Your Monday Briefing
A political setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The virus is surging in Alaska’s interior, straining a Fairbanks hospital.
New cases have more than doubled in the past two weeks in the burough that includes the city, and the positivity rate had soared to about 10 percent.
Maskless and Sweaty: Clubbing Returns to Britain for a Weekend
In Liverpool, people danced together at a warehouse party as part of a scientific trial of how and if social distancing can safely end.
$18 Million Refit of Colosseum Will Give Visitors a Gladiator’s View
The winning design for a new floor for the Roman landmark, planned to be ready for 2023, will cover the exposed subterranean chambers and reconnect “the thread of time.”
Modi’s Party Is Set to Lose a Key Election, Held Under the Cloud of Covid
The prime minister’s party looked likely to gain seats but fall short of victory in West Bengal amid criticism that his mishandling of the pandemic had fueled a catastrophic surge of cases in India.
How Can the Olympics Protect 78,000 Volunteers From the Coronavirus?
They are being offered little more than a couple of masks, some hand sanitizer and social-distancing guidance that may be hard to abide by.
Clubhouse App Creates Space for Open Talk in Middle East
The social networking app is booming in authoritarian countries, where users are speaking freely about otherwise taboo topics.
Lucha Libre, Yoga, Dancing: Welcome to Mexico City’s Vaccination Sites
To calm Mexico City’s elderly, who were arriving “really scared” at vaccination sites, officials cued up the bands and masked wrestlers.
North Korea Warns Biden Against ‘Hostile Policy’
An official said President Biden had made “a big blunder” by characterizing the North’s nuclear arsenal as a threat to the United States.