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President Trump tests positive for COVID-19
Since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, doctors have learned a lot more about the disease. That might be good news for President Donald Trump.
Coronavirus falsehoods spread with alarming speed
Falsehoods involving the pandemic are ricocheting around the globe with alarming speed. A new study from Cornell University finds President Donald Trump is the biggest offender of spreading misinformation.
Global reaction to a chaotic presidential debate
Viewers across the globe tuned into the 2020 presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday night and witnessed an often chaotic and unruly spectacle.
Coronavirus passes grim milestone with 1 million deaths worldwide
It’s been hard to keep up with the devastating human toll of the coronavirus pandemic. This week we passed yet another grim milestone — one million deaths worldwide.
The national security risks of Trump’s foreign financial entanglements
US President Donald Trump owes hundreds of millions of dollars to a foreign bank, The New York Times reports, and he regularly pays taxes to several foreign governments — while paying little to no tax to the US government. His foreign financial entanglements might pose issues for US national security.
A challenge to the peaceful transition of power
This past week, President Donald Trump declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power — the foundation of democracy in the US — in the aftermath of the November election.
Coronavirus Conversations: Reopening schools and workplaces amid the coronavirus
School communities are divided as they try and reopen amid the coronavirus. As part of our series on the pandemic, The World's Elana Gordon moderated a discussion with Harvard healthy buildings expert Joseph Allen.
Protests erupt over Breonna Taylor case
Thursday's announcement that the police officers involved in the March killing of Breonna Taylor would not face homicide charges is yet another low for activists and supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement around the world.
Afghan women take a seat with the Taliban at the negotiating table
After nearly 20 years of violence and war, representatives from the Afghan government are meeting with Taliban officials, including two women who are sitting across the table from the Taliban. And, it's getting colder in Boston and other parts of the Northern Hemisphere. That means more time indoors...