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File photo. iStock/SCQBJ-JZ (WUHAN) — Even as the Chinese city of Wuhan emerges from its 76-day lockdown, the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, where the first cluster of COVID-19 was detected in December, remains shuttered and […]

iStock/jax10289 (AUKLAND) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Wednesday that she, along with her cabinet ministers and public service chief executives, would take a 20% pay cut to show solidarity with those economically […]

Razvan/iStock(PARIS) — On April 15 last year, a fire destroyed the 800-year-old wooden roof of Notre Dame Cathedral, causing irreparable damage to the inside of the landmark. The fire, which burned for 15 hours, melted […]

suprunvitaly/iStock(NEW YORK) — A single deportation flight to Guatemala by the U.S. government saw more than 75% of the migrants later test positive for novel coronavirus, the country’s health minister told reporters on Tuesday. Guatemala, […]

YAROSLAV EMELIANENKO/AFP via Getty Images(KIEV, Ukraine) — Officials in Ukraine said wildfires close to the former Chernobyl nuclear power station have now stopped burning after rain fell in the area on Tuesday. Firefighters had been […]

HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Wuhan, China, where the first reported cases of novel coronavirus emerged 10 weeks ago, reopened its borders last week. There’s just one catch: A government surveillance app is […]

Andrew Linscott/iStock(NEW YORK) — The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted tourism around the globe, grounding travelers and shutting down nonessential businesses. For Matt Brown of the Nature Conservancy, that spells trouble for the wildlife the environmental […]

MarkRubens/iStock(NEW YORK) — Guides who offer tours of Chernobyl have warned that wildfires close to the former nuclear power station are out of control and have accused Ukrainian authorities of concealing the scale of the […]

fstop123/iStock(WASHINGTON) — As Russia’s leaders concede coronavirus is now an “emergency” in that country, Moscow’s intelligence services remain hard at work searching for an angle amid tragedy that could give them an upper hand over […]

Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(NEW YORK) — A small island nation in the Caribbean brought together some of the world’s biggest names on Sunday night, seeking to raise millions of U.S. dollars for doctors, nurses and other healthcare […]