NY Weighs Using the National Guard to Replace Unvaccinated Health Care Workers

Gov. Kathy Hochul has plans to use National Guard members and out-of-state professionals to cover staff shortages if thousands of health care workers fail to meet a state vaccination deadline on Monday.…

Icelanders Vote in Volatile Election With Climate in Mind

Icelanders voted Saturday in a general election dominated by climate change, with an unprecedented number of political parties likely to win parliamentary seats.…

New York weighs using the National Guard to replace unvaccinated health care workers.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has plans to use National Guard members and out-of-state professionals to cover staff shortages if thousands of health care workers fail to meet a state vaccination deadline on Monday.…

North Korea Dangles Hopes for Summit and End-of-War Declaration

Kim Jong-un’s sister responds to the South Korean leader’s last attempt to put the peace process back on track, but skepticism abounds.…

Norway Lifts Coronavirus Restrictions After 561 Days

“Now the time has come to return to a normal daily life,” the prime minister, Erna Solberg, said.…

To Get Back Meng Wanzhou, China Uses a Hardball Tactic: Seizing Foreigners

The speed at which Beijing returned two Canadians held seemingly tit-for-tat in exchange may signal comfort with the tactic.…

How Record Rain and Officials’ Mistakes in China Led to Drownings on a Subway

The deluge in the city of Zhengzhou revealed how China’s years of go-go construction had left its cities vulnerable to climate change.…

In Reversal, Israel’s New Government Engages With Palestinian Authority

The government has held high-level meetings with Palestinian officials and aided the Palestinians economically, a sharp change from the previous government.…

N.Y.C.'s Vaccine Mandate for Teachers Is Delayed by a Court

The mandate, which affects well over 150,000 people working in the nation’s largest school system, was set to go into effect on Monday at midnight.…

UK's Migrant Boat Dispute Has Eyes Fixed on the Channel

The southeastern coast of England is increasingly the focal point of Britain’s migration debate as the government advocates more extreme measures to halt asylum seekers arriving by boat.…

Pfizer boosters are recommended for many Americans, and Alaska faces its worst surge: The week in Covid news.

To Get Back Arrested Executive, China Uses a Hardball Tactic: Seizing Foreigners

The speed at which Beijing returned two Canadians held seemingly tit-for-tat in exchange may signal comfort with the tactic.…

Affluent, Anxious and Almost Normal: A Journey Through Merkel’s Germany

As Germany heads into an election that will see Angela Merkel step down after 16 years as chancellor, she leaves behind a country profoundly changed — and anxious about changing…

U.K.’s Migrant Boat Dispute Has Eyes Fixed on the Channel

The southeastern coast of England is increasingly the focal point of Britain’s migration debate as the government advocates more extreme measures to halt asylum seekers arriving by boat.…

Wole Soyinka Is Not Going Anywhere

The Nobel laureate, whose new novel, “Chronicles From the Land of the Happiest People on Earth,” is his first in nearly 50 years, refuses to back down when he senses that his homeland’s freedom is under threat.…

China Frees Jailed Canadians After U.S. Agrees to Release Meng Wanzhou

Two Canadians imprisoned in China since 2018 were free and on their way home, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada announced on Friday night.…

Alberta Was 'Open For Summer.' Now, Covid Cases Surge

A surge of Covid-19 cases has forced the province to ask for military assistance in airlifting patients to hospitals across the country.…

Who are the Canadians detained after Ms. Meng’s arrest?

Live Updates: U.S. Reaches Agreement to Release Huawei Executive Meng Wanzhou

The Canadian authorities had arrested Ms. Meng in December 2018 at the request of the United States. She appeared by videoconference at a court hearing in Brooklyn on Friday.…

Huawei Executive Meng Wanzhou Is Set to Be Released

Ms. Meng will return to China in exchange for admitting some wrongdoing in a sanctions violation case as part of an agreement with U.S. prosecutors.…

Ms. Meng's Release Could Reduce Friction Between U.S. and China

Since coming to office, President Biden has taken a tough position on China but has also sought common ground.…

Canadians weigh in on the Meng deal: ‘What about the two Michaels?’

Overlooked No More: Remedios Varo, Spanish Painter of Magic, Mysticism and Science

In the 1950s, and ’60s, she depicted women, artists and thinkers in intricate dreamlike canvases that now fetch high prices.…

Pakistan Says U.N. Envoy of Old Afghan Government Should Vacate Seat

Stopping short of urging that a Taliban envoy to the U.N. be accepted, Pakistan’s foreign minister suggested that stability had improved in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.…

German Protesters Call for Climate Action as Election Nears

Protests took place worldwide, but those in Germany had heightened urgency amid calls for the next government to do something about climate change.…

In Britain, Rising Prices and Shortages Evoke 1970s-Style Jitters

The nation’s economy is very different from the bleak days of the 70s, but certain parallels are unnerving Britons and loom as a potential headache for Prime Minister Boris Johnson.…

Italy Frees Catalan Separatist Leader From Jail. Here’s How the Case Has Gone.

Carles Puigdemont, a former leader of Catalonia, faces trial in Spain and was detained briefly in Italy. It is not clear if he will appear when the court considers whether to return him to Spain.…

Who Is Meng Wanzhou?

Here is what to know about the Chinese tech executive.…