Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines Are Likely to Produce Long-Lasting Immunity, Study Suggests

Close examinations of more than a dozen vaccinated people found that immune cells were still organizing to fight the coronavirus months after inoculation.


Your Monday Briefing

The rising death toll in a Miami building collapse.


Migrants on U.S. Border Share Journey in Self-Portraits

The Times photographer Adam Ferguson worked with migrants in Mexico who planned to cross the border into the United States to create a series of self-portraits.


Your Monday Briefing

Rescuers have recovered nine bodies from the Florida building collapse.


Meeting Blinken, Israel’s Top Diplomat Aims to Fix Netanyahu ‘Mistakes’

Israel’s foreign minister, Yair Lapid, is determined to repair his government’s fraught relationship with Washington Democrats, but he does not necessarily speak for his own right-wing prime minister, Naftali Bennett.


Pope Sends More Mixed Messages on L.G.B.T.Q. Rights

An encouraging note from Pope Francis capped an especially disorienting week on the Vatican’s stance toward gay rights.


Millions in Covid-Stricken Brazil Miss 2d Vaccine Doses

Nearly 16 percent of those eligible for a second dose had not returned for them as of June 1.


Dozens Came Down With Covid-19 on Everest. Nepal Says It Never Happened.

Climbers posted firsthand accounts of being infected, but officials in Nepal, which relies on tourism revenue, dismissed them as rumors.


Sydney, Australia, Enters 1st Full Lockdown Since Early 2020

A cluster that began with an airport limousine driver has jumped to nearly 100 cases, with dozens more expected over the coming days.


Sydney, Australia, Is Placed Under Full Lockdown to Curb Outbreak

Australian officials instituted a strict two-week lockdown for Sydney, and surrounding areas on Saturday, to fight an outbreak of the coronavirus Delta variant. It is Sydney’s first full lockdown since early 2020.