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In 2021, the world population was approximately 7,954,448,391 people[†]
Should second doses be delayed? Should most adults receive half-doses? Scientists are pondering ways to get more shots into more arms.
With President Trump ratcheting up his efforts to cling to power, the party has split over whether to back him, posing a major political test.
The University of Connecticut led the way in shutting down its program in deference to coronavirus precautions. Most of the Huskies’ peers lacked the courage to do the same.
In “Kill Switch,” Adam Jentleson explains how the Senate has become a place where ambitious legislation goes to die.
The creation of the union, a rarity in Silicon Valley, follows years of increasing outspokenness by Google workers. Executives have struggled to handle the change.
Some companies are having trouble surviving and making money installing panels because of intense competition and the high costs of doing business.
Surveillance and censorship bolster Beijing’s uncompromising grip on power. But in the country’s cities and streets, people have resumed normal lives.
Despite new pandemic aid, he confronts an economic crisis unlike any since he last entered office in 2009. And political headwinds have only stiffened.
President Trump’s effort to overturn the election he lost has gone beyond mere venting of grievances at the risk of damaging the very American democracy he is charged with defending.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson closed schools and declared a national lockdown in England, following on the heels of Scotland.
The sluggish pace of vaccinations has been particularly striking in New York City, the onetime epicenter of the pandemic.
Home cooks often tweak dishes, but hewing tightly to instructions can help us better understand others and their cuisines and cultures.