As It Is

2020-08-20 Food Waste Decreasing Worldwide, Good for Planet

Clint Parry looked through every part of his kitchen during the stay-at-home period in Detroit, Michigan. He was looking for different foods…

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2020-08-19 Belarus Removes Theater Director for Supporting Protests

Theater director Pavel Latushko saw detainees come out of prison with bruises. The detainees told him of punishment beatings. Angry, he…

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2020-08-20 Airline Companies Struggle to Persuade Public to Fly

The U.S. airline industry continues to face major financial losses after a sharp drop in air travel caused by the…

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2020-08-19 On the Ground with New York’s Contact Tracers

Joseph Ortiz walked to the home of a man who was tested COVID-19. The test showed the man has the…

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2020-08-19 The Ganges: Much More Than Just a River

More than 2,000 years ago, a powerful leader built a fortress on India's holiest river -- the Ganges. King Yayati…

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2020-08-16 Thousands of Korean Laborers Still Lost After WWII, Cold War End

Shin Yun-sun describes her life as a series of dead ends. The South Korean has spent many of her 75 years…

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2020-08-19 Family Study Aims to Answer Questions about Children and COVID-19

At Mendy and Joe McNulty's home in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, coronavirus testing supplies are in the kitchen. The parents gather…

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2020-08-18 Israelis Interested in Strengthening Ties with the United Arab Emirates

Some Israelis are looking forward to going to Dubai and visiting the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. Although people…

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2020-08-16 Scientists Try to Bring Back Malaysia’s Rhinos

Malaysia's last rhinoceros, Iman, died last November. Some skin, eggs and tissue are all that remain of her. Now, scientists…

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2020-08-16 Maryland’s First Lady Leads Coronavirus Aid Campaign

Yumi Hogan helped the American state of Maryland secure 500,000 coronavirus tests from her native South Korea. Hogan is the…

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2020-08-15 Large Animals Change the Land of a Former Military Base

Wild horses, bison and other large animals once moved freely in much of Europe. Now, these animals are changing a…

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2020-08-14 After Multiple Crises, This Time Lebanese Feel Broken

For nearly a week, Mona Zahran slept on a couch pulled across the front door of her home in Beirut. The powerful…

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2020-08-13 Study: Plant-Eating Animals Are Most at Risk of Extinction

Scientists often worry about the loss of the world's meat-eating animals. But a wide-reaching new study finds that plant-eating animals,…

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2020-08-12 What It Is Like to Come Across a ‘Karen’

When two strangers walking by accused James "Jaime" Juanillo of damaging private property, the California man quickly began recording the…

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2020-08-11 Virus Lockdown for World’s Rarest Wild Pigs

Pygmy hogs — the world's smallest and rarest wild pig — are under a virus lockdown, but it has nothing to…

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