Low Pay, High Risk: Nursing Home Workers Confront Coronavirus Dilemma ‘Health Care Kamikazes’: How Spain’s Workers Are Battling Coronavirus, Unprotected She’s an Honors Student. And Homeless. Will the Virtual Classroom Reach Her? ‘People Are Dying’: 72 Hours Inside a N.Y.C. Hospital Battling Coronavirus Coronavirus Has Hospitals in Desperate Need of Equipment. These…
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Labour’s New Leader Sacks Official Over Charges of Anti-Semitism
LONDON — In a decisive break with the hard-left wing of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, its new leader dismissed a senior lawmaker on his leadership team Thursday for having shared an article online that the party said contained an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. The dismissal by the new Labour leader, Keir Starmer, represented…
U.S. Used Missile With Long Blades to Kill Qaeda Leader in Syria
WASHINGTON — American Special Operations forces used a specially designed secret missile to kill the head of a Qaeda affiliate in Syria this month, dealing the terrorist group a serious blow with a weapon that combines medieval brutality with cutting-edge technology. American and Qaeda officials said on Wednesday that Khaled al-Aruri, the…
Roundup Maker to Pay $10 Billion to Settle Cancer Suits
When Bayer, the giant German chemical and pharmaceutical maker, acquired Monsanto two years ago, the company knew it was also buying the world’s best-known weedkiller. What it didn’t anticipate was a legal firestorm over claims that the weedkiller, Roundup, caused cancer. Now Bayer is moving to put those troubles behind it, agreeing…
Russia Holds a Mask-Free Victory Parade
Low Pay, High Risk: Nursing Home Workers Confront Coronavirus Dilemma ‘Health Care Kamikazes’: How Spain’s Workers Are Battling Coronavirus, Unprotected She’s an Honors Student. And Homeless. Will the Virtual Classroom Reach Her? ‘People Are Dying’: 72 Hours Inside a N.Y.C. Hospital Battling Coronavirus Coronavirus Has Hospitals in Desperate Need of Equipment. These…
Sanofi Accelerates Its Timeline for Coronavirus Vaccine Development
After lagging behind its competitors in starting clinical trials, the French drugmaker Sanofi has announced plans to speed a vaccine development timeline that could yield approval from regulatory authorities sometime next year, perhaps in the first half of 2021, the company announced on Tuesday. The company and its partner in the endeavor,…
In Poor Countries, Many Covid-19 Patients Are Desperate for Oxygen
As the coronavirus pandemic hits more impoverished countries with fragile health care systems, global health authorities are scrambling for supplies of a simple treatment that saves lives: oxygen. Many patients severely ill with Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, require help with breathing at some point. But now the epidemic is…
Video Shows Aftermath of Powerful Earthquake in Mexico
NOW PLAYING Video Shows Aftermath of Powerful Earthquake in Mexico Tropical Storm Cristobal Hits Louisiana and Florida Video Shows Cyclone Nisarga Make Landfall in Mumbai Aerial Video Shows Aftermath of Dam Failure in Michigan Cyclone Amphan Makes Landfall Video Shows Fast-Moving Florida Panhandle Fire Sweep Across Road Thousands Sleep Outside in Puerto…
Mixed Signals on Israeli Annexation Reflect Split Among Officials
JERUSALEM — When President Trump’s Middle East team meets this week to hash out what to do about Israel’s planned annexation of territory in the West Bank, a fundamental question will hover overhead: Is the prospect of annexation a pressure tactic to get the Palestinians to engage with the administration’s peace plan,…
France Brings 10 Children of French Jihadists Home From Syria
PARIS — France on Monday brought home 10 children of French jihadists who had been stuck in sprawling detention camps in northeastern Syria since at least the collapse of the Islamic State last year. The French foreign ministry said it had decided on repatriation because of “the situation of these particularly vulnerable…
Sweden Tries Out a New Status: Pariah State
Every summer for the past 13 years, fans of Nordic culture have gathered on the Norway side of the border with Sweden for the outdoor festival Allsang pa Grensen, which translates roughly to, “Singsong Along the Border.” But this summer, there will not be any Swedish singers in the live broadcast event,…
Bullfighting, Already Ailing in Spain, Is Battered by Lockdown
ALMADÉN DE LA PLATA, Spain — Extremeño, an imposing black bull who weighs more than half a ton, was set to fight to death next month in the neoclassical ring of the Spanish city of Valencia. Instead, the coronavirus gave four-year-old Extremeño an unexpected lease on life. Valencia’s fiesta was called off,…
Coronavirus Live Updates: White House Says It’s Preparing for a Possible Fall Wave as Cases Rise in 18 States
Here’s what you need to know: Image A drive-through Covid testing site in Phoenix on Saturday.Credit…Matt York/Associated Press New daily cases have hit records in 12 states, and the White House acknowledges preparing for a fall wave. Peter Navarro, the White House director of trade and manufacturing policy, said in an interview…
Stabbing at U.K. Park Is Declared a ‘Terrorist Incident’
LONDON — A stabbing attack at a park in southern England that left three people dead on Saturday is being investigated as a “terrorist incident,” police officials said Sunday. The attack happened around 7 p.m. at Forbury Gardens in the town of Reading, the Thames Valley Police said. A Black Lives Matter…
How the Pandemic Has Affected Passports, Global Entry, T.S.A. PreCheck and More
After three months of travel at a near-standstill, restrictions are slowly lifting and travelers are venturing out again. On Sunday, the Transportation Security Administration screened more than 544,000 people, a daily record since traveler numbers plummeted in late March. However, disruptions caused by the pandemic go beyond just airports and travel bans.…
Tens of Thousands Protest in Mali Amid Growing Opposition to Keita Presidency
BAMAKO, Mali — Police fired tear gas at protesters demanding President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s resignation on Friday as tens of thousands took to the streets for the second time this month in Mali’s capital, Bamako. The ongoing unrest underscored the mounting opposition to Mr. Keita, who has led the West African country…
Fugitive Iranian Judge Dies After Fall From Hotel in Romania
A fugitive Iranian judge wanted by Iran on corruption charges and by right groups for jailing and torturing journalists was found dead of apparent suicide Friday at a hotel in Romania where he had been staying, according to Iranian officials. The judge, Gholamreza Mansouri, was a co-defendant in a major financial corruption…
Wirecard, a Payments Firm, Is Rocked by a Report of a Missing $2 Billion
Wirecard, a Germany company that soared in value in recent years as it provided a widening array of payment services around the world, was suddenly collapsing on Friday amid questions surrounding missing cash balances amounting to 1.9 billion euros, about $2.1 billion. The scandal caused an 80 percent plunge in the company’s…
When It’s Illegal to Travel in Your Own Country
Hi, this is Catherine Porter, a Canada correspondent for The Times, based in Toronto. I am taking over the Canada Letter this week from Ian Austen, who is on vacation. It’s one thing for foreigners to be barred from Canada during a pandemic. But Canadians not being allowed to travel into other…
Wildlife Trade Spreads Coronaviruses as Animals Get to Market
A study of the wildlife trade in three provinces in southern Vietnam produced startlingly clear confirmation for one of the underlying objections to the wildlife trade in Asia — the trading offers an ideal opportunity for viruses in one animal to infect another. In field rats, a highly popular animal to eat…