COVID-19 Pandemic Further Alienates Muslim Minority Rohingya
Boats full of Muslim minority Rohingya refugees are being pushed back by Malaysia, in part, the government says, over fears of the coronavirus virus.
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Wuhan Residents Share Their Stories Of A Quarantine In The Sealed-Off City
Officials in the Chinese city of Wuhan claim that the worst is over. But residents say they have not forgotten isolation, fear and heartbreak, as the city was sealed off from the rest of China.
As Pandemic Sweeps Globe, U.S. Foreign Policy Remains Unchanged
The Trump administration doubles down on its hard-line policies toward China and Iran, even as the world struggles with the coronavirus pandemic.
As India Reopens Liquor Stores, Customers Line Up — But Overcrowding Forces Closures
When liquor stores reopened Monday for the first time in six weeks, crowds lined up, posing infection risks. Some states then reversed the decision to reopen or levied higher taxes to deter crowds.
The Risk Of Coronavirus In Afghanistan's Prisons Is Complicating Peace Efforts
The Taliban accuse the government of spreading COVID-19 in prisons and warn of revenge if their prisoners are harmed. With prisoners on both sides at risk, peace efforts have become more complicated.
A Fan Gives Advice On How To Watch Korean Baseball
ESPN has started broadcasting live baseball games again on Monday night — the Korea Baseball Organization resumed the matches. Dan Kurtz, the founder of MyKBO.Net, talks through some KBO pointers.
As COVID-19 Fears Grow, 10,000 Prisoners Are Freed From Overcrowded Philippine Jails
"Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, we had already been receiving reports on the terrible conditions in the jails that made sickness a normal thing," says a leading Philippine human rights lawyer.
Bangladesh Sends 28 Rohingya Refugees To Cyclone-Prone Island Over COVID-19 Fears
The group, mostly women and children, had been stranded at sea for weeks. Human rights groups have long decried the government's plan to send refugees to flood- and cyclone-prone Bhasan Char island.
How The U.S. Response To The Pandemic May Affect Its Standing In The World
The United States has the highest coronavirus death toll in the world. NPR's international correspondents discuss what the U.S. response to the pandemic means for America's standing in the world.
U.S. Intelligence Community Is Still Investigating The Origins Of The Coronavirus
The Trump administration keeps raising the possibility that the coronavirus came from a lab in Wuhan, China. But the intelligence community is still investigating and has yet to reach a conclusion.