Author: NYT > World News

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.

Poland has postponed its presidential election amid debate over how to conduct voting safely. In India, a deadly gas leak may have resulted from a rush to reopen a chemical plant.