World Coronavirus Tracker: Live Coverage

Here’s what you need to know: ImageLining up to enter a food pantry in the Queens, New York, on Wednesday.Credit…Desiree Rios for The New York Times The pandemic is realigning global dynamics. With the coronavirus reaching into nearly every country in the world, the spread of the disease isn’t just threatening public health, it’s also…

7 Things You Need for Better Video Calls

I’ve been sharing my home office with my daughter for the past couple of weeks, and I cringed at her first few eighth-grade remote-learning sessions done over video: the teacher repeatedly asking: “Can you see me now,” the students inaudible or unable to turn on their cameras, the complaints about connection problems, and me trying…