Seven Hundred Leagues Beneath Titan’s Methane Seas
Mars, Shmars; this voyager is looking forward to a submarine ride under the icebergs on Saturn’s strange moon.
New York Finds Case of Variant First Seen in South Africa
The variant is more transmissible and may evade antibodies stirred by prior infections or vaccines. One other case has been detected in the state, in a Connecticut man who was hospitalized in New York City.
Australia Begins Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign
Australia began vaccinating its population against Covid-19 on Sunday. Jane Malysiak, 84, a resident of a nursing home in Sydney, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison were among the first to receive a vaccine.
Former Nazi Camp Guard Who Lived in Tennessee Is Deported by U.S.
The deportation of Friedrich Karl Berger capped what could be the last prosecution by the U.S. government of collaborators in Nazi war crimes.
1946: Septuplet Rumor Fools Reporters in Paris
Newspaper reporters fell for a practical joke, discovering the truth only after scouring the city for a woman who had given birth to seven babies.
China Censors the Internet. So Why Doesn’t Russia?
The Kremlin has constructed an entire infrastructure of repression but has not displaced Western apps. Instead, it is turning to outright intimidation.
Israel Secretly Agrees to Fund Vaccines for Syria as Part of Prisoner Swap
To secure the release of an Israeli civilian held in Syria, Israel agreed to finance a supply of Russian-made Covid-19 vaccines for Damascus, an official said.
Ex-Artistic Director of Greece’s National Theater Held After Rape Arrest Warrant
The case of Dimitris Lignadis is the most high-profile among the numerous directors and actors to have been named in a torrent of accusations that have rocked the Greek arts world.