2020-11-08 Does Weather Affect the Coronavirus Outside?
Does weather affect the spread of the coronavirus outside a building, in the open air? Not really, experts say. The World Health Organization (WHO) says the virus can be spread…
2020-11-06 A Crushed Student Movement, Little Hope Before Myanmar’s Election
Hnin is a teacher in Myanmar. As a girl, she had great respect for Aung San Suu Kyi, the former opposition leader who now leads the country. But when Myanmar…
2020-11-06 Nepal Reopens to Foreign Mountain Climbers
Nepal says it is reopening to foreign visitors seeking to climb and trek the country’s famous mountains. The country has been closed to foreign visitors for the past seven months…
2020-11-05 Kosovo President Resigns to Face War Crimes Charges
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci resigned on Thursday to face war crimes charges brought by a court in The Hague in the Netherlands. The 52-year-old leader said he had decided to…
2020-11-04 South Korea OKs Single Test for COVID-19 and Flu
Health officials in South Korea have approved a new test for the disease COVID-19. The test can identify both signs of COVID-19 and seasonal influenza from the same blood samples.…
2020-11-04 US Withdraws from Paris Agreement Aiming to Limit Climate Change
The United States officially withdrew from the Paris Agreement to fight climate change on Wednesday. Leaders from around the world approved the agreement in 2015 at a conference in the…
2020-11-04 More Japanese Now See Tattoos in Good Light
Shodai Horiren got her first tattoo on a trip to Australia nearly 30 years ago. Now, she is tattooed from head to foot. She even has tattoos on the skin…
2020-11-03 Turkish Rescuers Pull Girl from Collapsed Building 4 Days After Earthquake
Rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir have pulled a young girl out alive from the remains of a collapsed housing complex. The rescue came Tuesday, four days after a…
2020-11-03 Meet Singapore’s Royals: Just Like Us
In the modern nation of Singapore, several average people working in offices or driving taxis claim to be of royal blood. They say they are descendants of a 19th century…
2020-11-02 What Are Trump, Biden Saying about US Foreign Policy?
American President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden have sharply different ideas about United States foreign policy. In 2016, Trump won the presidency calling for “America First” and…
2020-11-02 Attack on Afghan University Leaves at Least 22 Dead
Islamic State militants attacked Kabul University on Monday as it held a book fair attended by the Iranian ambassador. The attack led to an hours-long gun battle at the largest…
2020-11-02 Australia Wildfires Investigation Calls for Climate Risk Assessment
Wildfires destroyed large parts of southeast Australia during the second half of 2019 and early in 2020. Late last week, Australian investigators released an official report on the fires. The…
2020-11-01 Feeding Houston’s Hungry: One Million Pounds a Day
The line of cars waiting to receive boxes of food from the Houston Food Bank can be up to a kilometer long. Based in the state of Texas, the organization…
2020-10-31 Mask-Resistant North Dakota Town Battles COVID-19 Pandemic
North Dakota recently rose to the top of the list of new COVID-19 cases per person. North Dakota is one of the least populated areas in the United States, with…
2020-10-31 Japanese Youngster Starts Online Counseling Service
Suicides are on the rise among Japanese young people aged 13 to 19. That concerns 21-year-old Koki Ozora, who suffered from depression as a child. Ozora started a nonprofit volunteer…