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Author Yashu Zhang first experienced the arrival of coronavirus in Pudung, the district of Shanghai where she works, and later in her hometown in Hunan province, where she recently visited her grandparents.

The two remaining major Democratic candidates for president — former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont — are largely sticking to similar talking points, saying they’ll start reversing on day one what the Trump administration has done. But people who’ve been working on immigration for years also want to hear what a Democratic president would do on day two — beyond reversing Trump’s policies.

Spotify has launched a podcast designed to calm your dog when he is home alone, in response to owners’ request and scientific studies that prove a connection between pets and humans.

Officials say they’ll look for people who lied during naturalization, and ask a judge to strip them of citizenship.

On Monday night, Colombia’s Constitutional Court voted to uphold a previous ruling that allows the procedure when a woman’s life is at risk, the fetus is malformed or the pregnancy is a result of rape.

Some Americans showed up to a local sports bar in Israel on Super Tuesday to cast their votes for the next American president.

The country has seen a rise in reported femicides and violence against women. Despite the president's promises to address the violence, his administration has cut programs aimed at helping women and girls.

Outside China, South Korea has the highest number of COVID-19 cases. On Tuesday, the Korea Centers for Disease Control (KCDC) announced the number of infections had surpassed 5,000 and attributed at least 28 deaths to the virus.

Latinos' rapid growth as a voting bloc means 2020 will likely be the first election where Latinos comprise the largest minority voting group. Super Tuesday will be the first major test of their influence.

A new law would give night clubs the same status as opera houses. The measure would make it easier for new clubs to get zoning licenses and reduce restrictions on where clubs can operate.

The Greek government is working to expand refugee camps, but many Greek residents oppose such a move and violence has escalated this week.

As Indian officers are accused of standing by during violent persecution of Muslims, one policewoman describes the hardships of trying to change the force from the inside.

Israelis took to the polls Monday for the third general election in 12 months. The role of religion in state affairs was top of mind for many voters.

More than 10,000 migrants, mostly from Syria, other Middle Eastern states and Afghanistan, have reached Turkey's land borders with EU states Greece and Bulgaria since Ankara said last Thursday it would stop keeping them on its territory. The World's Marco Werman speaks with Devon Cone of Refugees International.

London is already one of the most surveilled cities in the world with around 420,000 CCTV cameras in operation. Yet London police are pushing ahead with plans to implement the facial recognition technology across the city. The Dazzle Club, led by four artists, dons camouflage make-up and leads a silent public walk once a month in protest of live facial recognition police cameras in London.

Many places in the area hardest hit by COVID-19 are struggling to get the supplies they need.

When COVID-19 first emerged, the country took some of the most aggressive measures to contain the spread without putting entire communities on lockdown.

In Istanbul on Friday, refugees from Syria clamored to board buses to Bulgaria. Other migrants are heading for the Greek islands, and hope to enter the European Union by boat.

A Christian pastor's kidnapping and execution by Boko Haram in January along with a spate of reported attacks on churches in recent years in northern Nigeria have led some Christians in the country to believe they are being persecuted for their religion.

Sheikh Yasir Qadhi, a Muslim theologist in Dallas, Texas, was planning to visit Saudi Arabia. He spoke with our host, Marco Werman, about the travel ban over COVID-19 fears.

A trio of gorillas that inhabit the Werribee Open Range Zoo exhibited calm behavior while listening to Michael Bublé’s baritone voice.

Climate change refugees are not yet recognized by international law, but a recent ruling by the United Nations Human Rights Committee has opened the door to new types of protected status.

Here's the concept: Bring in a kilogram of plastic trash — about two pounds worth — and you get a free hot meal.

For the people of South Sudan who have suffered the consequences of their leaders' political rivalry and previous attempts at reconciliation, words of peace alone are not enough.

Some 15,000 Afghans and Iraqis who assisted the US military are trapped in their home countries as they await promised visas. A recent court decision could force the US to process their visa applications faster.

One more for the road.

How do you craft the perfect finale? The showrunners from “Veep” and “Law & Order” compare notes.

Kurt reminisces about his favorite Studio 360 interviews... and the time he was seduced by Matthew McConaughey.

Erjing Cui, a Seattle-based psychotherapist, volunteers for a crisis hotline called Yong Xin Kang Yi, which translates to "Use Heart to Fight the Virus."

According to a poll conducted by the Association of Mayors in France, more than half of small town mayors said they were stepping down or thinking of stepping down in 2020.

US citizens who live abroad and are registered under the Democratic Party will be able to cast their ballots in the Democrats Abroad primary, a little-known vote that could sway election results.

Closing borders and restricting travel could "drive people who are unwell underground," says Amy Pope, who led the US response to Ebola during the 2014 outbreak.

As the 2020 presidential campaign unfolds, Adela Diaz is keeping her eye on one main issue: health care. The public health major at the University of Arizona will soon be a first-time voter. And this year, Latino voters like Diaz are projected to be the biggest minority voting bloc in the country.

Iran’s death toll from the coronavirus increased to 16 on Tuesday — more than in any other country outside of China.

The new regulation expands on existing rules that ban the trade of rare and endangered species. All terrestrial exotic animals, both bred in captivity and caught in the wild, are now prohibited.

Jacob Lawrence’s epic series of paintings shows the northward journey of millions of African Americans from the Jim Crow South to cities in the North.

At a huge rally at a cricket stadium in Ahmedabad dubbed, “Namaste Trump,” the US president announced a $3 billion defense deal and praised India as an inspiring economic giant.

Devastating fire season in Australia opened up new conversations and opportunities for Aboriginal fire practices, practitioners say.

The show’s original producers reflect on the creation of Studio 360 and its 20-year broadcast run.

US President Donald Trump has appointed US Ambassador Richard Grenell to the post as acting director. Some US allies say his appointment may make intelligence gathering and sharing more difficult.

Controlling the coronavirus outbreak depends on two things: whether China can control the disease within its own borders, and whether countries with travel-related coronavirus cases can contain outbreaks, too, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a member of the White House coronavirus task force.

To make the parades come alive, over 3,000 artists and builders work year-round on Carnival.

The United States runs the world’s biggest immigration detention system. A new law in California is trying to shrink it with mixed results.

Bestselling Young Adult author Angie Thomas on how the late TLC performer Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes spoke to her at a very troubling point in her life.

How Public Enemy brought the noise and revolutionized hip-hop.

How Maya Angelou’s first book came to be loved — and banned — so much.

Biologist Somsak Panha stimulates a snail, causing it to secrete a mucus that is used in beauty serums.

Women in cities across Mexico have been protesting almost daily in response to two horrific murders this month. Estefanía Vela Barba, an attorney who directs Intersecta, a Mexico City-based NGO working to end gender discrimination, spoke to our host Marco Werman.

Some sharing platform companies, like Airbnb, Lyft and Uber, are urging users and hosts to take cautionary measures to avoid the virus and its spread. But that has left a lot of open questions, and the platforms’ users are increasingly navigating a complex, public health crisis on their own.

The new coronavirus outbreak centering in China, has led to the spread of a deluge of information, both reliable and unreliable. The WHO calls it an "infodemic." What do we know and don't know about COVID-19? The World’s Elana Gordon hosted a Facebook Live on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020 with Dr. Michael Mina of Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health.