2020-06-04 France Launches Contact-Tracing App Despite Privacy Concerns
France is launching an official software application, or app, aimed at containing new outbreaks of the novel coronavirus. The app’s…
2020-06-05 One Hundred Year Later, Hungarians Still Feel World War One Injustice
For Laszlo Petrik, any talk of the Treaty of Trianon stirs up strong feelings. Petrik is an ethnic Hungarian who…
2020-06-03 Police Chokeholds Reviewed Around the World
George Floyd died on May 25 after an American police officer pressed his leg on Floyd’s neck for several minutes…
2020-06-02 Vanishing Jobs for Young Could Create ‘Lockdown Generation’
Until recently, Bashar Ali Naim worked at a small store in Baghdad. He earned about $480 each week. Three months…
2020-05-31 US Meatpacking Industry Faces Immigrant Worker Shortage
When Martha Kebede’s adult sons moved from Ethiopia to join her in the United States this year, they had few…
2020-06-01 The Good and Bad of Lockdown
Starting in early 2020, governments around the world ordered lockdowns, closures and other social distancing rules to slow the spread…
2020-05-31 Coronavirus Delays US Citizenship Process for Thousands
The coronavirus crisis could be preventing thousands of people from completing the final steps to receive U.S. citizenship, activist groups…
2020-05-29 In Virus Crisis, People Find Purpose in Helping Others
In April, as the new coronavirus was attacking New York City, Susan Jones learned her older brother had been diagnosed…
2020-05-30 Coronavirus Crisis Forces Restaurants to Get Creative
Dining at a table where clear plastic surrounds each diner might look and sound futuristic, but it could be one…
2020-05-27 Contest Makes Handwashing Fun for Children
Parents around the world often urge children over and over – wash your hands! This advice was already common before…
2020-05-26 Efforts Underway to Get Food from US Farms to Americans in Need
Food banks in the United States have struggled to meet increasing demand from people who cannot pay for food because…
2020-05-28 Experts: Pandemic Magnifies Mental Health Problems in South Africa
The new coronavirus has hit South Africa harder than any other African nation. So far, the country has reported more…
2020-05-27 Some US Gyms Reopen with New Anti-Virus Measures
Some fitness centers in the United States have reopened after lengthy closures meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus.…
2020-05-28 Medical Businesses in Japan Struggle to Stay Open
In Japan, many small medical centers are at risk of going out of business as a result of the coronavirus…