“I don’t see a lot going well for them at this point,” said one analyst.

Infections, deaths and breakdowns that began in big cities a few weeks ago are rapidly advancing into rural areas, unleashing deep fear in places with little medical safety net.

Queen Elizabeth opened her 67th Parliament with a speech focused on international diplomacy and affairs in the United Kingdom. The speech was seen as a reassuring sign of continuity for Britain’s monarchy.

Born in 1931, she found her calling late in life but inspired thousands of people, especially women and girls, through her passion for the sport of shooting.

We have a special edition of the newsletter on a misleading C.D.C. statistic.

With Europe’s vaccine campaign stymied, the Madrid-based author, along with his husband and children, boarded a plane for the U.S. “The act of taking matters into one’s own hands,” he writes, “can feel daunting.”

Researchers want to learn more about the connections between humans and the feeding of birds, beasts and other fauna.

Tensions flare in Jerusalem.

In the first Guantánamo habeas corpus case under the Biden administration, the government said U.S. forces’ withdrawal from Afghanistan did not erode its detention authority.

The shots may allow millions of youngsters to get back to school, camps, sleepovers and hangouts with friends.