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EXPLAINER: Behind the Kremlin's response to Navalny rallies

MOSCOW — Rattled by nationwide protests over jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Russian authorities are moving rapidly to block any new ones – from piling legal pressure on his allies to launching a campaign to discredit the demonstrations.

Covid-19 Live Updates: Mexico's Death Toll Grows to World's Third Highest

Cases have surged in Mexico since mid-December, and its hospitals are struggling, particularly in Mexico City. An E.U. leader demands answers from AstraZeneca on vaccine delivery delays as the bloc is expected to approve its use.

Covid-19 Live Updates: Mexico's Death Toll Grows to World's Third Highest

E.U. demands answers from AstraZeneca on supply delay, ahead of likely approval. Beaten down by the virus, South Carolina learns it now has one of the new variants, too.

Covid: Sir Keir Starmer's vaccine stance shot by both sides

This week Sir Keir Starmer answered some of his internal Labour critics by producing what looked suspiciously like a policy - a call to vaccinate teachers at half-term. How was it received and what lessons can the party learn from it? Since his election as ...

UK prepares to welcome thousands of Hong Kongers fleeing national security law

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Last year, China imposed a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong that critics say has stripped the city of its autonomy and precious civil and social freedoms, while cementing Beijing's authoritarian rule over the territory. Since ...

Russian anti-Putin anger spreads: 'We have to protest'

image captionDetained protesters in Moscow: Filip Kuznetsov is front right. Filip Kuznetsov spent an entire night crammed into a police van with 17 other protesters because Moscow's detention centres were all full. He was among a record 4,002 people ...

Macron Tells Biden that Cooperation With US Cannot Be Dependence

In a "very agreeable call," the French president told his American counterpart that Europe wanted "strategic autonomy." In an interview with foreign media, he also reflected on the pandemic and threats to democracy.

In Russia's messaging battle, the opposition lights up social media. Putin's allies plod along on state TV.

MOSCOW — Vasily Surov's first protest rally lasted 10 minutes. Riot police dragged away the 21-year-old student shortly after he arrived at last Saturday's rally in Moscow in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Now Surov faces charges for attending a ...

He Is Israel's 'Prince of Torah.' But to Some, He Is the King of Covid.

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky is the spiritual authority for hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews. But his pronouncements on the virus have made him a villain to many.

Italy's president: 4 days to see if coalition can be reborn

ROME — Italy's president on Friday tasked a parliamentary leader with determining by early next week whether the squabbling parties in caretaker Premier Giuseppe Conte's collapsed government can unite anew to steer the country amid the pandemic.