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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.
What's at stake in Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement
What's at stake in Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement
Russian bounties on US troops in Afghanistan
In the past few days, The New York Times published bombshell revelations that Russia reportedly offered cash bounties to Taliban-linked fighters for killing US soldiers in Afghanistan. The World's host Marco Werman speaks with David Petraeus, the retired former head of US forces in Afghanistan and an ex-CIA chief, about how the US should respond if the reports are verified.
Developing ‘instant’ tests for the coronavirus
A number of so-called "instant" tests for the coronavirus are being developed that could offer results within minutes. That could expand testing dramatically and help hospitals in the most vulnerable of places.
Coronavirus Conversations: What's next in the fight against the coronavirus?
The coronavirus has infected more than 9 million people and caused 440,000 deaths worldwide. With countries starting to reopen while we await vaccines and treatments, what can we expect next?