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 amount of time. From Melbourne to Mexico City, Beijing to…
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 responsibility was reversed. Someone watching the news gave helpful –…
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 a foundation established by his parents, Benjamin Canlas is still…
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 Iraq. She was preparing to go to England, where she…
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 Arabia on Wednesday. During the hajj, the white floors that…
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 were afraid of getting the highly infectious coronavirus on an…
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 than 12 hours a day at several jobs just to…
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 number rose 200 percent during a two-month period as COVID-19…
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 when he returned to the country. South Korean military officials…
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 company is promoting this free service around the world to…
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 one of its longest-serving and most liberal members. Last week,…
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 coronavirus crisis. Lessons are taught on television or over the…
2020-07-24 IFRC Chief: COVID Could Affect Migration For Years
The head of one of the world’s largest aid groups says he expects the coronavirus health crisis will have a major effect on migration for years to come. Jagan Chapagain…
2020-07-22 ‘Very Frightening:’ Opposition Grows to US Agents in Cities
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is facing growing criticism for sending federal agents to Portland, Oregon to control violent protests. Mass demonstrations across the country started in May…
2020-07-21 Top Oil Companies Set Carbon Target Goals
For the first time, a group of the world’s top oil companies have set goals to cut carbon gas emissions as a percentage of their total production. Among the businesses…