BERLIN—Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok, a chemical nerve agent, the German government said on Wednesday, presenting the strongest evidence yet that the attack could have been carried out by Russian state agencies. Chancellor Angela Merkel held an emergency meeting with members of her cabinet and called on Moscow to immediately comment … Read more
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand—The man who murdered 51 people in live-streamed attacks on two New Zealand mosques was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole, the first time the country has imposed a punishment that denies any chance of release. The March 15, 2019, massacre in the southern city of Christchurch, which brought about a national ban … Read more
New Covid-19 cases in the U.S. continued to drift lower Saturday, staying below 50,000 for the eighth consecutive day as the Food and Drug Administration authorized convalescent plasma as a treatment for serious coronavirus cases. Total U.S. coronavirus cases rose to nearly 5.7 million, just under a quarter of the global tally, while the nation’s … Read more