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After winning praise for aggressively tackling COVID-19 early on in the pandemic, critics say South Korea’s government is breaking its own rules, and is handling a third wave of cases timidly.

Iranians with illnesses are having trouble getting medicines amid U.S. sanctions on the country. The sanctions don’t target medicines but seem to be affecting them anyway.

Strongmen leaders in Eastern Europe have lost a powerful ally in Donald Trump, and his loss threatens to isolate them even more.

SAKHIR, Bahrain — Seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix. The Mercedes team said in a statement Tuesday that Hamilton was tested three times last week and returned

Christopher Krebs, who led the federal government’s efforts to secure the 2020 election, called the operation near seamless despite President Trump’s claims to the contrary. (Image credit: Carolyn Kaster/AP)

Joe Biden won by tapping into a diverse group of voters who were on a mission to defeat President Trump. But now without Trump, Biden faces a daunting challenge to keep that coalition together. (Image credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty

A new report offers the clearest picture yet of pandemic learning loss among U.S. students. But researchers warn that many of the nation’s most vulnerable children aren’t represented in the new data. (Image credit: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Especially in service industries, old jobs may not be coming back. Training programs are aiming to provide skills for more resilient occupations.

Rockets can be switched on or off at will, fuel is storable and nontoxic, NewRocket says; engines are suited for space and defense, ‘anywhere you have a rocket’

Netanyahu, Rivlin congratulate art therapist Odelia Fitoussi for clinching 1 of 9 slots on prestigious panel; Israeli UN envoy hails ‘true triumph of the human spirit’