In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party won a special election for a parliamentary seat in the town of Hartlepool, which had been held by the opposition Labour Party.

At a United Nations Security Council meeting on Friday, with counterparts from both China and Russia, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said that the U.S. would not tolerate nations that break international rules, including the violation of human rights.

The House Committee on Financial Services held a virtual hearing on short-sellers, social media, and retail investors. The hearing came in response to the March surge in Gamestop stock and the market volatility that ensued.

A Facebook-appointed oversight board ruled to uphold the social network's ban of former President Donald J. Trump at a panel on Wednesday.

President Biden delivers remarks on the coronavirus response and the current state of vaccinations in the United States.

During a visit to a community college in Norfolk, Va., President Biden outlined his tax plan, which emphasizes child care benefits as well as an increase in taxes on wealthy individuals and corporations in order to benefit community colleges.

On Sunday, the United States delivered the third of six aid shipments to New Delhi, including 1,000 oxygen cylinders. Britain donated more than 400 oxygen concentrators, and France sent eight oxygen generators, each of which can serve 250 hospitalized patients.

Three people died and more than two dozen were hospitalized after a 40-foot boat being used to smuggle migrants broke apart on a reef off the coast of San Diego Sunday morning, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said.

Kate Brown, governor of Oregon, announced on Friday that 15 counties would move into the state's most severe level of restrictions to combat a new wave of coronavirus cases.

As vaccine eligibility opened to people 18 and older on Saturday, several states reported shortages. India has faced global records for daily coronavirus cases, limited oxygen supplies and a series of deadly hospital accidents.