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Melbourne under lockdown again following coronavirus spike
Melbourne under lockdown again following coronavirus spike
US Supreme Court rules Trump can’t block release of financial records
The US Supreme Court weighed in Thursday on the question of presidential power. The justices decided 7-2 that President Donald Trump cannot block the release of his financial records to prosecutors in New York.
episode 4: (Special) The wrong apocalypse — this is not a drill
In episode four of the third season of "Things That Go Boom," our partner podcast from PRX, host Laicie Heeley looks at the past and present of civil defense and nuclear arms control and asks what we can do — as individuals and as a nation — to prevent the existential threat of nuclear war.
US colleges to lose foreign students after ICE announcement
US colleges are bracing to lose many foreign students this fall after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued new guidelines that require international students in online-only courses to transfer schools or leave the country altogether.
Brazil’s president tests positive for coronavirus
After months of flouting the threat of the coronavirus, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on live television that he has tested positive.
Coronavirus Conversations: How the pandemic is exacerbating food insecurity and global inequities
As part of our weekly discussion series on the global pandemic and as a special podcast in The World's feed, reporter Elana Gordon moderated a conversation exploring the global food supply and inequities, presented with Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Facebook suspends Hong Kong user data requests
Facebook and other tech giants will temporarily stop processing requests for user data from Hong Kong authorities after China imposed a security law on the city that calls for greater supervision and regulation of Hong Kong’s internet.
Fauci: 'We've got to do something' about the coronavirus numbers
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, sees COVID-19 as a formidable, global foe, but is cautiously optimistic that there will be more than one safe and effective vaccine available globally.