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70 percent of adults in the European Union have been fully vaccinated.

An Experimental H.I.V. Vaccine Fails in Africa

Elizabeth Holmes on Trial

U.K. rejects reports that its troops pushed for a gate at Kabul airport to stay open.

Brazil bank robbery: Hostages describe terrifying getaway car ordeal

Cyprus on alert as Syrian oil slick spreads across Mediterranean

Afghanistan: Taliban enter Kabul airport and celebrate by posing in aircraft

‘Three Rooms,’ by Jo Hamya: An Excerpt

The End

Widespread power outages confront Louisiana and Mississippi after Ida.

Tokyo Paralympics: Afghanistan athlete Hossain Rasouli makes debut after evacuation

Berlin university canteens cut meat from menus to curb climate change

The police set up checkpoints outside New Zealands’s largest city.

Ida moves toward the Northeast, bringing flash flood watches and heavy rain.

America’s Final Hours in Afghanistan

The Taliban declare victory at a Kabul airport in disarray.

Ida brings more challenges for Louisiana hospitals already struggling with a Covid surge.

Those in the storm’s path know life won’t be normal anytime soon.

Officials urge Louisiana residents who evacuated during Ida not to return home yet.

Ida hit one of the country’s biggest oil and chemical hubs.

Working remotely has meant huge salaries, for a lucky few.

How Sasha the Cougar Was Rescued From a Bronx Home

Florida withholds school funding as the battle over mask mandates grows even fiercer.

A Quarter-Century Ago, She Landed a Brooklyn Unicorn

A SPAC Counterattack

Palestinian President Abbas holds rare talks with Israeli minister

What to Know About the Investigation Into Tyler Skaggs’s Death

China urges the United States to engage with the Taliban.

Ida knocked out power to much of New Orleans.

Afghanistan: US investigating civilian deaths in Kabul strike

China cuts children's online gaming to one hour

Milan fire: Flames engulf modern 20-storey block of flats

New on SI: MMQB: Why You’re Hearing More Deshaun Watson Trade Rumors Now

Oil and gasoline futures gyrate after Ida disrupts production.

Elizabeth Holmes’ trial and the jobs report: Here’s what’s coming this week.

Digital tools help children learn how to handle their finances.

Is Vaccine Immunity Waning?

In Baton Rouge, a hospital strained by the pandemic braces for storm victims.

As the Delta variant surges, companies are readjusting the return to office.

The Tale of California’s Recall Election

North Korea Restarted Plutonium-Producing Reactor, U.N. Agency Warns

U.S. shoots down rockets aimed at Kabul’s airport.

New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, has a record rise in daily cases.

Demand surges for a deworming drug despite no evidence it can treat Covid.

When Charlie Watts Finally Made It to New York City

Brazil bank robbers tie hostages to getaway cars

The U.K. ambassador returns home as his country’s last troops leave Kabul.

Some Afghans say that enemies of the Taliban have begun to disappear.

Mountain lion: US mother fights off animal attacking her son

A country abandoned: BBC's John Simpson on Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Taxi driver, shopkeeper: UK victims of Kabul attack

In states with virus surges, hospitals have a concerning number of young patients.

Taliban Agree to Allow Safe Passage From Kabul After Aug. 31

The U.S. carries out a strike against a ‘credible threat’ in Kabul, American officials say.

What now for Afghans arriving in America?

Can Novak Djokovic Be Invincible Again?

A Lineup of Color Made History, Even if It Felt ‘Routine’

Homes That Sold for Around $450,000

The Sunday Read: ‘How Long Can We Live?’

Por qué mi hija se casó (temporalmente) a los 13 años

How to prepare before, during and after a hurricane.

Biden is to witness the return of service members killed in the Kabul bombing.