2020-11-15 Free Wigs Put Smile on Faces of Kenyan Cancer Patients
Mary Nafula learned she had cancer a year ago. She survived the cancer treatment, but her hair fell out. The…
2020-11-14 Future of Business Travel Unclear as Coronavirus Changes Work Life
Brian Contreras represents the worst fears of the profitable business travel industry. Contreras is an account executive at an American…
2020-11-14 California Wine Industry Makes Changes After Wildfires
Harvest season in Northern California’s wine country is what dream marriage ceremonies are made of. Its colorful crops and golden…
2020-11-14 Lebanon Faces Drug Shortage, Economic Crisis
Heart drugs and all kinds of other medicines have disappeared from drug stores across Lebanon. The drug shortage is the…
2020-11-11 Study Suggests Gorillas Become More Violent in Crowded Forest
Gorillas are very social animals — up to a point. Crowded areas can make silverbacks more violent, scientists say. Silverbacks…
2020-11-12 In Ruins, Syria Marks 50 Years of Assad Family Rule
On November 13, 1970, a young air force officer from the coastal hills of Syria launched an operation to overthrow…
2020-11-10 Ethiopian Forces Battle Tigrayans as Refugees Head to Sudan
Ethiopian government troops were reported to have captured an airport in northern Ethiopia from Tigrayan forces on Tuesday. State media…
2020-11-11 Pandemic Puts New Fears and Trauma on War-Scarred Bosnians
Memories of the Bosnian War are shaping Zdenka Sutalo and the way she thinks about the novel coronavirus. The 58-year-old…
2020-11-12 Refugees Tell About Conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray Area
Filimon heard the sound of heavy weapons in his Ethiopian border town, and he started to run. Filimon is an…
2020-11-08 La Niña Weather Expected to Continue into 2021
The United Nations weather agency says a continuing weather event places some countries at risk of weather-related problems. The World…
2020-11-07 The Cruise Industry Accepts 2020 is Over, Looks to 2021
The vacation cruise industry has accepted it cannot restart operations this year. Major cruise lines Carnival and Norwegian recently extended…
2020-11-08 Does Weather Affect the Coronavirus Outside?
Does weather affect the spread of the coronavirus outside a building, in the open air? Not really, experts say. The…
2020-11-06 A Crushed Student Movement, Little Hope Before Myanmar’s Election
Hnin is a teacher in Myanmar. As a girl, she had great respect for Aung San Suu Kyi, the former…
2020-11-06 Nepal Reopens to Foreign Mountain Climbers
Nepal says it is reopening to foreign visitors seeking to climb and trek the country’s famous mountains. The country has…