The daily number of COVID-19 deaths in Russia has reached another high amid a surge in infections that forced the Kremlin to order most Russians to stay off work starting this week

Global shares are mostly higher after another rally to record highs on Wall Street

Southeast Asian leaders have begun their annual summit without Myanmar, amid a diplomatic standoff over the exclusion of the leader of the military-ruled nation’s exclusion from the group’s meetings

EU ministers are meeting for emergency talks focusing on energy amid divisions between the 27 member countries on how to tackle a crunch that has seen consumers’ bills skyrocket this year

The Netherlands’ biggest pension fund says it will stop investing in companies that produce fossil fuels

The leaders of a Senate panel have called executives from YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat to face questions on what the companies are doing to ensure young users’ safety

The Democrats’ idea for a new billionaires’ tax to help pay for President Joe Biden’s social services and climate change plan is quickly running into criticism

The White House is zeroing in on a package of clean energy strategies for President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill

Children under 18 and people from dozens of countries with a shortage of vaccines will be exempt from new rules requiring most travelers to the United States be vaccinated against COVID-19