“It now falls on me to do what is necessary,” Mr. Ford said on Friday, adding that aside from restricting border crossings with Manitoba and Quebec, he was also shuttering playgrounds, golf courses, basketball courts and other outdoor sports facilities, along with a variety of other measures. On Saturday, Mr. Ford wrote…
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Despite Tensions, U.S. and China Agree to Work Together on Climate Change
The White House has signaled that Mr. Biden will announce more ambitious plans for reducing emissions domestically, after four years in which his predecessor, Donald J. Trump, disparaged the issue. “We’ve seen commitments before where everybody falls short,” Mr. Kerry said. “I mean, frankly, we’re all falling short. The entire world right…
Czechs Blame 2014 Blasts at Ammunition Depots on Elite Russian Spy Unit
The Czech Republic on Saturday blamed a series of mysterious 2014 explosions at Czech ammunition depots on an elite unit of Russia’s military intelligence service — a group that Britain has linked to a 2018 attack with a nerve agent on a former Russian spy in Salisbury, England. Prime Minister Andrej Babis…
‘We Were Flying Blind’: A Dr.’s Account of a Woman’s J.&J. Vaccine-Related Blood Clot Case
Dr. Lipman said that as the team had studied her blood samples, the pieces began to fall into place, and they realized that she appeared to have the same problem that they knew had been occurring in Britain and Europe after patients received the AstraZeneca vaccine, mostly in young women. They switched…
Pregnant British Women to Get Covid Vaccines
Pregnant women in Britain are now eligible to receive a Covid-19 vaccine, British health authorities announced on Friday, citing data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that showed that about 90,000 pregnant women had been vaccinated in the United States without any health issues. The new guidance states that women…
A Week of Discouraging Coronavirus Pandemic Developments in Canada
I was feeling vaguely guilty this week when heading out to a sports complex in suburban Ottawa for my vaccination. As I write this, only 19 percent of Canadians have shared my experience and just before my vaccine day arrived, tens of thousands of vaccination appointments in Manitoba and Ontario were canceled.…
Biden Administration Says Russian Intelligence Obtained Trump Campaign Data
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration revealed on Thursday that a business associate of Trump campaign officials in 2016 provided campaign polling data to Russian intelligence services, the strongest evidence to date that Russian spies had penetrated the inner workings of the Trump campaign. The revelation, made public in a Treasury Department document…
How the G.O.P. Lost Its Clear Voice on Foreign Policy
For decades, Senator Lindsey Graham traveled the world with his friend John McCain, visiting war zones and meeting with foreign allies and adversaries, before returning home to promote the Republican gospel of an internationalist, hawkish foreign policy. But this week, after President Biden announced that troops would leave Afghanistan no later than…
John Williamson, 83, Dies; Economist Defined the ‘Washington Consensus’
Mr. Williamson attended the London School of Economics, graduating with a degree in economics in 1951. After completing two years of compulsory military service, he entered graduate school at Princeton, where he received his Ph.D. in 1963. Though he had frequent offers from Oxford and Cambridge, especially later in his career, Mr.…
Biden, Setting Afghanistan Withdrawal, Says ‘It Is Time to End the Forever War’
Mr. Bush opted not to publicly second-guess Mr. Biden’s decision. “As he has maintained since leaving office, President Bush will decline to comment on private phone calls or his successors,” said Freddy Ford, his chief of staff. A series of Afghan governments have failed to sustain control over vast sections of the…
Michigan’s governor again resists imposing new restrictions, as cases keep surging.
Michigan’s worst-in-the-nation coronavirus outbreak shows no signs of abating. Daily reports of new cases continue to climb. Hospitalizations are approaching peak levels. And deaths are rising, too. But Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat who unapologetically locked down her state last year, signaled again on Wednesday that she had no plans to impose…
Intelligence Chiefs Warn of Russian Troops Near Ukraine and Other Threats
WASHINGTON — The Russian military buildup at the Ukraine border and in Crimea could provide enough forces for a limited military incursion, the C.I.A. director, William J. Burns, told senators on Wednesday as he and other senior officials outlined a range of threats facing the United States. Russia could simply be sending…
NATO Chief Criticizes Russian Military Buildup
new video loaded: NATO Chief Criticizes Russian Military Buildup transcript Back bars 0:00/1:33 –1:33 transcript NATO Chief Criticizes Russian Military Buildup Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO secretary general, expressed concern over Russia’s increasing military presence along the border with Ukraine, calling it “unexplained and unjustified.” “Russia’s considerable military buildup is unjustified, unexplained and…
With Afghan Decision, Biden Seeks to Focus U.S. on New Challenges
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s decision to pull all American troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 was rooted in his belief that there is no room for continuing 20 years of failed efforts to remake that country, especially at a moment when he wants the United States focused on a transformational economic and…
Some Children With Covid-Related Syndrome Develop Neurological Symptoms
Reports about the mysterious Covid-related inflammatory syndrome that afflicts some children and teenagers have mostly focused on physical symptoms: rash, abdominal pain, red eyes and, most seriously, heart problems like low blood pressure, shock and difficulty pumping. Now, a new report shows that a significant number of young people with the syndrome…
Pentagon Chief Orders New Review of Attack in Kenya That Killed 3 Americans
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III has ordered a high-level review of an initial military investigation into an attack on a Kenyan base by Islamic extremists in January 2020 that left three Americans dead, the Pentagon said on Monday. The brazen assault by about a dozen Shabab fighters at Manda…
Graduation ceremonies will be allowed in New York this spring, with restrictions.
Schools and colleges across New York State will be allowed to hold graduation ceremonies for students this spring, with restrictions depending on type of venue or its capacity, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Monday. Outdoor ceremonies with more than 500 people, for example, must not exceed 20 percent of the venue’s…
Two worrisome variants make up over 70 percent of cases analyzed in N.Y.C., city officials say.
New York City health officials said on Monday that infections with the coronavirus variant that first emerged in Britain, B.1.1.7, have been increasing in every borough, but slightly more in southern Brooklyn, eastern Queens, and Staten Island. Genetic analysis shows that B.1.1.7 now accounts for about 30 percent of cases sequenced citywide.…
A Clash of Wills Keeps a Leonardo Masterpiece Hidden
French curators had worked for a decade to prepare a major exhibition marking the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. When it opened, though, the most talked-about painting they had planned to show — “Salvator Mundi,” the most expensive work ever sold at auction — was nowhere to be…
‘Nomadland’ Wins Big at Diverse BAFTAs
LONDON — “Nomadland,” Chloé Zhao’s film about a woman forced to join the rising numbers of Americans living out of vans as they search for work, was the big winner at the EE British Academy Film Awards in London on Sunday. It was named best film at Britain’s equivalent of the Oscars,…