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f11photo/iStock(RIO DE JANEIRO) — Many of the 1.5 million people living in the slums of Rio de Janeiro have been forced into making heartbreaking decisions as the novel coronavirus threatens their very survival. According to […]

Ray Tang/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(LONDON) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was hospitalized with “persistent symptoms” of coronavirus on Sunday night as a “precautionary step,” Downing Street said. Johnson was admitted to the hospital […]

iStock(LONDON) — In a rare televised speech from Windsor Castle, Queen Elizabeth II urged citizens of the U.K. to “remain united and resolute” in the face of the challenges resulting from the coronavirus crisis. Speaking […]

???? ?????/iStock(PARIS) — A knife attack which resulted in two dead and five wounded Saturday morning in the town of Romans-sur-Isere, an hour drive South of Lyon, is being treated as a terrorist attack by […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — South Korea has received requests from 121 countries to export or donate coronavirus testing supplies, according to one government official. To meet the sudden surge of demands from foreign countries, Seoul has set up a task […]

inga/iStock(CESENA, Italy) — Famed Italian shoe designer Sergio Rossi, 84, has died. “Today everyone at Sergio Rossi joins me in remembering our dear Sergio, the inspiring founder of our dream,” CEO Sergio Rossi Group Riccardo […]

ElFlacodelNorte/iStock(NEW YORK) — As the United States increasingly becomes the epicenter of the novel coronavirus pandemic, its neighbors in Mexico and Central America are urging new steps to prevent the virus’ spread to their populations, […]

iStock/Panama7(BERLIN) — In the Berlin neighborhood of Pankow, a 196-foot stretch of the Berlin wall has been torn down to make way for condominiums, sparking the ire of historians. “The partial demolition of the continuous […]

holgs/iStock(TAIPEI, Taiwan) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has announced plans to donate 10 million masks to countries that have been most severely impacted by the coronavirus. On the heels of an estimated $35 billion stimulus […]

jarun011/iStock(NEW YORK) — While much of the United States and Europe has been staying home to avoid COVID-19 as it kills thousands, terrorist groups are blasting online propaganda messages toward followers and potential recruits which […]