2020-09-20 COVID-19 Rewrites the Rules of Political Campaigning
Madeleine Dean, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, describes herself as a “big hugger.” But there is no…
2020-09-19 Rosa Parks’ Home Displayed in Italy
Italy is the new home for the house where American civil rights icon Rosa Parks lived after her historic bus…
2020-09-18 Memorial to Dwight ‘Ike’ Eisenhower, President and Military Commander, Opens
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial is now open to the public following a dedication service Thursday in Washington, D.C. A…
2020-09-18 South Sudan Peace Activist Receives US Award
South Sudanese peace activist Rita Martin Lopidia Abraham received the 2020 Women Building Peace Award this week. The award comes…
2020-09-17 Gates Foundation: COVID-19 Caused 7 Percent Rise in Extreme Poverty
A new report says the COVID-19 health crisis has greatly harmed worldwide efforts to reduce poverty and improve healthcare. The…
2020-09-17 Experts Worry as US Ease Restrictions
State and local officials around the United States have again started rolling back social-distancing rules. Officials in some areas had…
2020-09-16 Report Blames Boeing, FAA for 737 MAX Crashes
A United States Congressional report blames the crashes of two Boeing 737 MAX airplanes on the manufacturer’s design and the…
2020-09-16 Weather Event May Be Cause of Brazil’s Pantanal Fires
Since the middle of July, a fire has been burning in the wetlands of west-central Brazil. It has left a…
2020-09-15 Choking Air from Western Fires Worst on Planet
Wildfires burning across the western United States will continue releasing smelly, harmful air until later in the week or after…
2020-09-15 Israel Orders Nationwide Lockdown
Israel has ordered a nationwide lockdown to deal with an increase in coronavirus cases. The new rules are to take…
2020-09-14 Suga Likely to Become Japan’s Next Prime Minister
Yoshihide Suga was elected as the new head of Japan’s ruling party on Monday. He is likely to become the…
2020-09-14 Indonesia’s Capital Under Virus Order, Hospitals Nearly Full
Main streets were less crowded Monday as Jakarta began two weeks of social restrictions to slow a rise of coronavirus…
2020-09-14 Streaming Services and the Environment
A new study suggests that streaming services can lead to higher levels of greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers say the results…
2020-09-12 Australian Youngsters Take Legal Action to Stop Coal Mine Expansion
A group of young people in Australia has launched a lawsuit in the name of all children to block the…
2020-09-12 North, South Korean Couples Deal with Cultural, Language Differences
A year ago, Kim Seo-yun gave some very important personal information to her South Korean love interest. She had fled…