2020-08-03 Japan to Restart Tourism as COVID-19 Infections Rise
Japan is preparing for an increase in the number of new coronavirus infections. Recently, more than 1,000 cases were reported…
2020-08-03 Study: Nearly 3 Billion Animals Harmed in Australian Wildfires
The World Wildlife Fund for Nature – WWF – reports that nearly 3 billion animals were killed or displaced by…
2020-08-02 Tools Found in Mexico Suggest Earlier Human Arrival in North America
Stone tools found in a Mexican cave suggest people were living in North America as early as 26,500 years ago,…
2020-08-02 Ideas About Face Masks From Around the World
Not since humans invented shoes or underwear has a single item of clothing become so common in such a short…
2020-07-30 Viewer Warns TV Reporter About ‘Lump’
It is the job of many television news reporters to give important information to people watching them. But recently, that…
2020-08-02 Helping People One Bike at a Time
A year after he died at the age of 17, a young man’s love of helping others lives on. Through…
2020-08-01 Coronavirus Crisis Creates Fear, Doubt Among Arab Youth
Sama al-Diwani and her college sweetheart had big dreams. Her boyfriend, Athir Assem, was planning to open a business in…
2020-07-29 A Different Hajj amid the Virus
Muslim pilgrims, wearing face coverings and moving in small groups, began circling Islam’s holiest site, the Kaaba, in Mecca, Saudi…
2020-07-29 Airline Mask Requirements Encourage More People to Travel
Airline travel in the United States fell more than 95 percent in April. Many people stayed at home because they…
2020-07-28 COVID-19 Hard on Argentina’s Overworked Care Givers
Even before the new coronavirus reached Argentina, health care workers there were already severely overworked. Most were often working more…
2020-07-27 Defector Accused of Rape at Center of North Korea’s COVID Claim
South Korea has reacted to North Korean claims that a man who fled the North was infected with the coronavirus…
2020-07-26 Study: S. Korean Stock Traders Seek Help for Gambling Addiction
A South Korean study shows a jump in the number of online stock traders seeking help for gambling addiction. The…
2020-07-26 Uber Pushes Its Contact Tracing to Health Departments
Ride-sharing company Uber has been quietly sharing information about its drivers and passengers with health officials for months. Now, the…
2020-07-25 Liberals See US Supreme Court’s Future an Election Issue
At the age 87, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the oldest justice of the United States Supreme Court. She is also…
2020-07-23 New Coronavirus Creates Education Crisis Across Africa
There seems to be many choices for students in Africa to continue studying while schools remain closed because of the…