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Updated 2026-01-14 17:19
With test kits so scarce, doctors in Yemen are flying blind
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Yemen has a population of nearly 30 million. Fewer than 1,000 have been tested for COVID-19. An emergency room doctor explains how he treats patients for the novel coronavirus without the tools and equipment to make diagnoses — or protect himself.
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Researchers in Senegal are developing a coronavirus test kit to be used across Africa
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Reaching rural populations is one of the biggest challenges to achieving widespread testing in Africa. About 60% of sub-Saharan Africa is rural.
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Catholic Twitter debates Trump’s handling of coronaviruspandemic
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Some prominent Catholics are criticizing Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic — and many have been vocal on Twitter.
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Coronavirus pandemic wilts global flower industry
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Flower producers and sellers have seen an uptick in demand due to Mother's Day. But it won't be enough to save the industry from the steep drop in business due to the pandemic.
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Iranian border guards allegedly drowned 45 Afghan migrants. Their families want answers.
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Last week, a group of young Afghans tried to enter Iran in search of work. Iranian officials reportedly arrested them and forced them to return to Afghanistan through a nearby river. Most of them drowned.
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Fiona Hill: Putin has become ‘wild card’ for Russia's political system
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Russia expert and former presidential adviser Fiona Hill speaks with The World's Marco Werman about US-Russia relations and the state of Russia's politics ahead of Victory Day celebrations.
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Meet June Almeida, the Scottish virologist who first identified the coronavirus
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Scottish virologist June Almeida was a pioneer of virus imaging. But she also played a pivotal role to identify the first human coronavirus — the same type of virus with tiny spokes as SARS and SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19.
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Lebanon protests called out corruption. Now it’s about survival.
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Lebanese protesters are back in the streets with increasing desperation as the country sinks.
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Mexico faces US pressure to reopen American factories amid coronavirus
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With the Mexican infection curve several weeks behind the US epidemic, experts say Mexican workers are right to be concerned about returning too quickly. Jorge Guajardo, a former Mexican ambassador, explains what US pressure to reopen American factories means for Mexican workers and the country's economy.
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LGBTQ helplines see surge as queer communities face lockdown in hostile homes
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Many people who identify as LGBTQ are experiencing lockdown differently than their heterosexual peers — especially those stuck in homophobic homes. And LGBTQ organizations around the world are seeing significant upticks in calls for help.
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Is Vietnam the coronavirus-fighting champ of the world?
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Is there any other sizable country that has so thoroughly vanquished COVID-19 — and without the resources of a wealthy nation?
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US-China relationship headed toward ‘permanent lasting rupture,’ analyst says
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The US-China relationship is on course for a "prolonged rivalry," Jude Blanchette, a China scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies tells The World.
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Inside the global network of scientists racing to curb the spread of coronavirus
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The pandemic’s deadly grip has sparked a global race to understand how the virus is evolving and spreading — and the clues are in its genetic code. A worldwide network of scientists is trying to map and understand the genomic makeup of the new coronavirus in near real time.
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These organizers are on another front line of coronavirus: Hunger
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Food banks closed, and people lost jobs across the country after the lockdown. Families began to starve, and activists mobilized to find new ways to help.
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Research on whales, cosmos among many studies derailed by pandemic
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All over the world, the scientific community is feeling the impact of the coronavirus, both in the field and in the laboratory. In some cases, research has been paused or discontinued. For some, it means changing plans — staying put instead of going abroad, or not being able to return home.
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Canada closes most of its great outdoors to curb COVID-19
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High Park is the latest outdoor space to close since Canada declared a state of emergency and asked people to stay home because of the coronavirus pandemic. Much of the Canadian great outdoors is off-limits to the public — including hiking trails, campgrounds and national parks.
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Killed by drones: A family waits for answers as US reviews deadly airstrikes in Somalia
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For years, human rights groups have been sounding the alarm about civilian harm caused by counterterrorism operations in Somalia.
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Hey, quarantine bakers: Behold, the world’s only sourdough library
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Puratos Center for Bread Flavor, located in the Belgian village of St. Vith, is home to the world’s most extensive collection of sourdough starters.
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Before coronavirus, young Iraqis held some of the biggest protests in the country's history
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Last October, Iraqis poured to the streets in several major cities and demanded changes in their government — until the arrival of COVID-19 forced them to pause their protests. Now, they're regrouping.
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Coronavirus upended her family. But this Latina teen is determined to make her vote count.
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The coronavirus is shaping how a young Latina voter in California sees the 2020 presidential election. She’s on track to be the first person in her family to attend college this fall, but how will she pay for it? How will her uninsured family members access health care? And when will her mother’s unemployment benefits start coming?
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This trio in Spain gets through ‘confinement blues’ with socially conscious music
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For the past six weeks, three musician roommates in Barcelona, Spain, have been getting people through their confinement blues through originally written songs about the pandemic.
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This once-frozen pass is a trove of Viking artifacts. Now, there's a race to preserve them.
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Since 2011, a mountain pass in central Norway has seen unusually warm summers linked to climate change. The melt has revealed an unexpected treasure trove of more than 1,000 remarkably preserved artifacts.
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Nicholas Burns: US' ‘unusual’ absence from world stage is bad for Americans
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For the rest of the world, it's "shocking" to see the US "so inert" when it comes to its leadership on the coronavirus pandemic, former US Ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns tells The World's host Marco Werman.
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Pandemic disrupts remittances, leaving immigrants' families without lifelines
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In normal times, millions of small financial transactions take place daily worldwide when immigrants wire a portion of their earnings to loved ones back home. This year, the economic crisis is wrecking that cash flow.
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South Korean movie fans watch the big screen from behind their windshields
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Despite the box office slump during the pandemic, South Korea’s drive-in theaters have experienced a recent surge in customers.
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Human touch is essential. How are people coping with ‘skin hunger’?
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So many rules about preventing the spread of the coronavirus warn against touching other people. What kind of effect does this lack of human touch have on people?
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Quarantine projects curate pandemic-inspired art
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Today, thanks to the internet, we’re not so alone during our lives in lockdown. Numerous international art projects are harnessing the crowdsourcing power of the internet to curate art about life in quarantine.
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Parents refuse to send children to school in Denmark as coronavirus restrictions lift
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Denmark’s opening of schools faster than most others in this time of COVID-19 has not been welcomed by all. Many parents refuse to send their children to school.
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Russia's prime minister tested positive for COVID-19. What does it mean for Russian politics?
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Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has been one of the main coordinators of the Russian response to the pandemic. The World speaks with political scientist Ekaterina Shulmann about what that might mean for Russian politics and the fight against the coronavirus.
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Economist Thomas Piketty: Pandemic exposes the 'violence of social inequality'
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Thomas Piketty's new book, "Capital and Ideology," which came out in March, examines the history of policies and political systems that have sustained economic inequality and how the world might move toward a fairer economic system. His message is prescient at a time when the pandemic has thrown the global economy into disarray.
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Ugandan archbishop breaks with tradition to promote birth control during pandemic
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The archbishop of the Church of Uganda has broken with tradition to publicly urge women to use birth control to avoid getting pregnant during the pandemic.
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Warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico raise alarm as US storm season approaches
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On Easter Sunday, dozens of tornadoes tore across Southeastern US, killing more than 30 people. The deadly cluster of storms coincided with waters in the Gulf of Mexico that were three degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the long-term average.
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Saudi activists allege a tribesman was killed over glitzy megacity plans
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The death of a tribesman in northwest Saudi Arabia has raised alarms about the government's plans to forcibly remove locals from their land in order to build a $500 billion futuristic city called NEOM.
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'We're dead here': Migrants stranded in Panama rainforest amid coronavirus
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With borders closed and entire countries on lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, some 2,000 migrants — many of them children under age 5 — have been detained for months in Panama, near the rainforest separating South and Central America.
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Immigrant ‘digital first responders’ provide vital services. They're in a financial crisis.
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The news media has become a vital resource during the coronavirus pandemic — especially outlets serving immigrant communities. But those organizations are suffering from the same financial crisis bigger media outlets are experiencing.
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Doctors wait hours to fill tanks as Venezuela faces fuel shortages
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Lines to buy fuel have been common in parts of Venezuela for years. But in recent weeks, the problem has arrived in the capital, where drivers are now waiting hours to fill their tanks.
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What Germany’s energy revolution can teach the US
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Hundreds of wind and solar co-ops have taken on big utilities and shown they can reliably power the grid — and hugely reduce emissions.
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Swedish town uses chicken manure to disperse crowds — and stop spread of coronavirus
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Swedish gardeners are turning to chicken manure to dissuade would-be revelers from gathering in Lund for Walpurgis Night.
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Some Americans feel safer in Lebanon when it comes to COVID-19 response
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Some Americans in Lebanon are looking at the US and say they feel safer staying in Beirut, despite the challenges there.
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Can Biden turn out Latinos to vote? Advocacy groups aren't sure.
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Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders had been a hugely popular candidate among young people and Latinos. Recent polls suggest Latino voters are not confident Biden is the right person for the job — at least, not yet.
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Bolsonaro’s ‘so what’ response to coronavirus deaths is the latest in his spiraling political crisis
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On Monday, the Supreme Court ordered an inquiry into Bolsonaro’s alleged interference with police investigations.
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As the coronavirus drags on, Mexico's food prices soar
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The trend of rising food costs is playing out across the world because of a combination of disrupted supply chains, natural harvest cycles, plummeting currencies and limits on key exports. Experts worry that the longer the coronavirus crisis lasts, the bigger the food problem will grow.
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French dentists strip naked to protest lack of protective gear
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Dozens of French dentists have taken pictures of themselves naked in their offices and posting the photos online with the hashtag #dentisteapoil — or, dentists in the buff. The dentists aim to show how vulnerable they feel seeing patients without enough protective gear as lockdowns lift.
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Chile’s ‘COVID-19 card’ sparks controversy over ‘uncertainty of evidence’ about immunity
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Chile's push for so-called “immunity passports" — an all-clear card of sorts issued to people who have already had the illness — has sparked controversy due to the lack of evidence that immunity is guaranteed after the first bout.
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South Korea reels from latest high-tech, online sex trafficking case
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The Nth Room online sex trafficking case is the latest in a series of high-tech sex crimes online. Activists worry that at least 74 victims — all women and children — will not receive justice for these crimes.
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Fires, orchestras, parachutes. Some other ways to describe coronavirus — besides war.
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If you think the war metaphor is being overused, you’re not alone. But why is this kind of rhetoric such a go-to for world leaders? And should we consider other metaphors?
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'Stay home or dance with us': Ghana's dancing pallbearers urge social distancing
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In the time of the coronavirus, Ghana's dancing pallbearers appear to have struck an especially popular — albeit macabre — chord.
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COVID-19 shakes up international student life — and university budgets
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More than a month after the coronavirus pandemic shut down US universities, international students continue to face uncertainty over what the coming school year will look like — some aren't sure if they would be able to come back to campus. What kind of financial hit could US universities expect if there's a drop in enrollment among international students?
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Harvard grad student creates a new PPE supply chain from China to Boston
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The coronavirus pandemic is creating an insatiable demand for medical and personal protective equipment (PPE) that has overwhelmed the world market. China has ramped up the production of needed supplies by bringing new manufacturers online. In an international marketplace where companies, federal and state agencies are fighting for equipment, Harvard business student Sophie Bai and her colleagues are creating a new supply chain.
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Kids in Spain venture outside for the first time in weeks as lockdown gradually eases up
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On April 26, children 14 and under in Spain left their homes for the first time since mid-March as a reward for numbers of new cases of the coronavirus falling substantially across the southern European country.
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