COVID’s Grim Tally Continues to Rise, With Global Deaths Nearing 200,000

COVID’s Grim Tally Continues to Rise, With Global Deaths Nearing 200,000

The worldwide number of COVID-19 cases continues to climb, bringing misery and pain to all echelons of society.The global count...

The Doctor Will See You Now, But by Phone or Video Chat

The Doctor Will See You Now, But by Phone or Video Chat

Outside of rural areas and some medical practices, telemedicine in the U.S. has been slow to catch on. But the...

The Doctor Will See You Now, But by Phone or Video Chat

The Doctor Will See You Now, But by Phone or Video Chat

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck the United States in mid-March, visits to doctors’ offices dropped precipitously as people stayed home...

COVID-19’s Grim Tally Continues to Rise

COVID-19’s Grim Tally Continues to Rise

The worldwide number of COVID-19 cases continues to climb, bringing misery and pain to all echelons of society.The global count...

Unmanned Cargo Spacecraft Docks at the International Space Station

Unmanned Cargo Spacecraft Docks at the International Space Station

An unmanned cargo spacecraft with food, fuel and supplies docked at the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday.Russian Progress 75...

 Protesting in the Age of Coronavirus 

 Protesting in the Age of Coronavirus 

How do you protest in the era of the coronavirus?  In Russia, “virtual protesters” have clustered outside government buildings, at a safe social distance, and they post messages online demanding more financial assistance from...

Armenia Decries Crimes Against ‘Civilization’ on Genocide Anniversary

Armenia Decries Crimes Against ‘Civilization’ on Genocide Anniversary

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Friday decried crimes against “civilization” and demanded an apology from Turkey as his country...

Meghan’s Privacy Case Against Tabloid Heard at UK Court

Meghan’s Privacy Case Against Tabloid Heard at UK Court

A preliminary hearing opened Friday at Britain’s High Court in the Duchess of Sussex’s legal action against a British newspaper...

Climate Activists Take Global Protest Online During Pandemic

Climate Activists Take Global Protest Online During Pandemic

Youth groups are staging a long-planned global climate demonstration online Friday because of restrictions on public protests during the coronavirus...

Austria Will Reopen Schools With Split Classes Next Month

Austria Will Reopen Schools With Split Classes Next Month

Austria, which is loosening its coronavirus lockdown, said on Friday that most pupils will go back to school on May...

Countries Take Different Approaches in Lifting Lockdown

Countries Take Different Approaches in Lifting Lockdown

Without a tried-and-tested action plan for how to pull countries out of lockdown, the world is seeing a patchwork of...

EU Approves $580 Billion to Mitigate COVID-19 Consequences

EU Approves $580 Billion to Mitigate COVID-19 Consequences

The European Union approved a $580 billion aid package to help mitigate the consequences of coronavirus pandemic lockdowns in member...

Europeans Start Feeling a Way Out of Coronavirus Lockdowns

Europeans Start Feeling a Way Out of Coronavirus Lockdowns

European governments are rolling out plans outlining how they will start to cautiously unlock their countries and fire up their...

As Coronavirus Hits European Economies, Remittances Plummet    

As Coronavirus Hits European Economies, Remittances Plummet    

A new World Bank study predicts remittances sent home by migrant workers from low- and middle-income countries may plummet by...

Russia’s Journalists Walk Dangerous Tightrope Covering COVID-19 Pandemic

Russia’s Journalists Walk Dangerous Tightrope Covering COVID-19 Pandemic

The Novosibirsk-based news website Taiga.info recently published an interview with a woman who told the independent outlet that she called...

Report: Apple Plans to Sell Macs With Own Chips

Report: Apple Plans to Sell Macs With Own Chips

Apple Inc. plans to sell Mac computers with its own main processors by next year based on the chip designs...

Hungary Accused of Holding Migrants in ‘Unlawful Detention’

Hungary Accused of Holding Migrants in ‘Unlawful Detention’

Hungary was accused on Thursday of holding asylum seekers in a camp on the border with Serbia in “unlawful detention”...

Google to Verify All Advertisers, and Their Location 

Google to Verify All Advertisers, and Their Location 

Google said Thursday it would expand its program of verification of advertisers on its platform as part of an effort...

Polish Couple Fights Prejudice and Virus with Rainbow Face Masks 

Polish Couple Fights Prejudice and Virus with Rainbow Face Masks 

Married gay couple Dawid Mycek and Jakub Kwiecinski say they face frequent abuse in Poland for being part of a...

Merkel Warns Against Easing Restrictions Too Quickly

Merkel Warns Against Easing Restrictions Too Quickly

German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned German lawmakers some regions in the nation were moving too quickly to ease COVID-19 restrictions,...

UK Economy Crumbles Under Coronavirus Strain; Questions Mount Over Lockdown Exit

UK Economy Crumbles Under Coronavirus Strain; Questions Mount Over Lockdown Exit

The United Kingdom’s economy is crumbling under the strain of the coronavirus lockdown and government borrowing is soaring to the...

UN Chief Warns Governments to Heed Human Rights in Coronavirus Responses

UN Chief Warns Governments to Heed Human Rights in Coronavirus Responses

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the coronavirus outbreak is “fast becoming a human rights crisis.”In a statement Thursday, he called...