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The diplomatic wrangling came as at least 42 Palestinians were killed early Sunday in an airstrike in Gaza City, the deadliest episode in the recent bloodshed.

Royal Rivalry Bares Social Tensions Behind Jordan’s Stable Veneer The standoff between King Abdullah II and his half brother, Prince Hamzah, wasn’t just palace intrigue. It hinted at Saudi meddling and highlighted wider tensions within Jordan’s complex society. A poster of King Abdullah II of Jordan on a street in Amman on Wednesday.Credit...Mohammad Ali/EPA, via Shutterstock April 10, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET AMMAN, Jordan — The prince and the general paced the garden outside the...

Reversing Trump, Biden Restores Aid to Palestinians The move will once again make the United States a leading donor to the United Nations agency that assists about 5.7 million Palestinians in the Middle East. Aid from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency at a refugee camp in Gaza City. An assistance package will provides $150 million in humanitarian aid, funneled through the relief agency.Credit...Mahmud Hams/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images April 7, 2021 WASHINGTON — The Biden adm...

Covid-19 News: Republican Governors Push for Schools to Reopen Last Updated March 24, 2021, 7:47 a.m. ETMarch 24, 2021, 7:47 a.m. ET The more transmissible and possibly more lethal B.1.1.7 variant is spreading rapidly as Arizona, California and South Carolina join Texas and other states in easing limits. The Dalai Lama receives his first dose of a Covid vaccine. Here’s what you need to know: Elementary school students in Salem, Mass., last month. Gov. Charlie Baker and state education officia...

Covid-19: U.S. Vaccination Pace Increases to 2 Million Doses a Day Last Updated March 24, 2021, 7:47 a.m. ETMarch 24, 2021, 7:47 a.m. ET Connecticut has joined Texas and Mississippi in easing restrictions, while Alabama extended its mask mandate. Italy blocked a vaccine shipment to Australia. Here’s what you need to know: People line up early at the Jacob Javits Convention Center Covid-19 vaccination hub on March 4, 2021.Credit...Timothy A. Clary/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The aver...

The Johnson & Johnson campus in Irvine, Calif.Credit...Mark Ralston/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images One day after federal regulators authorized Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, senior Biden administration officials warned Sunday that the supply of the new vaccine would be highly uneven for the next month. In an effort to lower expectations that the authorization of a third Covid vaccine will mean a steady new stream of doses, the officials said that the company wi...

Will Israel Show Us the Way Out of the Pandemic? If vaccinations are key to ending the pandemic, Israel may get there first as it has the highest rate by far of any nation. Paradoxically, it also has the worlds second-highest rate of daily new COVID-19 cases. February 14, 2021, 5am PST | Irvin Dawid Share "Israel, which has seen several waves of the virus, had raced ahead of other nations and given the first doses of Pfizer’s two-dose vaccine to more than a third of its population [o...

Officials Say Reports of New U.S. Coronavirus Variant Are Inaccurate Last Updated Feb. 19, 2021, 6:48 p.m. ETFeb. 19, 2021, 6:48 p.m. ET The United States reported more than 300,000 cases in a day for the first time. President-elect Biden plans to release nearly all vaccine doses to states, rather than hold back supply to ensure timely second doses. Here’s what you need to know: Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, during an event at the White House in November.Cred...

‘Things Will Get Worse,’ Fauci Warns, as U.S. Hits a New Daily Death Record Last Updated Feb. 1, 2021, 8:13 a.m. ETFeb. 1, 2021, 8:13 a.m. ET Israel, its vaccine supplies dwindling, secures a new supply. And the Capitol Hill riot may turn out to be a super-spreader event, experts say. Here’s what you need to know: Waiting in line for injections at a drive-through vaccination site in Florida on Wednesday.Credit...Scott McIntyre for The New York Times Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the top ...

BERLIN — As an angry mob stormed the heart of the world’s most powerful democracy, the rest of the world watched the once-unimaginable scenes unfolding in Washington with dismay and disbelief — and deep concern about what the turmoil could mean as authoritarian forces gain strength around the globe. Many of those following live broadcasts of armed rioters forcing their way into the Capitol saw it as a stark and disturbing warning for all the world’s democracies: If this can happen in th...