Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas said on Tuesday that he was ending his statewide mask mandate, effective March 10, and that all businesses in the state could then operate with no capacity limits. “It is now time to open Texas 100 percent,” he said. Governor Abbott took the action after federal health…
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How to Pretend You’re in the Riviera Maya, Mexico, Today
While your travel plans may be on hold, you can pretend you’re somewhere new for the night. Around the World at Home invites you to channel the spirit of a new place each week with recommendations on how to explore the culture, all from the comfort of your home. It’s a land…
The Future of Voting Rights
Want to get The Morning by email? Here’s the sign-up. Good morning. The struggle over voting rights heads to the Supreme Court. In dozens of states, the Republican Party has responded to Donald Trump’s defeat by trying to change election laws, often to make voting more difficult. The Democratic Party is struggling…
The E.U. will propose a vaccine passport system for Europe.
The European Union will propose issuing a certificate called a Digital Green Pass that would let people who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus travel more freely, Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, said on Monday. “The Digital Green Pass should facilitate Europeans’ lives,” Ms. von der Leyen…
His Books Inspired Lovestruck Teens to Put Locks on Bridges
Tozzi started working on a cinematic adaptation and helped Moccia broker a deal with the publisher Feltrinelli. “One Step to You” was released in a new edition in 2004, the same year the movie version came out. The film, in Tozzi’s words, “went well, but not exceptionally well.” But the book made…
Nigeria’s Boarding Schools Have Become a Hunting Ground for Kidnappers
DAKAR, Senegal — When nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped from their boarding school by the Islamist group Boko Haram in 2014, the world exploded in outrage. Hundreds marched in the country’s capital, the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls was picked up by then First Lady Michelle Obama and Nigeria’s president scrambled to respond to…
An Old Legal Doctrine That Puts War Criminals in the Reach of Justice
After a decade of war in Syria, people accused of committing atrocities in the service of President Bashar al-Assad are finally facing prosecution — but in Germany and France, not Syria. Three decades after unspeakable crimes in Liberia that left 250,000 dead, defendants are on trial in Switzerland, Finland and elsewhere —…
Iran Rejects Nuclear Deal Talks With U.S. Proposed by Europe
Iran on Sunday rejected an offer to negotiate directly with the United States in an informal meeting proposed by Europeans to revive the nuclear deal that President Donald J. Trump exited nearly three years ago. A spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said recent actions taken by Washington and Europeans had…
C.D.C. Panel Affirms Johnson & Johnson Vaccine, as Expected
A committee of expert advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted as expected on Sunday afternoon to recommend distribution of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to all adults in the United States. The committee’s approval echoed the Food & Drug Administration’s decision Saturday evening to authorize the vaccine for…
Saudis Say They Intercepted Houthi Missile Attack Over Capital
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia said Saturday it intercepted a missile attack over its capital and bomb-laden drones targeting a southern province, the latest in a series of airborne assaults it has blamed on Yemen’s rebel Houthis. The Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen’s yearslong war said the Iran-allied Houthis…
‘Captain Tom’ Moore, Britain’s Pandemic Hero, Gets Funeral Worthy
Tom Moore, the 100-year-old British national hero who raised millions of pounds for the National Health Service during the pandemic, was sent off with military honors at his funeral on Saturday. Soldiers in Bedford, England, carried Mr. Moore’s coffin and performed a firing gun salute for the decorated World War II veteran,…
‘Captain Tom,’ British Pandemic Hero, Is Honored at Funeral
new video loaded: ‘Captain Tom,’ British Pandemic Hero, Is Honored at Funeral transcript Back bars 0:00/1:41 –1:41 transcript ‘Captain Tom,’ British Pandemic Hero, Is Honored at Funeral Tom Moore, a 100-year-old World War II veteran, raised millions for Britain’s National Health Service during the pandemic by walking laps in his garden. He…
U.S. Officials Warn Governors Against Easing Restrictions
The federal government warned impatient governors against relaxing pandemic control measures on Friday, saying that a recent steep drop in U.S. coronavirus cases and deaths “may be stalling” and “potentially leveling off at still a very high number” — a worrisome development that comes as more cases of concerning new variants have…
Mark Machin Resigns From Canada’s Top Pension Fund After U.A.E. Vaccination
The head of Canada’s largest pension fund stepped down on Thursday evening after news broke that he had flown to the United Arab Emirates to receive a coronavirus vaccine, despite federal rules banning inessential travel and a long line of older and immunocompromised citizens across the country waiting for their shots. The…
U.S. Buys 100,000 Doses of an Eli Lilly Antibody Treatment
The federal government has agreed to buy 100,000 doses of a recently authorized Covid-19 treatment from Eli Lilly, increasing the supply of such drugs for patients who are high risk of becoming seriously ill but are not yet hospitalized. Under the deal, announced on Friday, the government will pay $210 million and…
Germans Clamor for Covid Vaccines, but Shun AstraZeneca’s Offering
BERLIN — At the start of the year, many Germans were complaining about a shortage of coronavirus vaccines that could free them from onerous lockdowns and limited social lives. Just weeks later, many are now upset that they’re not getting the vaccine they want. As people around the world clamor for inoculations,…
New Covid-19 Infections Have Fallen to Half in Europe, W.H.O. Says
new video loaded: New Covid-19 Infections Have Fallen to Half in Europe, W.H.O. Says transcript Back bars 0:00/0:50 –0:50 transcript New Covid-19 Infections Have Fallen to Half in Europe, W.H.O. Says Heightened restrictions on social interaction have caused the rates of Covid-19 cases to fall in Europe. But the World Health Organization…
Police in Malta Say Arrests Are Complete in Journalist’s 2017 Murder
More than three years after a car bomb killed Malta’s best-known journalist and sent shock waves across Europe, the head of the Mediterranean island nation’s police force has declared that all those it believes to have been involved in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia have now been arrested. But an announcement…
On the Front Lines of Diplomacy, but at the Back of the Line for a Vaccine
WASHINGTON — In the best of times, working at the United States Embassy in Pristina, Kosovo, was always difficult: Pollution, poor electricity, unreliable internet service and a substandard health system there rendered it a hardship post for American diplomats. That was before the coronavirus pandemic. In a cautionary cable sent last week…
W.H.O. Warns Wealthy Countries Are Undermining Covax Program
new video loaded: W.H.O. Warns Wealthy Countries Are Undermining Covax Program transcript Back bars 0:00/1:03 –1:03 transcript W.H.O. Warns Wealthy Countries Are Undermining Covax Program The head of the World Health Organization said some of the vaccine manufacturing deals wealthier countries were entering took away from the number of vaccines available to…