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Testing blood for malaria at a Doctors Without Borders clinic in Malawi.

Drug-resistant malaria is emerging in Africa. Doctors are worried — yet hopeful

Resistance to the drug artemisinin was confirmed in Africa. Without better surveillance, experts say it is hard to track the threat.

A sign displays gas prices over $5 a gallon at a petrol station in Los Angele on March 4. Overall, gasoline prices have jumped by 45 cents a gallon in the last week, to a national average of $4.

Gas prices surge to above $4 a gallon, near a national record

The prospect that the U.S. and its allies could impose new sanctions on Russian oil pushed energy prices sharply higher. The average price of gasoline in the U.S. hit $4.06 per gallon.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) hosts Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow on Sept. 13, 2021. The U.S. says Russia is recruiting Syrian fighters to help with its war effort in Ukraine.

Russia is trying to recruit Syrians to fight in Ukraine, U.S. says

The reported Russian effort to find Syrians with urban combat experience is the latest indication that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is not going as planned.

Levi Strauss & Co. has pledged to support its employers, partners and their families affected by the decision in the coming months.

Levi's halts sales in Russia, evoking Cold War scrambles for blue jeans

Levi's is suspending commercial operations in Russia, citing its aggression in Ukraine. The company's iconic blue jeans represented freedom and capitalism during the days of the Soviet Union.

Sandy Hook took place as 'alternative facts' muscled out objective truth

A feature writer at The New York Times, author Elizabeth Williamson is a compassionate storyteller and a thorough reporter who never loses sight of the larger issues Newtown presents.

Kindergarteners wear masks while listening to their teacher amid the COVID-19 pandemic at Washington Elementary School in Lynwood, Calif., on Jan. 12. Gov. Gavin Newsom delayed a closely watched decision on lifting California's school mask mandate on Feb. 14 even as other Democratic governors around the country dropped them.

Many parents are angry over COVID policies. They could be key to GOP 2022 gains

Republicans believe COVID-19 policies largely backed by Democrats are causing a schism among parents of school-age children and that will help the GOP win elections this year up and down the ballot.

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been detained in Russia for allegedly transporting hash oil. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Russia arrests Brittney Griner; Blinken promises to help all Americans detained there

Speaking in Moldova, Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Americans to leave Russia and vowed to support any American being held by Russia.

Nurses perform timed breathing exercises on a COVID-19 patient on a ventilator in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the la Timone hospital in Marseille, southern France on Dec. 31, 2021.

Death toll surpasses 6 million for the pandemic now in its 3rd year

Health care experts say that confirmed deaths represent a fraction of the true number of deaths due to COVID because of limited testing.

Placards featuring ruling and opposition presidential candidates hang over a street in Seoul, South Korea, on Feb. 17, 2022.

In South Korea, the 'Squid Game Election' campaign gets ugly

Negative campaigns are aggravating South Korea's already severe political divide as presidential elections approach on Wednesday.

Vice President Kamala Harris marches on the Edmund Pettus Bridge after speaking in Selma, Ala., on Sunday.

On 'Bloody Sunday,' Harris reflects on the current fight for voting rights

Vice President Kamala Harris visited Selma, Ala., to commemorate a defining moment in the struggle for the right to vote.

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