Be My Eyes app makes daily life easier for people with visual impairments The video chat app allows a sighted volunteer to help out with reading thermostats, matching outfits or […]
Pandemic, privacy rules add to worries over 2020 census accuracy An accurate census requires good data in and good data out. With the 2020 census, the US has unprecedented challenges […]
UAE-Israel normalization: A 'real breakthrough' for Arab Gulf state, former ambassador says The World August 13, 2020 · 2:30 PM EDT Producer Ariel Oseran By The World staff Player utilities […]
Choirs in the age of coronavirus: A new study looks at the risks of singing The World August 13, 2020 · 2:15 PM EDT By The World staff Producer Stephen […]
Lebanon's military gets sweeping powers after Beirut blast Associated Press August 13, 2020 · 10:00 AM EDT People walk past debris from destroyed buildings near the site of an explosion […]
Oregon protesters confront ICE officials; India registered its highest increase in coronavirus cases; ISIS has taken a port in Mozambique The World August 13, 2020 · 10:00 AM EDT By […]
Brazilian housing movements fight surging evictions amid coronavirus Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, more than 1,700 families have been thrown out of their homes just in the state […]
Amid crackdown in China, Uighur diaspora artists promote their culture The US has stepped up efforts to hold China accountable for treatment of ethnic minority Uighurs in the western Xinjiang […]
A Texas couple wrote a bilingual book to encourage children to wear masks Martha Samaniego Calderón and her husband, Dan Heiman, decided to self-publish a Spanish-English children’s book called, "Behind […]
Backlash over anti-racist billboard challenges Houston’s Vietnamese American community In southwest Houston, a Vietnamese American businessman received death threats and a boycott when he put up a bilingual Black Lives […]
Slowing deforestation could save humanity from the next pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic is estimated to cost several trillion US dollars. But a new study suggests that spending just a tiny […]
Harris veep pick welcomed by diasporas; Scottish passenger train derails; New Zealand reimposes lockdown measures The World August 12, 2020 · 10:45 AM EDT By The World staff United States […]
Belarus says police fired live rounds at protesters as EU weighs sanctions Reuters August 12, 2020 · 10:15 AM EDT People talk to Belarusian law enforcement officers near the site […]
Mauritius rushes to stave off oil spill “It is the biggest natural disaster to my knowledge that we are having in Mauritius,” said Jacqueline Sauzier, a microbiologist who heads Mauritius […]
Biden selects California Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate Associated Press August 11, 2020 · 4:30 PM EDT Then-Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris listens to questions after the Democratic […]
As Election Day nears, it's not just about winning the 'Latino vote.' It's about making a real connection. A sense of belonging — meaning, how society perceives you — along with […]
Russian vaccine risks increasing severity, acquisition of COVID-19, says expert The World Host Marco Werman spoke with Gary Kobinger, who directs the Infectious Disease Research Center at the University of Laval […]
Hong Kong newspaper raided, tycoon detained under new law Associated Press August 10, 2020 · 10:00 AM EDT Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, center, who founded local newspaper Apple […]
Thailand set to legalize LGBTQ unions, a rare step in Asia It will be the first Southeast Asian nation to do so — just as Thailand was the first major […]
Who is responsible for migrant youth in France? A group of five nongovernmental organizations are pressuring the French government to build a special housing facility exclusively for migrant youth as […]
How Trump is weakening the National Environmental Policy Act A bedrock conservation law, the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, is the latest environmental regulation rolled back by the Trump […]
‘Our house is your house’: Locals open their homes after Beirut blast The massive blast that rocked Beirut in Lebanon on Tuesday left at least 300,000 people without homes. But […]
COVID-19’s cost to working mothers How can women juggle working and parenting during a pandemic? Innovation Hub August 06, 2020 · 2:00 PM EDT By Teresa Lawlor Player utilities Popout […]
Lebanon probes blast amid rising anger, calls for change Associated Press August 06, 2020 · 10:00 AM EDT Lebanese army soldiers stand guard in front of destroyed ships at the […]
Mourning and anger amid devastation after Beirut explosion; One-third of Afghanistan may have had COVID-19; 75-years since Hiroshima bombing The World August 06, 2020 · 10:00 AM EDT By The […]
NHL players kneel to protest police brutality After a four-month delay, National Hockey League players are back on the ice, bringing social justice movements with them. The World August 05, […]
John Bolton: Trump doesn’t understand ‘the gravity of responsibility’ The World August 05, 2020 · 4:45 PM EDT By The World staff Producer Joyce Hackel Player utilities Popout Share download […]
Megaprojects and austerity measures are transforming southern Mexico The country's economy is in a downward spiral as the coronavirus continues to spread. The World August 05, 2020 · 3:30 PM […]
Negligence blamed for huge Beirut chemical blast Associated Press August 05, 2020 · 2:45 PM EDT Lebanese soldiers search for survivors after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. […]
In Turkey, a conservative push to remove domestic violence protections is met with an uproar Leaders of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) were expected to announce a decision […]