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Chris Jackson/Getty Images(LONDON) — Teachers in the United Kingdom working during the holidays to keep schools open during the coronavirus pandemic for children of essential workers and vulnerable kids received a special thank you Wednesday. […]

Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(RIYADH, Saudi Arabia) — After over five years of fighting in Yemen, Saudi Arabia and its coalition backing the Yemeni government against a rebel group announced they will halt their military operations for two […]

iStock/Vladislav Zolotov(LONDON) — Less than a year after Boris Johnson became the U.K. Prime Minister in a landslide party leadership victory, one of his former political rivals is now at the helm of the U.K. […]

juuce/iStock(NEW YORK) — Deforestation, habitat loss and wildlife poaching aren’t just environmental issues. They’re among the driving forces behind the rise in global infectious disease outbreaks — and likely contributed to the current pandemic. That’s […]

Courtesy Arnie Fagan(NEW YORK) — The State Department has been undertaking an unprecedented global operation to bring home Americans left stranded by governments shutting their borders and canceling international flights to stem the spread of […]

FILE photo – fototrav/iStock(HONG KONG) — Two pandas in Hong Kong mated for the first time in 10 years after the zoo shut its doors to the public over the novel coronavirus outbreak. Ying Ying […]

Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have confirmed the name of their new nonprofit venture, which is tied to their nearly 1-year-old son Archie. The Sussexes, […]

Ray Tang/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(LONDON) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s condition “has been stable overnight” after he was admitted to intensive care for coronavirus, Downing Street said. “The Prime Minister has been stable […]

MarkRubens/iStock(NEW YORK) — Ukrainian authorities have sought to calm fears around a forest fire burning in the contaminated zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power station that briefly caused local radiation levels to rise. Firefighters on […]

Sean Gallup/Getty Images(DUBLIN) — Ireland’s prime minister Leo Varadkar will be returning to medical practice to work as a doctor for one session a week to help out during the coronavirus epidemic, his office has […]