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Europe’s struggle with the virus on many frontsThe latest wave of the coronavirus in Europe appears to have crested in recent days, but not before setting records that prompted another series of shutdowns.The rate of new cases reported across the continent quintupled between September and November to about 300,000 ...

Worrisome spikes in AsiaThe coronavirus pandemic is taking a bad turn in parts of Asia. Cases are climbing quickly in Japan and South Korea, which had long managed to avoid the worst. And because Hong Kong is grappling with a spike, a plan for a travel bubble between Hong ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the soldiers at Rajasthan’s Longewala post on the occasion of Diwali. “India is proud of our forces who protect our nation courageously,” PM Modi said.The PM also congratulated the families of the soldiers who are deployed along the border in the festival season. “I bow ...

England is set to lock down againAfter weeks of resisting calls to impose stricter coronavirus restrictions, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced plans to shut pubs, restaurants and most retail stores in England for a month starting on Thursday, effectively establishing a national lockdown.Under the plans, which Parliament is expected ...

More countries lock down in EuropeAfter weeks of resisting calls for a lockdown, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is shutting pubs, restaurants and most retail stores in England, starting on Thursday until Dec. 2. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland had already put in place such restrictions.The British prime minister announced ...

Trump’s undisclosed bank account in ChinaPresident Trump spent a decade unsuccessfully pursuing projects in China, operating an office there during his first run for the presidency and forging a partnership with a major government-controlled company. Now our investigative reporters have found a bank account there in his name.China is ...

One million new coronavirus cases in three daysMore than one million new cases were reported around the world in the past three days, as France, Russia, Nepal and several American states set records for the highest daily number of new infections. India surpassed seven million total cases.The number of ...

Virus cases spike in New York CityOfficials announced on Tuesday a daily rate of 3.25 percent in positive coronavirus tests, a jump after over a month at around 1 percent. The mayor called it “cause for real concern.”The uptick comes at a crucial moment, when the city is sending ...

Is China’s vaccine safe?Chinese officials have begun to inoculate thousands of people with unproven coronavirus vaccines. Global health experts are bewildered: No other country has injected people outside the usual drug trial process to such a huge scale.The government is giving shots to essential workers and vaccine company staff, ...

A one-shot vaccine enters final testing in the U.S.Johnson & Johnson has begun the final stage of clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine that could have a big advantage over its competitors: It would require just one shot instead of two.The trials, which began on Monday, will be the ...