Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, threatened Israel after a blackout at a uranium enrichment plant over the weekend.

A global outcry fueled by a sketch on a Chilean comedy show reflected a growing sensitivity to racist, particularly anti-Asian, speech.

A study has bolstered the case that antibody drugs can protect against Covid-19. Britain is reopening parts of its economy. And Australia has abandoned a goal to vaccinate its entire population in 2021.

We look at Amazon’s victory over a labor union — and the meaning of $15-an-hour jobs.

​Residents in South Baltimore are fighting to 'starve' their nearby Bresco incinerator due to health concerns over the amount of pollution it creates. Of the 72 remaining facilities in the US, the vast majority are located in predominantly low-income or minority communities, raising concerns about compounding pollutants in already overburdened neighbourhoods Continue reading...

Madrid regional government says it has suspended all activity at Vivotecnia after inspection found ‘signs of animal mistreatment’Regional officials in Spain have temporarily halted all activity at an animal testing facility after the publication of undercover footage that appears to show animals being taunted, smacked, tossed around and cut into with no or inadequate anaesthesia.Since […]

Australia scraps Covid vaccination timeline; India becomes second-worst affected country worldwide after USVaccination level in Germany reaches 15% of the populationDenmark to give 100,000 shots in ‘the big vaccine day’Morrison admits all Australians may not be vaccinated by end of yearArdern tells New Zealand border staff: get vaccine now or be redeployedUK coronavirus updates – […]

Colourised images from Tuol Sleng prison during 1970s genocide were manipulated, media group saysCambodia has condemned images published by Vice media group that featured victims of the Khmer Rouge genocide, colourised and with some apparently edited to add smiles to their faces.The artist Matt Loughrey modified images taken at the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, where […]

Two centres in Lebanon are among the casualties of cuts to British aid, with devastating consequences for thousands of patients and families‘Out of Trump playbook’: UK accused of ‘abandoning’ women with cuts to aidIn January, the British government told its diplomats to start finding 50–70% cuts in aid funding. In March, it was revealed it […]

New cartoons from the magazine.

Poetry by Katie Condon: “When the rain begins, I wake up.”

Hype Williams, whom Sean Combs once called “the Black Scorsese,” recasts Slim Aarons’s poolside scenes in Palm Springs.

“Horizontal Vertigo,” “Halfway Home,” “The Seed Keeper,” and “Abundance.”