The Scottish Parliament voted unanimously to pass a measure that makes free period products available to anyone who needs them, the first country to do so. World By Megan Specia from NYT World
Scientists were initially skeptical that a mutation made the coronavirus more contagious. But new research has changed many of their minds. World By James Glanz, Benedict Carey and Hannah Beech from NYT World
The billionaire is working with the W.H.O., drugmakers and nonprofits to defeat the coronavirus everywhere, including in the world’s poorest nations. Can they do it? World By Megan Twohey and Nicholas Kulish from NYT World
Archaeologists tentatively identified the pair as a wealthy landowner and a younger enslaved person, both of whom were killed in the 79 A.D. eruption. World By Elisabetta Povoledo from NYT World
The Kolyma Highway in the Russian Far East once delivered tens of thousands of prisoners to the work camps of Stalin’s gulag. The ruins of that cruel era are still visible today. World By Unknown Author from NYT World