Jérôme Salomon, a French health official, said on Monday that new daily infections were no longer decreasing and remain particularly high among people older than 75.

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban expressed confidence that his National Liberal Party would win Sunday’s parliamentary election, but by Monday, he was handing in his resignation.

With negotiators at impasse, the prime minister hopes he and European leaders can hammer out a trade deal to replace the one that expires on Dec. 31.

Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, said the country’s first doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine were expected to arrive next week. The vaccine has not yet been approved by the country’s national regulator.

People across Australia celebrate a return to (almost) normal.

There’s been a run on Christmas trees as Canadians, trapped inside because of the pandemic, try, in record numbers, to shoehorn joy into their lives.

On Lake Victoria, attracting baitfish with lanterns extends as far back as anyone can remember. But overfishing may jeopardize the tradition.

Distrust of the government is so widespread that 59 percent of Russians say they have no intention of getting a shot.

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