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Four new likely cases of COVID-19 are linked to a cluster in an Auckland family announced Tuesday. The country returns to tighter restrictions and is promoting an app to help with contact tracing.

The country's scattered opposition is regaining its footing after President Alexander Lukashenko unleashed his security forces on protesters during four nights of unprecedented violence.

Charles Scharf told lawmakers that the company's structure and culture "were problematic." But he projected confidence that it could win back the public's trust after years of scandals.

Gilead Sciences is donating its initial supply of the experimental treatment for COVID-19. The federal government is deciding where the scarce medicine goes, and there are questions about the choices.

The pandemic has "had a particularly heartbreaking impact on refugees — in the sense that it's cut off their ability to travel, and trapped them in precarious situations," says an immigration lawyer.

President Biden is calling for Congress to act in the wake of two mass shootings. But he knows better than most how difficult gun control has been over the past three decades.

NPR's Scott Simons asks Economist correspondent Nicolas Pelham about Syria's first lady, Asma al-Assad, and how she has profited during the decade-long conflict in her country.

Since COVID-19 hit our shores, economists have been crunching data to see how it's affecting our economy.

During the pandemic, the U.S. couldn't import enough gloves. Recently, car makers ran out of semiconductors. So the White House wants to find ways to make more critical items in the United States.

The White House says a new offer on an infrastructure package from Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito doesn't meet President Biden's "objectives." Talks will continue Monday.