Letter from the Editors
A month of migrant stories
Dear friends, Every volume of Stranger’s Guide takes you to a new location and covers a...
Nearly a month before life as we knew it ground to a halt in much of...
Global
Chile’s vaccination rate among top; Protests in Holland; Infections in Papua New Guinea.
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world
Chile An (albeit cautious) success story in Chile: After posting some of the world’s worst numbers...
Global
Party like it’s 2019; another virus in the Philippines
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world
Tanzania Europeans escaping lockdown have found a place to have a good time: Zanzibar. Five thousand...
Global
COVID-19 sniffer dogs in Finland; vaccines required for Hajj; vaccine queue-jumping in Malaysia
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world
Finland Are dogs the new COVID-19 test? Evidently not. Despite months of training and preparation, customs...
Global
“Air vaccines” in Brazil; Ghana first to receive Covax innoculations; Argentine health minister fired for offering VIP access to COVID vaccine.
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world
Brazil Video footage of health officials giving fake COVID-19 vaccines to elderly people went viral in...
Global
Guinea sees Ebola resurface amid COVID pandemic; experts baffled by fall in India cases. Missionaries in the Amazon stoke vaccine skepticism.
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world
New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand’s biggest city, lifted a three-day lockdown that the government had introduced...
Global
Hong Kong hits pause on China’s vaccine; fears of “vaccine apartheid” in global south
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world
Hong Kong A coronavirus advisory panel in Hong Kong is holding off recommending a vaccine from...
Nearly 70 percent of the world’s cocoa comes from Africa, yet chocolate, one of the chief...
Global
Japanese contact tracing app breaks; North Korea requests vaccine doses; Tanzania urges citizens to use traditional medicine for COVID
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world
Japan A Japanese government contact-tracing app that is supposed to notify Android smartphone users if they’ve been...
Global
COVID blamed for 25% drop in Mexico cigarette sales; Turning ocean plastic into face shields in Thailand.
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world.
Mexico The pandemic has been blamed for a 25 percent drop in cigarette sales in Mexico. An...
Global
Spain launching vaccination certificate; Iceland sequences all its COVID cases; 10 positive at Australian Open
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world.
Spain Spain is planning to launch a vaccination certificate in order to bolster its beleaguered tourism...