From Megha Majumdar to Laura Purcell, Kate Mosse and Chris Hammer This week's best new fiction
Set amid sectarian bloodshed in India, this powerful US debut follows a young Muslim shop clerk who finds herself jailed as a terrorist. Read more...
Medics go on hunger strike in Peru amid Covid-19 second wave
A group of Peruvian medics went on a hunger strike Tuesday demanding more investment in the health sector amid spiraling cases of Covid-19, according to a statement from Peru's Social Security National Medical Union (SINAMMSOP) published Wednesday. Read more...
Pfizer Will Ship Fewer Covid-19 Vaccine Vials to Account for Extra Doses
After the surprise discovery of an extra dose in every vial, Pfizer executives successfully lobbied the F.D.A. to change the vaccines formal authorization language. The company charges by the dose. Read more...
Indian and Chinese soldiers brawl on Himalayan border with casualties on both sides
The fight broke out at Naku La, in a remote region of the Himalayas, after Chinese forces tried to send a patrol on to Indian territory and were forced back, according to Indian military officials. Read more...
Pictured The house in Irkutsk that's normal on the outside and like a palace on the inside
Allow us to take you through the keyhole of this seemingly humdrum 11-year-old abode on the outskirts of the city of Irkutsk and into an ornate fantasyland with furnishings fit for a tsar. Read more...
The Arts Are in Crisis. Heres How Biden Can Help.
The pandemic has decimated the livelihoods of those who work in the arts. How can the new administration intervene and make sure it doesnt happen again? A critic offers an ambitious plan. Read more...
Tiger Woods Faced Disaster at the Masters. He Stuck Through It Anyway.
After a horrific appearance at No. 12, the five-time Masters winner did not fade even with no hope of another green jacket and almost no one around to watch. Read more...
Rioter charged with threatening to assassinate Ocasio-Cortez
The Justice Department revealed new charges against a Texas man who allegedly participated in the Capitol attack and posted online death threats against Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a US Capitol Police officer. Read more...
Elijah Moshinsky, Met Opera Director With Fanciful Touch, Dies at 75
Mr. Moshinsky, known for mixing traditional staging ideas with modern flourishes, also created productions for the Royal Opera and Opera Australia. He died of Covid-19. Read more...
Graf 'I hope Serena breaks slam record'
In a rare interview, tennis great Steffi Graf talks about Serena Williams' plans to break the 22 grand slam singles record they both share. Read more...
How to make money during a clear-out of your home
From dining tables to games consoles and wedding dresses to war medals, we reveal the items that make most money on online auction sites - and list other ways to sell during lockdown. Read more...
China Sends Warplanes to Taiwan Strait in a Show of Force to Biden
The exercises, which included 13 warplanes on Saturday and 15 on Sunday, were the biggest so far this year and the first under the new U.S. administration. Read more...
Is Rivian the Next Tesla? Investors Bet Big on Electric Truck Maker
Rivian, which has raised another .65 billion, plans to sell a pickup truck and S.U.V. it has worked on for more than a decade. Read more...
Manhattan Lease Signings Are Booming. Is It Enough for a Recovery?
Looking back through a year of lease-signing data reveals the beginning of something. But what? Read more...
Magpie hosed down with cool water in Mildura, Victoria during heatwave conditions
Adorable footage shows the magpie being showered with water in Mildura, Victoria where the mercury reached a sweltering 37C on Sunday. Read more...
Ohio teacher jailed for having sex with two teen boy students
Former Bedford High School teacher Laura Dunker, 31, was sentenced to two years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to sexual battery in Cuyahoga County Court. Read more...
Boris Johnson blasts 'dismal' MPs for refusing to beam Olympic heroes onto Parliament
Boris Johnson last night denounced dismal MPs for refusing to project giant images of British Olympic and Paralympic heroes on to the Houses of Parliament. Read more...
Trump Administration Quietly Eased Sanctions on Israeli Billionaire
The reversal by the Treasury Department during the administrations final days came after an appeal by lobbyists with close ties to the former president. Read more...