Security forces on Saturday opened fire on protesters in Mandalay, Myanmar, according to witnesses, killing two people and wounding dozens. Demonstrators have been rallying for weeks against the Feb. 1 military coup.

The spike in these states was as brief as it was powerful. Today, their rates of new cases are back roughly to where they were last summer or early fall.

The fate of Aleksei Navalny, the most vocal opponent of President Vladimir V. Putin, remains unclear, however. He could be held in a high-security prison in Moscow for other pending legal matters.

Boris Johnson, the British prime minister, hosted a virtual meeting with leaders of the Group of 7 nations on Friday and outlined the need for a multilateral approach to global vaccinations and the fight against climate change.

The government did not promise mass inoculations during the first few months, but reductions and suspensions of shipments have created vaccine anxiety.

On Friday, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany called for the United States and Europe to reach a “joint agenda” for solving relations with China and Russia.

Greed, government, the “big technos” and worries about Betoota

Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany spoke about coronavirus vaccination efforts and global leadership at the Munich Security Conference on Friday.

At the Munich Security Conference on Friday, President Emmanuel Macron of France said Europeans and Americans need ‘effective multilateralism’ for climate, preserving democracies and protecting freedom of speech.