Biden to Cancel Keystone XL Pipeline in Inauguration Day Executive Order
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. is expected to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit on his first day in office, quickly reversing his...
Brazil Starts Vaccinations Amid Rise in Covid Cases and New Variants
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil on Monday kicked off its nationwide coronavirus vaccination campaign, providing a glimmer of hope in a nation where political infighting,...
Can the World Break Up With Fossil Fuels? Watch the Conversation.
The coronavirus pandemic collapsed demand for energy, with oil prices plunging into negative territory briefly in late April. But as the world looks toward recovery,...
Brazil Begins Administering Covid-19 Vaccine
Health officials in Brazil recently began giving the first Covid-19 vaccinations after the country’s health regulator approved two vaccines for emergency use. Source: New York...
China Expands Grad Schools as the Young Seek Jobs
The government is expanding university capacity, but some young people worry that the option will only postpone a crisis stemming from a shortage of well-paying...
Mexico’s López Obrador, Fond of Trump, Eyes Biden Administration Warily
MEXICO CITY — President Trump called Mexican migrants rapists, threatened his neighbor with a trade war, kicked tens of thousands of asylum seekers out of...
Kamala Harris resigns Senate seat, poised to become VP
Saying farewell to California, first female, first Black vice president says ‘hello’ to the United States and history.Kamala Harris has resigned her seat in the...
Egypt, UAE resume first Qatar flights after blockade
Egyptair flew from Doha to Cairo while the UAE’s Air Arabia arrived in Qatar from Sharjah.The first direct flights between Qatar and two of the...
How Full Employment Became Washington’s Creed
As President-elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr. prepares to take office this week, his administration and the Federal Reserve are pointed toward a singular economic goal:...
Martinus Veltman, Who Made Key Contribution in Physics, Dies at 89
Martinus J.G. Veltman, a Dutch theoretical physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for work that explained the structure of some of the fundamental forces...