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The global death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 12,000 on Saturday as New York City reported thousands of new cases over the past week. Cases in that city now make up about a third of all U.S. cases.

U.S. employers added 263,000 new jobs in April. That's more than analysts were expecting, and it's another sign the economy keeps chugging along after almost a decade of growth.

Oil prices jumped on Monday in response to a weekend strikes in Saudi Arabia that crippled more than half the country's oil production. It was the single-largest daily surge in crude prices in years.

The country counted a total of 2,967 wild tigers, an increase of more than 30% in four years.

According to the Labor Department, employers added 224,000 jobs in June, despite a disappointing May. The strong job market could reduce pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.

Stocks plunged last week after President Trump imposed tariffs on Chinese imports. NPR's Sarah McCammon asks David Wessel of the Brookings Institution what that means for the U.S. economy.

A team from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons plans to begin investigating the attack in Douma by Saturday. U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis called the attack "inexcusable."

Stock prices fell sharply on Thursday as hopes for a lasting trade truce between the U.S. and China faded.

Britain is no closer to a post-Brexit trade plan and manufacturers like Airbus are threatening to leave, endangering hundreds of thousands of jobs.

Some people in Japan woke with unease to a text saying: "Seek shelter," while in South Korea, the response was defiant. In the U.S., President Trump said Pyongyang's message landed "loud and clear."