A microstate surrounded by Italy, San Marino feared being left behind in Europe’s inoculation campaign. Now it has jumped ahead, with the Sputnik vaccine sent by an unlikely, faraway friend.

Many more deaths were feared after the derailment on Friday morning, a government-run news agency reported.

The challenging latest chapter of the pandemic.

Researchers pushed back after the C.D.C. director asserted that vaccinated people “do not carry the virus.”

Efforts to speed up vaccinations have diverted resources from testing, and fewer people seem to seek out a test unless they are ill.

The states join dozens of others, heeding a call from the president, to rapidly expand eligibility.

Threats to pandemic progress everywhere.

Benjamin Hannam, 22, is the first British police officer to be convicted of a terrorism offense, according to local media. He joined the neo-Nazi group National Action in 2016 and became a police officer in 2018.

A study of European cities adds to a growing body of evidence that investments in cycling infrastructure can encourage bike commuting, which helps cut greenhouse gas emissions.

The deadline for the U.S. to leave Afghanistan is a month away. Here’s where things stand.