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Amsterdam’s coronavirus recovery plan embraces ‘doughnut economics’ for...
Amsterdam has long been one of the most-visited cities in Europe, welcoming nearly 20 million tourists every year to its legendary tulip gardens, canals and windmills.That changed after the coronavirus...
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Women leaders eschew ‘macho-man’ politics in COVID-19 response
The day Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern imposed a strict nationwide lockdown in March, no one in New Zealand had died from the coronavirus. Compare that to the United Kingdon: 335 people had already died...
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Shocked Afghans ask why perpetrators targeted a maternity hospital and a...
It was just another morning at the Dasht-e-Barchi hospital in Kabul. The government-run hospital hosts a maternity clinic run by Doctors Without Borders, which is also known by its French name,...
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Women’s pro soccer made gains toward parity. Will coronavirus undo it?
Professional women’s soccer players from around the world laced up in Paris last summer for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. A record 1.1 billion people watched the tournament, according to FIFA — a...
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What effect is the novel coronavirus having on children?; Palestinians mark...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.As countries move to open in the wake of the pandemic, there is growing concern of the effect the novel...
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The key to winning the Latino vote in 2020? Latinas.
This story is part of "Every 30 Seconds," a collaborative public media reporting project tracing the young Latino electorate leading up to the 2020 presidential election and beyond.Women vote at higher...
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Under quarantine, the first talking film made by a woman in Spain resurfaces
With much of the world under lockdown this year, there’s a lot more time to rummage through things: drawers, basements, freezers ... and archives. In Spain, researchers at the national film archive,...
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China moves forward with Hong Kong security law; Oxford shows promise for...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.China's parliament voted to move forward with a controversial security law that would make it a crime to...
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London school steps up to help vulnerable children banned from getting free...
Editor's note: On May 29, the UK government said that they were making changes so more children whose families have No Recourse to Public could access free school meals — by increasing the income...
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Cold War 'CORONA' satellite images find second life in ecology research
During the Cold War, the United States took hundreds of thousands of surveillance images of the Soviet Union using spy satellites.The project was called — in an odd historical twist —...
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COVID-19 deaths rise in Brazil; Iceland quashes virus; World leaders respond...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.Brazil recorded yet another day of record-high deaths due to the novel coronavirus — more than 1,200 — and...
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Despite recent historic gains in ending FGM, Somalia sees dramatic increase
During the worldwide COVID-19 lockdown, activists in some countries made historic gains in the fight to stop the practice of female genital mutilation, or FGM, which involves removing a girl’s...
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Sudanese women seek justice one year after pro-democracy crackdown
Sudan's women were at the center of their country's pro-democracy movement last year that resulted in the ouster of longtime leader Omar al-Bashir. They were also the target on June 3, 2019, when...
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Teresa Romanowska survived Nazis, Soviets and cancer, but died of COVID-19
Teresa Romanowska survived the German invasion of Poland in World War II, detention in a Nazi camp, Soviet oppression, emigration, divorce, cancer (twice) and a stroke. But on June 3, Romanowska, 89,...
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OECD predicts worst non-wartime recession in 100 years; Britain marks 2...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned of dire economic consequences of the novel...
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In Spain after lockdown, soccer resumes for men — but not for women
Spanish soccer will resume on June 11, after nearly three months without games. La Liga, Spain's professional soccer league for men, was suspended in mid-March when the Spanish government put the...
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When ‘oh, fudge’ won’t do: Researchers find benefits to swearing
When you stub your toe, there’s nothing like letting out a string of expletives. But it turns out, there’s more to this release than you might think.Researchers have found that swearing can actually...
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This trans woman sparked Kuwait's biggest LGBTQ movement in history
Maha al-Mutairi has known the risks for decades. As an openly transgender woman living in Kuwait, she has faced physical and verbal abuse from the public and has been called into the police station on...
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Duterte’s ‘weaponization of the law’ is a threat to democracy, says...
Filipina journalist Maria Ressa, the founder of the online news outlet Rappler Media, has spent years staring down President Rodrigo Duterte, one of the world’s most ruthless dictators.She hasn’t...
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Paulinho Paiakan is remembered as a hero to Indigenous Brazilians
Kayapó Bepkororoti, better known as Paulinho Paiakan, was a hero to Indigenous Brazilians across the country, not just those of his own Kayapó people.Paiakan was seen as one of the first Kayapó to...
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