World News Desk

• Why Russia Won’t Leave Ukraine Alone

• Explainer: What Is the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline?

• Beijing’s Olympics Close, Ending Odd Global Moment

• Six Months of Taliban: Afghans Safer, Poorer, Less Hopeful

• U.S. Accuses China of Backing Away from Free-Trade Commitments

• Russia’s Olympic Doping Case Helps China Skirt Dicey Topics

• Ottawa’s Police Chief Ousted amid Truck Protest in Canada

• DNA Analysis of Elephant Ivory Reveals Trafficking Networks

• U.S. Says Russia May Create Pretext to Attack Ukraine

• ‘Nobody Is Ready’: Many U.S. Cities Lack Resources to Chase $1 Trillion Infrastructure Windfall

• U.S. Inflation Jumped 7.5 Percent in the Past Year, a 40-year High

• Iran Unveils Long-range Missile as Vienna Nuclear Talks Resume

• Fearing Junta, Hundreds of Myanmar Parents Disown Dissident Children

• ‘Elizabeth the Steadfast’: Queen Marks 70 Years on Throne

• The Race Is On to Save the Great Salt Lake: Will It Be Enough?

• Islamic State Hits Back, Aided by Power Vacuum in Iraq and Syria

• Millions at Risk as Drought Threatens the Horn of Africa

• Explainer: Can the UN Do More than just Talk About Russia, Ukraine Crisis?

• World Remembers Holocaust as Antisemitism Rises in Pandemic

• New Space Telescope Reaches Final Stop Million Miles Out