INTERNATIONAL

Panel: China, WHO should have acted quicker to stop pandemic

GENEVA  — A panel of experts commissioned by the World Health Organization has criticized China and other countries for not moving to stem the initial… Read more

Spain’s rising cases give pandemic hospital a second chance

MADRID  — As soon as the lifeless body is silently pushed away on a stretcher, a cleaning battalion moves into the intensive care box. In a matter… Read more

Joe Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants

WASHINGTON  — President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year… Read more

Israel trades Pfizer doses for medical data in vaccine blitz

JERUSALEM — After sprinting ahead in the race to inoculate its population against the coronavirus, Israel has struck a deal with Pfizer, promising… Read more

SKorean court gives Samsung scion prison term over bribery

SEOUL, South Korea — Billionaire Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong was sent back to prison on Monday after a South Korean court handed him a two and a half-year… Read more

Navalny’s arrest adds to tension between Russia and the West

MOSCOW  — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s arrest as he arrived in Moscow after recovering from his poisoning with a nerve agent drew criticism… Read more

Insider attack feared days before Biden’s inauguration, service members in DC vetted by FBI

Defense officials in Washington, D.C., are concerned about an insider attack from service members deployed to Washington, D.C., for President-elect… Read more

Biden transition official tells migrant caravans: 'Now is not the time' to come to US

A migrant caravan moving from Honduras toward the U.S. border called on the incoming Biden administration to honor their  "commitments" to the migrants… Read more