The Suez Canal was blocked after an enormous container ship ran aground during a sandstorm. More than 100 ships on Wednesday were stuck at each end of the canal, which carries roughly 10 percent of worldwide shipping traffic.
North Korea conducted a test of two short-range cruise missiles over the weekend, its first such test under the Biden administration. The missile test was not in violation of United Nations resolutions.
Organizers are pressing ahead with plans to hold the Tokyo Games this summer, but the event could become a trial from which Japan may take years to recover. Epidemiologists warn that the Olympics could become a superspreader event, and polls show most of the Japanese public think the Games should be postponed.
Owners and employees at the spas attacked in Atlanta last week were immigrants with similar dreams, but were separated by a vast gap in money and power. Our reporters looked at the disparities.

Two back-to-back mass shootings have people once again asking the question: Why does the U.S. have so many? An ever-growing body of research consistently reaches the same conclusion: the astronomical number of guns, our columnist writes.
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