Long Lines as Beijing Starts Mass Coronavirus Testing
The authorities in Beijing set up temporary testing sites after a spike in coronavirus infections. Long lines formed as the city tested nearly two million people on Friday.
Voices From China's Covid Crisis, One Year After Wuhan Lockdown
One year after China locked down Wuhan, six people describe how they found courage in adversity, calm amid grief, and meaning in chaos.
Fresh Starts at the Top in Both Washington and Ottawa
A day after Joseph R. Biden Jr. became president, resetting Canada’s relationship with its neighbor, Governor General Julie Payette quit as Canada’s official head of state.
A Year Later, Wuhan, the First Post Coronavirus Pandemic City
A year ago, Wuhan offered a warning about the coronavirus. Now, it heralds a world where relief at the recovery conceals the emotional aftershocks.
How Beijing Turned China’s Covid-19 Tragedy to Its Advantage
The Communist Party’s success in reclaiming the narrative has proved to the world its ability to rally the people to its side, no matter how stumbling its actions might be.
Five million in the U.K. have gotten a vaccine and officials hint the variant may be more deadly, though it’s too soon to tell.
The vaccination figure amounts to 8 percent of the population, in a country where it could take months to control the spread of the more transmissible variant.
Trudeau Says He’s Looking Forward to Working with Biden
Ahead of his phone call with President Biden, Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau said he would express his concerns about job loss caused by the cancellation of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
European Union Wants Vaccinations to Be ‘Accelerated’
European Union leaders on Thursday expressed frustration over the coronavirus vaccine rollout and urged the bloc to accelerate the delivery of more vaccine doses.
Kamala Harris Celebrated In India
Kamala Harris’s ancestral village in southern India celebrated her swearing-in as vice president.