health crisis.
- Daunte Wright death: US 'Taser mixup' ex-officer guilty of manslaughter
- James Franco: I'll admit, I did sleep with students... and that was wrong
- Lapid Says Israel Will Support Iran Nuclear Pact, if It’s ‘a Good Deal.’
- What does it mean to be ‘fully vaccinated’ against Covid-19?
- Hong Kong universities remove more monuments marking Tiananmen
- Bangladesh ferry fire: Dozens killed near Jhalakathi
- Haridwar: Police case after outrage over anti-Muslim hate speech
- Boston College student's girlfriend pleads guilty over his suicide
- Rare pink handfish spotted in Australia for first time in decades
- Covid: Ecuador makes vaccination mandatory for most citizens
- Park Geun-hye: South Korea's ex-president granted government pardon
- Mali: West condemns Russian mercenaries 'deployment'
- Selfridges sold for £4bn to Thai-Austrian alliance
- Climate change: Small army of volunteers keeping deniers off Wikipedia
- Murray Head: 'Unsung at home, but a hero in France'
- Switzerland's wolves get too close for comfort
- Africa's week in pictures: 17-23 December 2021
- Daunte Wright shooting: Key moments in the trial of Kimberly Potter
- James Webb Space Telescope: How does it work?
- Georgia: The rise of the right
- Park Geun-hye, Ex-Leader of South Korea, to Be Pardoned
- Japan Approves Major Hike in Military Spending, With Taiwan in Mind
- Canada and Indigenous People Settle Over Drinking Water
- Fire on Crowded Bangladesh Ferry Leaves Dozens Dead
- Your Friday Briefing
- Second Deadly Migrant Boat Crash Off Greece This Week
- Your Friday Briefing: Israel Weighs Fourth Dose
- New York’s virus surge has leaders balancing health and political risks.
- Lab tests suggest that using AstraZeneca’s vaccine as a booster may protect against Omicron, the company says.
- National Guard members take on new roles at nursing homes.
- Older Americans are displaying a mix of worry and resolve heading into the holidays.
- Israel weighs giving approval for 4th vaccine doses.
- More European countries, seeing record case spikes, embrace pediatric vaccines and tighter restrictions.
- When will the 500 million free tests that Biden promised be available?
- China tells Winter Olympic spectators to clap, not cheer, for athletes, and Xi’an, a major city, locks down.
- Europeans Ponder Living With, Not Defeating, Covid
- Suga of BTS Tests Positive for Covid
- An Afghan Official Laments What Was Lost and Looks to What Lies Ahead
- Covid: Christmas flights cancelled and new curbs amid Omicron spread
- Russia fines Google over illegal content breach
- Police stray bullet kills teen in LA store's dressing room
- James Franco accusers call him 'completely insensitive' after interview
- 'Let's go, Brandon': Caller pranks Biden at White House event
- Russian priest who adopted 70 children jailed for abuse
- Chris Noth: Fifth woman accuses Sex and the City actor of misconduct
- Pregnant woman among 15 charged for Uganda attacks
- In Myanmar, a Notable Burmese Family Quietly Equipped a Brutal Military
- Despite Omicron Wave, Britons Are Set on Not Losing Another Christmas
- As Hindu Extremists Call for Killing of Muslims, India’s Leaders Keep Silent
- How Do Saudis Celebrate Christmas? Quietly, but Less So.
- Covid Live Updates: Thousands of Christmas Flights Canceled as Omicron Spreads
- South Africa Ends Quarantining and Contact Tracing
- Travel Between U.S. and Southern Africa Will Resume, White House Says
- Portraits of Our Times
- A Quieter Christmas for Queen Elizabeth II as Covid Persists
- What does it mean to be ‘fully vaccinated’ against Covid-19?
- Covid: Holiday plans disrupted as Omicron surge grounds flights
- SA urges halt to Nelson Mandela's Robben Island prison cell key auction
- In pictures: World celebrates Christmas
- French zoo closed temporarily after pack of nine wolves escape
- Climate change: Lapland reindeer gone astray in search for food
- No time for war: Russians see no chance of conflict
- ICYMI: Christmas moments you may have missed from around the globe
- Art: 'People amazed I fold paper for a living, then they see it'
- A New Israeli Wonderland, Where You Can Almost Forget Where You Are
- Many African Countries Toughen Covid Restrictions as Fourth Wave Spreads
- Pope Francis Urbi et Orbi address: World ignoring huge tragedies
- Spain's La Palma volcano eruption declared over after three months
- Sudan coup: Tear gas fired at pro-democracy protests
- Pope's Christmas Day message
- James Webb Space Telescope lifts off on historic mission
- A New Israeli Wonderland, Where You Can Almost Forget Where You Are
- Anti-Coup Protesters in Sudan Press Their Demand for Return to Civilian Rule
- Why Bragging About Your Wealth In China Can Get You Censored
- As Russian Threat Looms, Ukraine’s Government Is No Laughing Matter
- ‘Christmas Can Be Hard’ Amid Loss, Queen Elizabeth Says in Annual Message
- As Covid Disrupts a 2nd Christmas, Pope Prays for Healing and Peace
- At Least 16 Dead After Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Greece
- Another Covid Christmas …
- India to Expand Vaccinations and Begin Boosters to Fight Omicron
- Covid Outbreak Strands U.S.S. Milwaukee in Guantánamo Bay
- Sardi’s, Broadway’s iconic watering hole, is back, just in time for Omicron show closures.
- A Janitor’s Colleagues Put Him on the Fast Track to Retirement
- The unvaccinated in the U.S. remain defiant.
- Deadly bombing at restaurant packed for Christmas
- Myanmar: Charity staff missing after deadly 'army attack'
- Surfer killed in apparent shark attack in California
- Israeli 'psychic' Uri Geller still baffling fans at 75
- Love story sends TV fans in search of idyllic Alps
- Letter from Africa: Why Kenya's taxman is eyeing social media
- The Chinese mother backing bigger families
- Why a former oil executive is capping abandoned wells
- El Salvador Releases 3 Women Serving Long Prison Sentences for Abortions
- England is administering booster shots through the Christmas holiday.
- U.S. blood banks are experiencing their biggest shortage in a decade.
- Desmond Tutu: South Africa anti-apartheid hero dies aged 90
- Covid: Travel misery for tens of thousands as flights are cancelled
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Looking back at his life
- Uri Geller: The celebrity who owes his success to spoons
- Desmond Tutu, Whose Voice Helped Slay Apartheid, Dies at 90
- Training Civilians, Ukraine Nurtures a Resistance in Waiting
- In Congo, Bolivia and Beyond, Where the Green Future Begins
- In pictures: The life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu
- Sudan coup: Security forces accused of violence against protesters
- Desmond Tutu, Whose Voice Helped Slay Apartheid, Dies at 90
- Here Are Some of the Many Tributes for Desmond Tutu, a Force for Harmony
- Myanmar’s Army Is Accused of Massacring Dozens of Civilians
- Desmond Tutu: Obama joins tributes to South Africa anti-apartheid hero
- 'A dark day': South Africans remember Tutu
- After Chaotic Evacuation, Afghans in the Netherlands Struggle to Find Stability
- Demi Skipper plans to keep trading after hairpin-to-house swap
- Why I'm proud to be black and Jewish
- Fear and loathing in South Africa where foreigners live in danger
- Scott Marsh: Viral and controversial art of 'Australia's Banksy'
- How this clip restored one man's dream of being a pilot
- India's unwinnable battle against spitting
- My art channels the pain from Ethiopia's war
- Even in Retirement, Desmond Tutu Remained South Africa’s Moral Compass
- The Time Archbishop Tutu Was Searched at the Airport
- Two College Bowl Games Are Canceled Because of Covid Cases.
- No Sailors on Navy Ship Required Hospitalization After Coronavirus Outbreak
- Your Monday Briefing: Covid spikes in Africa
- Two More Members of the K-Pop Band, BTS, Test Positive for Coronavirus
- Many African countries are toughening pandemic restrictions in the face of a Covid surge.
- Covid: Travel chaos spills into new week
- Desmond Tutu: South Africa mourns anti-apartheid hero
- Climate change: Huge toll of extreme weather disasters in 2021
- Roe v Wade US abortion rights lawyer Sarah Weddington dies
- Spider-Man: No Way Home becomes first pandemic-era film to top $1bn
- Your Monday Briefing
- Covid-19: Extra vaccine mandates come into force in New York City
- Afghanistan's Taliban ban long-distance road trips for solo women
- Leading American naturalist EO Wilson, dubbed 'Darwin's heir', dies at 92
- Somalia PM Roble defiant after President Farmajo suspends him
- Mauritius oil spill: MV Wakashio ship captain sentenced
- Jean-Marc Vallée: Canadian filmmaker dies aged 58
- Amber Heard names new dog after Australian minister embroiled in feud
- Andrzej Duda: Polish president vetoes controversial media law
- Brazilian town floods after two dams collapse
- US snowstorms: California and other western states battered
- Desmond Tutu - the staunch and steadfast healer of a nation
- As Other Arab States Falter, Saudi Arabia Seeks to Become a Cultural Hub
- Super Typhoon Rai Leaves Miles of Wreckage in Philippines
- Iraq Confirms Election Gains for Muqtada al-Sadr
- Will Juan Carlos, Spain's Disgraced King, Get a Royal Homecoming?
- South Africa Begins a Week of Mourning for Desmond Tutu
- Covid Live Updates: Fauci Says Vaccination Requirement Should ‘Seriously Be Considered’ for Air Travel
- Poland’s President Says He Will Veto Media Bill Opposed by U.S.
- Somalia’s President Suspends Prime Minister Over Corruption Allegations
- Private-sector Vaccine Mandate Goes Into Effect in N.Y.C.
- Carnival Cruise Ship Returns to Miami With 'Small Number' of Covid Cases
- Reopening schools will be Eric Adams’s first big task as New York mayor.
- Israel Study Will Test Effectiveness of 4th Vaccine Dose
- Nepal halts Covid vaccinations in children because of a lack of syringes.
- Overlooked Stories
- South Korea approves Pfizer’s coronavirus pill for emergency use.
- Australia Covid Lab Mistakenly Tells Hundreds They Tested Negative
- Helping to Reveal a Still-Shuttered World
- Two College Bowl Games Are Canceled Because of Covid Cases
- Your Tuesday Briefing: Israel Collects Data on Fourth Dose
- France announces tighter Covid restrictions amid Omicron surge
- US animal shelter shocked after 800 parakeets surrendered
- Pandemic restrictions will limit Desmond Tutu’s funeral to 100 people.
- India blocks foreign funding for Mother Teresa charity
- Paing Takhon: Myanmar celebrity gets three years jail for mass protests
- Australia: Hundreds given false Covid results in Sydney lab error
- Elon Musk criticised after China space complaint to UN
- Covid: US halves isolation time for asymptomatic infection
- Ashes: Australia thrash feeble England to retain Ashes at Melbourne
- ‘The doctors came and I had to tell my father he was dying’
- Crocodiles turn on humans amid Iran water crisis
- The African nation aiming to be a hydrogen superpower
- What a Greek tragedy teaches us about modern migration
- 83 movie: Bollywood relives India’s epic cricket triumph
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