By The New York Times from NYT World https://ift.tt/3u8OS6L
via IFTTT What is behind the explosion of new coronavirus cases that is overwhelming the South Asian country?

By Isabel Kershner, Eric Nagourney and Mike Ives from NYT World https://ift.tt/3gQsgV4
via IFTTT An estimated 100,000 people had gathered on Mount Meron to celebrate a religious holiday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it a “terrible disaster.”

By Jeffrey Gettleman, Shalini Venugopal, Apoorva Mandavilli and Atul Loke from NYT World https://ift.tt/3nqRevo
via IFTTT Doctors, the public and the media point to anecdotal evidence of infections even among the vaccinated. Scientists say the data is too thin and cite other reasons behind the country’s second wave.

By Matina Stevis-Gridneff from NYT World https://ift.tt/3xxofKK
via IFTTT The European Union is about to sign a deal for 1.8 billion doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine after a dispute with AstraZeneca derailed its vaccination campaign. Here’s how it came about.

By Daniel Victor from NYT World https://ift.tt/32XbrPQ
via IFTTT A decade is an eternity in internet years. But people still haven’t forgotten the British politician’s errant tweet, and he’s still playing along.

By The Associated Press from NYT World https://ift.tt/3vpsN45
via IFTTT The judge described the filming of police officers who had been hit by a truck on a freeway as “heartless, cruel and disgraceful.”

By Vivian Wang and Joy Dong from NYT World https://ift.tt/3nqXBi0
via IFTTT Most Chinese workers retire by 60. But with the population aging and pension funds running low, the government says that must change.

By Jeffrey Gettleman and Atul Loke from NYT World https://ift.tt/3aKiEXP
via IFTTT As India suffers the world’s worst coronavirus crisis, our New Delhi bureau chief describes the fear of living amid a disease spreading at such scale and speed.

By Roger Cohen from NYT World https://ift.tt/3tTdPCZ
via IFTTT Walk the dog? Only one kilometer. Want a raclette maker? Sure. A lamp? Nope. During the pandemic, France’s bureaucracy has hit overdrive, and the French are increasingly fed up.

By Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Megan Specia from NYT World https://ift.tt/3gGfwzW
via IFTTT The head of the European Commission said the bloc was working to allow vaccinated visitors from the U.S. this summer. Questions remain about how and when that might happen.

By Mark Landler from NYT World https://ift.tt/3eDH5rk
via IFTTT Queen Elizabeth II is increasingly withdrawing to Windsor Castle, royal watchers say, while Prince Charles is stepping forward.

By Farnaz Fassihi from NYT World https://ift.tt/2R1hGzC
via IFTTT Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, described a rivalry with a powerful and widely revered military leader, Qassim Suleimani.

By Farnaz Fassihi from NYT World https://ift.tt/3dSh488
via IFTTT Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, described a rivalry with a powerful and widely revered military leader, Qassim Suleimani.

By Katie Rogers from NYT World https://ift.tt/3dSftiZ
via IFTTT Previously, Biden administration officials had pushed back as pressure mounted for the U.S. to help combat the surge in India.

By Matina Stevis-Gridneff from NYT World https://ift.tt/3xjsTMF
via IFTTT The head of the European Commission said the bloc would switch policy, under certain conditions, after more than a year of mostly banning nonessential travel.

By Nicholas Casey from NYT World https://ift.tt/2PgIjjo
via IFTTT Sister Teresa Forcades, Spain’s most provocative Catholic nun, is at odds with governments, medical experts and even Pope Francis, who endorse the coronavirus vaccines. Pandemic denial groups are spreading her views.

By Rick Gladstone from NYT World https://ift.tt/32FV5LB
via IFTTT After years of avoiding the topic, the U.S. government now officially views the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire a century ago as genocide. Here’s what it means.

By Jeffrey Gettleman, Sameer Yasir, Hari Kumar, Suhasini Raj and Atul Loke from NYT World https://ift.tt/3eHZnaX
via IFTTT Fatalities have been overlooked or downplayed, understating the human toll of the country’s outbreak, which accounts for nearly half of all new cases in a global surge.

By Hannah Beech, Muktita Suhartono and Dera Menra Sijabat from NYT World https://ift.tt/32JxU2S
via IFTTT Search teams from several countries had been looking for the navy vessel, which sank near Bali with 53 people aboard.

By Anton Troianovski from NYT World https://ift.tt/3ne4ymL
via IFTTT The Russian president pulled back troops from Ukraine’s border and relented on medical treatment for his nemesis Aleksei A. Navalny after a performance blending fear and force to affirm his power.

By Jane Bradley and Michael Schwirtz from NYT World https://ift.tt/3dIX8Vb
via IFTTT The anti-Islam agitator Tommy Robinson struck gold in America. Keeping it might require help from Moscow, where other British far-right activists are also finding friends.

By Shashank Bengali from NYT World https://ift.tt/3sANacZ
via IFTTT More than 312,000 cases were recorded in just 24 hours, surpassing the previous single-day high set in the United States in January.

By Andrew E. Kramer from NYT World https://ift.tt/3sNMXDr
via IFTTT In a state-of-the nation speech, President Vladimir Putin warned of a “fast and tough” response to security threats, in a message seemingly aimed at President Biden and delivered amid large protests.

By Anton Troianovski from NYT World https://ift.tt/3gpmVne
via IFTTT With an air of moral superiority, the Russian president seems intent on teaching President Biden and other Western leaders a lesson.

By Emma Bubola from NYT World https://ift.tt/3v9Qldj
via IFTTT The Italian police were called to investigate a luncheon for a potential violation of coronavirus rules. They found a feast of migrating finches.

By Mahamat Adamou, Ruth Maclean, Declan Walsh and Eric Schmitt from NYT World https://ift.tt/3tBba0T
via IFTTT Idriss Déby, who ruled with an iron fist for three decades and had just secured his sixth term in office, was considered by the West a linchpin in the fight against Islamist extremism in central Africa.

By Ben Hubbard, Farnaz Fassihi and Ronen Bergman from NYT World https://ift.tt/3n1LJmB
via IFTTT Recent attacks suggest that Israel has a clandestine network inside Iran and that Iranian security services have been powerless to break it.

By Emily Anthes, Madeleine Ngo and Eileen Sullivan from NYT World https://ift.tt/3anH2yq
via IFTTT Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont were the last states to expand eligibility on Monday. More than 131 million Americans have received at least one shot of a Covid-19 vaccine.

By Mark Landler from NYT World https://ift.tt/3ec92pQ
via IFTTT Mary Lou McDonald, leader of the party that was once the political wing of the paramilitary Irish Republican Army, said she was sorry for its assassination of Louis Mountbatten.

By Ian Austen from NYT World https://ift.tt/2REEiWJ
via IFTTT Most marijuana producers in Canada are still reporting staggering losses two and a half years after legalization.

By Mark Landler from NYT World https://ift.tt/3akkjDo
via IFTTT The televised and live-streamed rite afforded Britons a chance to witness a seeming slight easing in the strained relations between Princes William and Harry.

By Louis Lucero II from NYT World https://ift.tt/3v3SVBz
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By Megan Specia from NYT World https://ift.tt/3sqXHXW
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By Andrew E. Kramer from NYT World https://ift.tt/3go3eMq
via IFTTT Russia’s massing of tanks and infantry along its southwestern border with Ukraine was meant to send a message, analysts say.

By Mujib Mashal, Salman Masood and Zia ur-Rehman from NYT World https://ift.tt/3dmkpwg
via IFTTT Pakistan’s military stayed allied to both the Americans and Taliban. But now the country may face intensified extremism at home as a result of a perceived Taliban victory.

By David E. Sanger and Andrew E. Kramer from NYT World https://ift.tt/3gdd3Nu
via IFTTT After years of wrist slaps under President Donald J. Trump, the new measures are intended to have a noticeable effect on the Russian economy.

By Jason Horowitz from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Qo48xQ
via IFTTT The new prime minister is leveraging his European relationships and his solid reputation to make Italy a force on the continent in a way it has not been in decades.

By Tiffany May from NYT World https://ift.tt/3aatQwu
via IFTTT A government worker in China became an internet sensation after a video emerged of her striking back at a boss she had accused of harassment.

By Isabella Kwai from NYT World https://ift.tt/3uLXOz4
via IFTTT Measuring more than four feet, the furry giant should be easy to spot. But he vanished from an English garden last weekend, and the police are treating his disappearance as an abduction.

By Jennifer Jett and Ben Dooley from NYT World https://ift.tt/3saGWjx
via IFTTT The government says the plan is the best way to dispose of water used to prevent the ruined nuclear plant’s damaged reactor cores from melting.

By Russell Goldman from NYT World https://ift.tt/3wI51C1
via IFTTT A global outcry fueled by a sketch on a Chilean comedy show reflected a growing sensitivity to racist, particularly anti-Asian, speech.

By Austin Ramzy from NYT World https://ift.tt/3d76Xfj
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By Ronen Bergman, Rick Gladstone and Farnaz Fassihi from NYT World https://ift.tt/3wJ3kUO
via IFTTT The power failure was described by Iran as “nuclear terrorism” as talks were underway in Vienna to restore the 2015 nuclear deal.

By Benjamin Mueller from NYT World https://ift.tt/3t7zmYt
via IFTTT Although Harry will come home to mourn with the family, his pregnant wife Meghan will not. The patriarch’s death opens an uncertain chapter for the House of Windsor.

By Andrew Higgins from NYT World https://ift.tt/3s79tqm
via IFTTT Krasnik voted to be “free of L.G.B.T.” two years ago to satisfy conservative voters. Now, the mayor regrets the move, which has led to censure from other European countries and put funding at risk.

By Anton Troianovski from NYT World https://ift.tt/3mBb5aF
via IFTTT The country’s official coronavirus death toll is 102,649. But at least 300,000 more people died last year during the pandemic than were reported in Russia’s most widely cited official statistics.

By The New York Times from NYT World https://ift.tt/31YFAOv
via IFTTT Philip’s life spanned almost a century of upheaval for Britain: He had lived with a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and he died nearly 100 years old in an era of smartphones and the internet.

By Elian Peltier from NYT World https://ift.tt/3t4JWiF
via IFTTT On the day he died, the death toll from Covid-19 in Britain was over 150,000. Officials said the public would be discouraged from participating in funeral services.

By Ernesto Cooke and Oscar Lopez from NYT World https://ift.tt/2PP5jpZ
via IFTTT La Soufrière, on the main island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, last erupted in 1979, but recent activity had alarmed disaster management officials, who urged residents to evacuate.

By Marilyn Berger from NYT World https://ift.tt/3wGAX9E
via IFTTT The Duke of Edinburgh, who married the future queen in 1947, brought the monarchy into the 20th century, but his occasional tactless comments hurt his image.