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NPR's Noel King talks to George Parker of the Financial Times about Britain entering its third lockdown after Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned the coming weeks would be the "hardest yet."

The U.K. used coal power to drive the Industrial Revolution and expand the British Empire. It's now the first major economy to quit the fossil fuel, a primary contributor to global warming.

The remnants of post-tropical cyclone Ophelia hit parts of Ireland with wind gusts of more than 90 miles per hour. The storm knocked out power to some 360,000 customers.

The Seoul summit is a follow-up to last November's summit in the U.K., where participating countries agreed to work together to contain risks posed by galloping advances in artificial intelligence.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet says "The chief task of the poet is to look closely at places that are often ignored or disregarded." She sees that come into play in some listener-submitted poems.

Boris Johnson wrote in a Times of London column that the law would infringe on the "one country, two systems" agreement China reached with Britain in 1997 when Britain ceded control of the territory.

Under a new target announced by the British government on Sunday, adults would be vaccinated one month earlier than initially planned.

Coach K's iconic college basketball career nears its end at Duke University

K. Silem Mohammad reads a poem.

What made Coach K's 42 years at Duke special? A look at at the basketball legend's career