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Standing beside Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel vowed “a very powerful response” if Hamas were to break a fragile cease-fire. Press Release Distribution Service

Fear, grief and boredom pervade the lives of those contending with the country’s severe outbreak. Their solace: family, friends and their own efforts to help others. Press Release Distribution Service

On Saturday, Prague kicked out 18 Russian diplomats after accusing Russia of being behind an attack on an ammunition depot. On Sunday, Moscow retaliated. Press Release Distribution Service

The two countries said they would treat global warming “with the seriousness and urgency that it demands.” Press Release Distribution Service

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. Press Release Distribution Service

Whatever happens once the United States withdraws will not bode well for Afghan women. But even the gains made for them over the last 20 years have often been fleeting. Press Release Distribution Service

Doctors said recent blood tests indicated that the Russian opposition leader, who is nearly three weeks into a hunger strike, was at risk of heart failure and “could die at any moment.” Press Release Distribution Service

The unit has also been implicated in the 2018 nerve agent attack in Salisbury, England, on Sergei Skripal, a former Russian spy, and his daughter. Press Release Distribution Service

What began as peaceful demonstrations against the military coup has rapidly grown into a resistance movement in which citizens use improvised weapons to fight the junta. Press Release Distribution Service

Japan, South Korea and Australia have inoculated tiny percentages of their populations. The delays risk unwinding their relative successes. Press Release Distribution Service

Germany’s Greens are expected to be a critical part of any new government. But these are not the Greens of old. Today it is a pragmatic party promising an assertive stance abroad. Press Release Distribution Service

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. Press Release Distribution Service

The Duke of Edinburgh, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II and patriarch of the House of Windsor, died last week at age 99. Press Release Distribution Service

“It just never crossed your mind that there would be so many dead in so little time,” said one man in Mexico City. Press Release Distribution Service

Iran also attacked an Israeli cargo ship at sea, raising tensions but causing little or no damage. Press Release Distribution Service

The assault of a 13-year-old girl in Venezuela and the arrest of her mother and a teacher who helped her end the pregnancy have forced a national debate about legalizing abortion. Press Release Distribution Service

American and NATO officials have grown increasingly concerned about Russia’s deployment of additional troops near the border with Ukraine. Press Release Distribution Service

Britain has become the first nation to begin a mass inoculation campaign using a fully tested vaccine, kicking off a global effort to fight Covid-19. Doctors, nurses, certain people aged 80 or over and nursing home workers will be among the first to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Press Release Distribution Service

The mass inoculation campaign that began in Britain on Tuesday has little precedent in modern medicine. Press Release Distribution Service

The U.S.-led coalition seized land for hundreds of military bases, most now held by the Afghan military. Villagers have fought for years to collect compensation and to get their property back. Press Release Distribution Service

At the Home Farm nursing home on the Isle of Skye, more than a quarter of its residents died and nearly all were infected with coronavirus. Families are furious. Press Release Distribution Service

Faced with the spread of the coronavirus, the government is promoting using serving utensils, but resistance is strong. Sharing food with personal chopsticks is one way Chinese people express intimacy. Press Release Distribution Service