In a video address targeted to Britain's young people, Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanked them for protecting vulnerable populations and encouraged people 18 and older to be vaccinated.

After a year of tight coronavirus restrictions, the European Union recommended on Friday that its member states lift the ban on nonessential travel for visitors from the United States.

The House held an official signing ceremony to make Juneteenth, the 19th of June, an official federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States.

Mr. Putin told reporters Wednesday that there had been 'no hostility' in his first meeting with Mr. Biden.

A chaotic scrum between American and Russian reporters erupted on Wednesday before closed-door meetings between President Biden and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

Mr. Biden discussing his meeting with Mr. Putin.

Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen testified to Congress on Wednesday about economic recovery in the wake of the coronavirus. Yellen promoted Biden's policies on paid family leave and education as the best way to fix long-existing disparities.

The Wednesday airstrikes were in response to incendiary balloons sent into Israel by Hamas. The exchange came after tensions rose on Tuesday when Israel's new government permitted far-right Jews to march through Palestinian areas of Jerusalem.

President Biden delivered an update after his meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. The two met for the first time as tensions escalate between the world leaders.

On Wednesday, President Biden met with the president of Russia, Vladimir V. Putin, in Geneva. The two global leaders are meeting as tensions between Washington and Moscow have escalated over the last year.