Plus funerals for rampage victims in Thailand and a Covid spike in China
Author: Daniel E. Slotnik
Your Thursday Briefing: How Authoritarians See Mikhail Gorbachev
Plus the decline in American life expectancy and the latest on Typhoon Hinnamnor.
Your Wednesday Briefing: The F.B.I. Searches Donald Trump’s Home
Also, a deadly flood in Seoul and a tense presidential election in Kenya.
Your Tuesday Briefing: China’s New Military Drills Near Taiwan
Also, a moving dispatch from Ukraine and the dire outlook for Afghanistan.
Your Monday Briefing: U.S. Senate Passes Major Legislation
Also, China’s military exercises could alienate Taiwan and rockets strike near a Ukrainian nuclear power plant.
Global Covid Death Toll Surpasses 5 Million, but Full Count Is Higher
Many countries do not accurately report their figures, and many Covid deaths are misattributed, experts say.
Covid Trend: Access to Liberties Increasingly Relies on Vaccination
The number of activities available to the unvaccinated is shrinking, and the pressure to get shots is growing.
Covid Trend: Access to Liberties Increasingly Relies on Vaccination
The number of activities available to the unvaccinated is shrinking, and the pressure to get shots is growing.
W.H.O. Recommends Third Covid Shot for Immunocompromised People
Officials noted that the shots were not boosters, but meant to shore up the immune response in people for whom the one- or two-dose course of treatment was insufficient.
Kentucky Schools Struggle With Coronavirus Outbreaks
The state has reached its highest levels of cases and hospitalizations since the start of the pandemic.