In a social media post about visa applications, the consular section in Beijing posed a question that some critics called racist.

The European Union said that it was considering the proposal but did not endorse it. Germany said that the move could undermine the production of vaccines, deterring E.U. consideration of the plan.

The ads are part of a promotional effort to combat Covid-19 vaccine skepticism.

Afghan commanders are asking for more help from American warplanes, illustrating their dependency on American air power.

Police officials and human rights activists called Thursday’s operation in a district controlled by drug traffickers the deadliest in the city’s history.

Scott Morrison says India travel ban will not be extended and has committed to three repatriation flights before the end of May. Follow latest updatesNSW has no new local coronavirus casesAustralia to start repatriating citizens stuck in India when flight ban endsNSW Covid hotspots: Sydney and regional case locationsSydney and NSW Covid restrictions: new rules […]

Defense secretary is hopeful the rocket will land in the ocean; Aerospace Corp said it expects the debris to hit the Pacific near the equatorThe US military has no plan to shoot down the remnants of a large Chinese rocket expected to plunge back through the atmosphere this weekend, the defense secretary said on Thursday.Speaking […]

Florida governor signs into law bill to restrict mail-in votingHouse Republicans bid to oust Cheney from conference chair roleHillary Clinton: ‘There has to be a reckoning with disinformation’ 12.56am BST 12.13am BST Mike Jordan reports for the Guardian: Idaho’s governor, Brad Little, has a bill signed into law that aims to restrict critical race theory […]

Victims expected to survive attack, which ended when teacher disarmed student, authorities sayA sixth-grade girl shot two students and a custodian at an Idaho middle school on Thursday before being disarmed by a teacher, authorities said.The Jefferson county sheriff, Steve Anderson, said the girl had fired multiple rounds inside and outside Rigby middle school in […]

Embassy officials first visited Robert Pether on day 26 of his detention in Baghdad, his wife saysAn Australian citizen has still not been told what charge he is facing, has only just been seen by Australian officials and is yet to meet his lawyer, despite spending 30 days behind bars in Baghdad.Australian officials visited Robert […]

“Liz is a living reproach to all these cowards,” a friend of Cheney’s said, but the cowards have the votes.

An infamous Republican political operative’s unpublished memoir shows how the Party came to embrace lies, racial fearmongering, and winning at any cost.

A free-speech case before the Court could change the way schools regulate students’ self-expression.

“If the two-eyes show creators want my consult . . . The ‘average’ cyclops lives in the city, not the suburbs.”