Your Tuesday Briefing

Some problems in India’s vaccine rollout.


A Theater Serves as a Courthouse, Provoking Drama Offstage

Black artists and activists in Birmingham, England, say the city’s largest playhouse has sold out by leasing its auditoriums to the criminal justice system.


Underselling the Vaccine

And what else you need to know today.


‘Wall of Inequality,’ W.H.O. Warns of Vaccine Distribution

The head of the World Health Organization says that the promise of equitable access to the vaccines “is at serious risk.”


In Minnesota, a G.O.P. lawmaker’s death brings home the reality of the pandemic.


Twins with Covid-19 help scientists untangle the disease’s genetic roots.


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Biden’s 10-day blitz of executive orders.


Dutch Police Clash With Protesters Denouncing Lockdown Measures

Police officers in riot gear used water cannons to disperse demonstrators in the center of Amsterdam opposed to government measures to contain the coronavirus.


Kremlin Critic Navalny Arrested on Arrival in Moscow

After recovering from a near-fatal poisoning in Germany, the Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny returned to Moscow on Sunday and was detained at the airport.


Top Biden Official Warns US Covid Deaths Will Pass 500,000 in Weeks

Ron Klain, who coordinated the Obama administration’s Ebola response, warns, “The virus is going to get worse before it gets better.”