2020-10-11 Coronavirus Crisis Pushes Start of Holiday Shopping Earlier
The world has changed in many ways since the coronavirus pandemic struck. Now, you can add end-of-the-year holiday shopping to…
2020-10-10 Ukraine Short on Doctors to Treat Coronavirus Infections
The number of coronavirus infections in Ukraine began rising in late summer. And the effects are now reaching towns like…
2020-10-10 Thailand’s Latest Pro-Democracy Movement
Forty-four years after a massacre of Thai students, Pojanee Theil returned to Thammasat University in Bangkok. “How could they have…
2020-10-10 African Cyclists Try to Make the Continent More Bike-Friendly
Wearing bright colors, Andy Costa rides his bicycle in the streets of Abidjan, the capital of the Ivory Coast. He…
2020-10-09 World Food Program Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee is recognizing…
2020-10-08 13 Charged in Plot to Kidnap Michigan Governor
Police in the United States have arrested 13 people in connection with reported plots to kidnap the governor of Michigan…
2020-10-07 SpaceX to Build Missile-Tracking Satellites
SpaceX has been chosen by the U.S. Defense Department to build missile-tracking satellites. The $149 million contract, or legal agreement,…
2020-10-07 Khashoggi Plan for Rights Group Realized
“I can speak when so many cannot.” Jamal Khashoggi wrote those words in The Washington Post in September 2017. It…
2020-10-07 Irish Court Finds US Company’s Bread… Isn’t Bread
The highest court in Ireland has ruled that bread sold by an American fast-food restaurant cannot be legally defined as…
2020-10-06 Kyrgyzstan in Chaos, Election Results Canceled
Kyrgyzstan is facing political unrest after opposition groups seized control of government buildings during protests over parliamentary elections. Opposition activists…
2020-10-05 Three Awarded Nobel for Medicine for Identifying Hepatitis C Virus
Three scientists won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday for identifying the virus responsible for Hepatitis C. The…
2020-10-05 Baby Yoda Brings Smiles to West Coast Firefighters
Firefighters in the western United States have a new force on their side: Baby Yoda. A 5-year-old boy from Oregon…
2020-10-05 Ski Resorts Struggle to Hire Amid Trump’s Student Visa Ban
Milagros Sotelo had plans to travel from South America to Tennessee to work at Ober Gatlinburg ski resort this winter.…
2020-10-04 More Women Lead Atlantic City Gambling Operations
For many years, women have served alcohol to gamblers in casinos, but they rarely supervised the whole operation. Women now…
2020-10-03 Experts Study Writing in Ancient Mexican City
Many mysteries surround the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan. One mystery is especially difficult to solve. What is the meaning…