Author: NYT > World News

Nations are loosening restrictions, but new clusters in places that seemed to have tamed the virus, including the Chinese city where the pandemic began, show how hard success is to sustain.

As France, Russia and others eased restrictions, Germany watches warily as the rate the virus is spreading has risen there. And in Mexico City, while other sounds are muffled, street musicians play on.

Coronavirus cases soar past 4 million as China finds a new cluster near Russia. Ethiopian troops may have shot down an aid plane in Somalia.

The cluster highlights the challenges of controlling the pandemic. Berlin’s cathedral held its first Sunday services since Germany’s lockdown was lifted.

A new cluster of cases in Seoul tests South Korea’s easing. Belarus held a tank parade.

Will reviving the European economy mean dropping plans to cut emissions? South Korea’s capital closed bars and nightclubs after finding a new virus cluster.

India has started a major operation to repatriate its people. In Kenya, people held in quarantine for weeks were forced to pay to be released.