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…