Global
The chef feeding 50 million people in India, a locust plague, and Ethiopia’s food crisis
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world.
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is closing schools for two weeks and banning dine-in service at bars...
United States
How Climate Change Threatens Leaf Peeping Season
In Japan it’s known as momijigari. In the northeast of the US it’s called “leaf peeping...
Global
A drive-in wedding in England, Argentina’s rise in COVID cases, and Turkey’s cruise ship graveyard
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world.
Taiwan More White House officials tested positive for the coronavirus than the total number of cases...
Global
COVID after-effects in Korea, fines in the UK, and health worker deaths in Venezuela
A look at how COVID-19 is affecting life around the world.
Israel Synagogues in Israel closed for Yom Kippur after record high coronavirus infection rates forced nationwide...
Global
An outbreak on Greece’s Lesvos Island, The Taj Mahal reopens, and pubs are closing early in England.
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world.
Greece 243 people at a camp for refugees and migrants on Lesvos island have tested positive...
Global
Every new disease has been politicized, a historian explains why.
What we can learn from the history of disease.
Dr. Christopher Rose is a social historian of medicine focusing on Egypt and the Middle East...
Global
South Africa eases restrictions; demand for oxygen in Indian hospitals; lockdown in Israel.
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world.
South Africa South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has lowered the country’s alert level to its lowest...
Global
Navajo Nation reports zero COVID-19 cases; Senegal’s success story.
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the planet.
Navajo Nation For the first time since 17 March the Navajo Nation has no new reported...
Global
WhatsApp temperature checks in Guangzhou and staggered classes in Australia
School or Zoomschool? A look at how COVID-19 is changing the lives of students and parents around the world.
Children are headed back to school after months of lockdown all around the world. In some...
Global
Germany’s coronavirus skeptics; Australia’s recession.
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the planet.
Germany Images of protesters storming the Reichstag building prompted outrage in Berlin on August 1, so...
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Global
Pandemic World: Lebanon’s post-explosion battle with COVID; quarantining visitors to Iceland
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world.
Lebanon Lebanon’s economy was already in meltdown due to the coronavirus pandemic when a huge...