By Jeffrey Gettleman and Steven Lee Myers from NYT World https://ift.tt/36MNVpK
via IFTTT As China projects its power across Asia, and along the disputed India-China border in the Himalayas, India is feeling surrounded. Both sides insist they don’t want a war, but thousands of troops have been sent.

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/3dgelD5
via IFTTT The German chancellor had announced earlier Saturday that she would not travel to the U.S. for the G7. Businesses are starting up again, but workers commuting by public transportation face dilemmas.

By Thomas Erdbrink from NYT World https://ift.tt/3dbdgfN
via IFTTT At a time when populists are overturning social norms, Prime Minister Mark Rutte did not visit his mother in the weeks before her death. It was against his country’s policies.

By Norimitsu Onishi and Constant Méheut from NYT World https://ift.tt/2TP7M2m
via IFTTT A coy cat-and-mouse game speaks to an unusually personal and emotional relationship between the individual and the state.

By Hannah Beech and Muktita Suhartono from NYT World https://ift.tt/2M7Z0IO
via IFTTT A random sampling of thousands found that one in 10 had antibodies for the coronavirus, an alarming glimpse at what could be runaway transmission.

By Keith Bradsher from NYT World https://ift.tt/3dgfLNW
via IFTTT Beijing ordered that a new law be written to extend many of mainland China’s security practices to Hong Kong, creating broad powers to quash unrest.

By Eugène Atget, Mauricio Lima and Adam Nossiter from NYT World https://ift.tt/3ca1Ib8
via IFTTT The famous photographer sought out an empty city. Our photographer found a Paris evacuated by the coronavirus.

By Elisabetta Povoledo from NYT World https://ift.tt/2X1f6do
via IFTTT A 12-year-old knew what to do (and what not to) when he crossed paths with a large bear on a hike. A video of the encounter has gone viral.

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/36Ck8jO
via IFTTT The Chinese city where the outbreak began is seeking to test all its 11 million residents, and the pandemic has forced the fashion industry to take a hard look in the mirror.

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2ZB3ZcW
via IFTTT The president threatened to yank the Republican National Convention from Charlotte, N.C. Meatpacking plants are reopening, but data about how many workers are ill is elusive.

By Letícia Casado and Anatoly Kurmanaev from NYT World https://ift.tt/2B1Epnf
via IFTTT Brazil’s leader, a coronavirus skeptic, has mocked public health measures. Now, with deaths skyrocketing, his ally President Trump has closed the door.

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/3bXE3uo
via IFTTT As the United States marked the Memorial Day weekend, President Trump golfed, some Americans flocked to beaches and the death toll neared 100,000. And in Britain, the prime minister said he would not fire an aide for driving across the country while infected.

By Johnny Diaz from NYT World https://ift.tt/2A9J7hW
via IFTTT She was featured on the reality series “Terrace House: Tokyo.’’

By Damien Cave from NYT World https://ift.tt/2TzXe7o
via IFTTT Leading New Zealand from isolation, Ms. Ardern coaxed her “team of five million” into accepting extreme restrictions. But the lessons of her success go beyond personality or charm.

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Zut2OL
via IFTTT The F.D.A. has barred 30 antibody tests from the U.S. market. A Missouri hair stylist may have exposed 91 people.

By Jeffrey Gettleman and Suhasini Raj from NYT World https://ift.tt/2XzA963
via IFTTT A 15-year-old migrant girl pedaled hundreds of miles to bring her injured father back to their home village. India’s cycling federation has taken notice.

By Zia ur-Rehman, Salman Masood and Maria Abi-Habib from NYT World https://ift.tt/2AT5Hfl
via IFTTT The plane, an Airbus A320, crashed in a residential area near the Karachi airport. At least 80 are dead, but the toll may climb.

By Rick Gladstone from NYT World https://ift.tt/3gen7mC
via IFTTT What could China’s move to strengthen control over Hong Kong with new security laws yield? And why did it propose this now? Some answers on these and other issues.

By Javier C. Hernández from NYT World https://ift.tt/2zTgdmg
via IFTTT Infections in the northeast have led officials to sequester hundreds of thousands at home. “China doesn’t want to take any chances,” one expert said.

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2ZoFcZA
via IFTTT The authorities acted quickly to move people from the cyclone’s path, but worried they might be putting them into the path of the coronavirus.

By Mark Landler and Stephen Castle from NYT World https://ift.tt/2WNN313
via IFTTT In a mostly empty chamber, the blustery prime minister is sorely missing the usual whoops and catcalls as he is picked apart by the lawyerly new opposition leader, Keir Starmer.

By Catherine Porter from NYT World https://ift.tt/2X9UPkx
via IFTTT Canada’s largest city was politely abiding by a strict coronavirus lockdown. But when a family of foxes set up a den in a prime Toronto location, all bets were off.

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Zfptfk
via IFTTT The U.S. sharply criticized the World Health Organization, while China pledged $2 billion to fight the pandemic. President Trump said he has been taking hydroxychloroquine, an unproven drug against Covid-19.

By David M. Halbfinger and Adam Rasgon from NYT World https://ift.tt/3dR49Ax
via IFTTT An embassy worker found the body of Du Wei, 57, in his bed in a coastal suburb north of Tel Aviv, Israeli officials said. The Chinese government in preliminary findings attributed his death to unspecified health problems.

By Raphael Minder from NYT World https://ift.tt/3g6mWtQ
via IFTTT A luxury hotel in Barcelona plans to welcome guests again once Spain’s lockdown ends. Until then, its sole occupant lives in a room with enviable views and preps it for a post-pandemic world.

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/3dV8suW
via IFTTT China has quarantined thousands of people after a resurgence of cases in the Northeast. The leaders of Italy and Britain warned that a vaccine may be a long time coming.

By Amanda Taub from NYT World https://ift.tt/2AxRVyz
via IFTTT A new leadership style offers promise for a new era of global threats.

By Atul Loke and Jeffrey Gettleman from NYT World https://ift.tt/35YKV9r
via IFTTT Overflowing hospitals. Exhausted cops. Desperate slums. Here are images from Mumbai as the coronavirus upends the metropolis.

By Mujib Mashal and Jim Huylebroek from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Z0f3ju
via IFTTT A day after gunmen stormed a maternity ward and slaughtered new mothers at random, the authorities struggled to reconnect their children with families.

By Richard C. Paddock and Dera Menra Sijabat from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Z2KglZ
via IFTTT Indonesia’s wildlife markets are “like a cafeteria for animal pathogens,” but they have resisted efforts to close even as China has shut its own markets over coronavirus fears.

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2yXehca
via IFTTT Some countries are reinstating controls after backsliding. And a Canadian zoo may return its pandas to China, worried it can no longer find food for them.

By Mujib Mashal and Fahim Abed from NYT World https://ift.tt/2SY5X2P
via IFTTT Afghans don’t need a reminder that no one is safe from the country’s endless war, but they got one anyway on Tuesday.

By Anatoly Kurmanaev, Manuela Andreoni, Letícia Casado and Mitra Taj from NYT World https://ift.tt/35XLkcu
via IFTTT An analysis by The New York Times found some cities in Latin America have seen spikes in fatalities that match the worst of the pandemic elsewhere.

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/3fHRkuf
via IFTTT As nations loosen rules, new clusters in places that seemed to have tamed the virus show how hard success is to sustain. In Wuhan, a seemingly small cluster led to a giant response — tests for the entire city.

By Farnaz Fassihi from NYT World https://ift.tt/3dwnhnp
via IFTTT One Iranian ship reportedly fired on another Iranian ship during military exercises, in another public disaster for Iran’s military.

By Jason Horowitz from NYT World https://ift.tt/3bnmgMS
via IFTTT Debilitating symptoms can last long after a person’s body has gotten rid of the coronavirus, a reality Italians are now confronting.

By Javier C. Hernández and Chris Horton from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Wk1sBU
via IFTTT Chen Chien-jen has embraced a rare dual role, using his political authority as vice president to criticize China’s response to the virus even as he hunkers down to analyze trends in transmission.

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2LdwgOd
via IFTTT A new cluster of cases in Seoul tests South Korea’s easing. Belarus held a tank parade.

By Azam Ahmed and Daniel Berehulak from NYT World https://ift.tt/3bfrmLl
via IFTTT More than three times as many people may have died from Covid-19 in Mexico City than federal statistics show, according to a Times analysis.

By Reuters from NYT World https://ift.tt/2KZ5aKL
via IFTTT Israel has isolated a key coronavirus antibody at its main biological research laboratory, the Israeli defence minister said on Monday, calling the step a "significant breakthrough" toward a possible treatment for the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/3caZSYy
via IFTTT French doctors found that a patient had the virus on Dec. 27, suggesting that it was circulating long before containment efforts began. A major Philippine broadcaster critical of Duterte has been forced off the air.

By Ed O’Loughlin and Mihir Zaveri from NYT World https://ift.tt/2A2ynlG
via IFTTT In 1847 the Choctaw people sent $170 to help during the potato famine. Irish donors are citing that gesture as they help two tribes during the Covid-19 pandemic.

By Jason Gutierrez from NYT World https://ift.tt/2ywd4Z9
via IFTTT ABS-CBN has closely documented President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal war on drugs that has left thousands of people dead. Such coverage has made it a target of the administration.

By Zia ur-Rehman and Maria Abi-Habib from NYT World https://ift.tt/2SvG7mw
via IFTTT In Pakistan, descendants of lower-caste Hindus who converted to Christianity centuries ago still find themselves marginalized, relegated to dirty jobs and grim fates.

By Steven Erlanger from NYT World https://ift.tt/3c3yrQc
via IFTTT As calls for inquiries and reparations spread, Beijing has responded aggressively, mixing threats with aid and adding to a growing mistrust of China.

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2WiCzVX
via IFTTT European plans for reopening have prompted protests and sown confusion, and the band U2 has helped get protective gear to Ireland.

By Hannah Beech, Alissa J. Rubin, Anatoly Kurmanaev and Ruth Maclean from NYT World https://ift.tt/2KSQQDc
via IFTTT Experts are trying to figure out why the coronavirus is so capricious. The answers could determine how to best protect ourselves and how long we have to.

By Javier C. Hernández and Su-Hyun Lee from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Stc7aY
via IFTTT In parts of Asia and Australia, people are going out — but social distancing and other restrictions have become the new normal.

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2SrrTTw
via IFTTT As lockdowns begin to ease for millions of Europeans, Italy reports a spike in deaths. Migrants face roundups in Malaysia and surging infections in Singapore’s dormitories.

By Ian Austen from NYT World https://ift.tt/3d773ky
via IFTTT Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the government had been in the process of introducing the ban when its agenda was overturned by the pandemic.