Scientists Say New Strain of Swine Flu Virus Is Spreading to Humans in China
A new study warns that the strain of H1N1, common on China’s pig farms since 2016, should be “urgently” controlled to avoid another pandemic.
Australia Spending Nearly $1 Billion on Cyberdefense as China Tensions Rise
Officials promised to recruit at least 500 cyberspies and build on the country’s offensive capabilities to take the online battle overseas.
Your Tuesday Briefing
Coronavirus vaccine, Vladimir Putin, TikTok: Here’s what you need to know.
NASA Scientist, Detained in Turkey for Years, Returns to U.S.
Serkan Golge, an American caught up in increasingly fraught Turkish-U.S. relations, arrived with his family in Washington after nearly four years of imprisonment and house arrest.
China’s Vaccine, TikTok, Pakistan Stock Exchange: Your Tuesday Briefing
Here’s what you need to know.
‘Knowing the Source of the Virus Is Very Very Important,’ W.H.O. Says
The head of the World Health Organization announced that the organization would send experts to China to investigate the original source of the coronavirus.
Mortar Strikes Kill at Least 20 at Livestock Auction in Afghanistan
The government and the Taliban pointed blame at each other in the latest attack. But in this war, there is diminishing clarity on who is to blame for the bodies piling up.
Putin Pushes Through Referendum Even as Virus Surges in Russia
The outbreak is raging outside Moscow, but President Vladimir V. Putin is committed to a national vote that could keep him in power for another 16 years.
Even the South Pole Is Warming, and Quickly, Scientists Say
Surface air temperatures at the bottom of the world have risen three times faster than the global average since the 1990s.
Iran Issues Arrest Warrants for Trump and 35 Others in Suleimani Killing
A Tehran prosecutor said that Iran had asked for international help in detaining people involved in the drone strike that killed the powerful general.