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oonal/iStock(LONDON) — Victor Orban, the prime minister of Hungary, was granted extraordinary powers by his nation’s government this week. By 137 votes to 53, lawmakers in the Hungarian parliament voted to give Orban’s government the […]

narvikk/iStock(BRASILIA, Brazil) — Governors responsible for more than 200 million Brazilian citizens have refused to relax social distances measures despite the insistence of the country’s president amid the outbreak of novel coronavirus. Rejecting the recommendations […]

PeterHermesFurian/iStock(NEW YORK) — The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated the news agenda across the globe since the start of this year, but in one secretive Central Asian country you won’t even hear the word ‘coronavirus’ mentioned […]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(NEW YORK) — India’s first week of a nationwide 21-day lockdown in response to the coronavirus has shined a brutal spotlight on the plight of the country’s most vulnerable citizens. Mirai Chatterjee, who is based […]

real444/iStock(WUHAN, China) — As “Wuhan is Back!” banners hang over reopened shopping districts and the head of China’s National Health Commission declaring Tuesday that Wuhan is no longer a COVID-19 battleground, China announced that it […]

real444/iStock(WUHAN, China) — As “Wuhan is Back!” banners hang over reopened shopping districts and the head of China’s National Health Commission declaring Tuesday that Wuhan is no longer a COVID-19 battleground, China announced that it […]

iStock(NEW YORK) — A painting by Vincent Van Gogh has been stolen after burglars broke into a Dutch museum that is closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic. Van Gogh’s “The Parsonage Garden […]

Dan Kitwood/Getty Images(LONDON) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, shared one last update for their 11 million Instagram followers. “As we can all feel, the world at this moment seems […]

Bev Vaughan(LONDON) — After a long and successful 39-year career as a nurse working for Britain’s National Health Service, Bev Vaughan never thought that she would be dusting off her uniform after she retired in […]

Peter Summers/Getty Images(LONDON) — The prime minister of the U.K., Boris Johnson, and the most senior lawmaker in charge of the country’s health service have tested positive for coronavirus after developing mild symptoms. In a […]