A tense peace between Israel and Hamas

New England is surging ahead of the national average while the South is lagging behind.

Kerala uses tracking of patients and supplies, a network of health care workers and coronavirus “war rooms” to succeed where the national government has fallen short.

A cable car plunged from a height of nearly 40 feet as it was traveling from the Lake Maggiore area to Mottarone mountain in northern Italy on Sunday.

The government is turning an old research base above the Arctic Circle into a state-of-the-art satellite launching center. The reindeer will not be happy.

His development of high-yield rice hybrids in the 1970s led to steeply rising harvests in Asia and Africa and made him a national hero in China, credited with saving countless lives.

Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo erupted on Saturday for the first time in nearly two decades. Lava engulfed a major highway in Goma, home to nearly two million, as residents were evacuated.

People returned to areas in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday that were threatened by an eruption from Mount Nyiragongo. Thousands had been forced to evacuate nearby neighborhoods overnight.

The 62-mile mountain race in Gansu Province left athletes in shorts and T-shirts facing freezing rain, hail and high winds.

So do most people, a recent study found. Plus: amblypigids, a company called Covid, and other staff recommendations in the weekend edition of the Science Times newsletter.