Asia

China's Efforts To Control Coronavirus Lead To Less Air Pollution

11:43am March 11, 2020

by Lauren Sommer

As China seeks to control the spread of COVID-19, fewer cars and factories are running. In some places, skies are clearer. But the drop in air pollution and carbon emissions is likely temporary.

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Medical staff in protective gear move a patient with COVID-19 from an ambulance to a hospital in Seoul.

Health & Safety

How A South Korean City Is Changing Tactics To Tamp Down Its COVID-19 Surge

1:06pm March 10, 2020

by Anthony Kuhn

Daegu, the center of South Korea's coronavirus outbreak, tries to figure out an effective way to tackle disease.

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China's President Xi Jinping Visits Wuhan, Coronavirus Epicenter

12:20pm March 10, 2020

by Emily Feng

It's the Chinese leaders first visit to Wuhan since the coronavirus outbreak began. There are indications China plans to lift some travel restrictions around Wuhan after the area was locked down.

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Korean soldiers spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus on a shopping street in Seoul, South Korea, last week. U.S. military stationed in South Korea and Italy have been ordered not to travel because of the outbreak.

U.S. Forces In South Korea And Italy Are Told To Stay Put As Coronavirus Spreads

8:27pm March 09, 2020

by David Welna

There are some 45,000 Americans working at U.S. military installations in South Korea and Italy. Both nations have major coronavirus outbreaks and travel to and from them is being restricted.

World News

International Women's Day Rallies See Some Violence

11:48am March 09, 2020

In Pakistan, women took to the streets despite attacks from fundamentalists. And, fed up with gender-based violence and murders, Mexican women staged a nationwide strike on International Women's Day.

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A protester at an International Women's Day rally in the Pakistani capital Islamabad holds aloft a sign that reads "my body, my choice." Hardline Islamists held a counter rally across the road, largely angered by that slogan, which they said was un-Islami

International Women's Day: With Shoes And Stones, Islamists Disrupt Pakistan Rally

7:22pm March 08, 2020

The demonstrators, who were at a rival event held by hardline Islamist groups, were particularly enraged by one slogan the women's day rally adopted: "mera jism, mera marzi" – "my body, my choice."

World News

Saudi Women Activists Again In Court To Fight For Right To Drive

9:39am March 08, 2020

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Lina al-Hathloul about her sister, Loujain, who has been imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for her women's rights activism.

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A delivery worker on a motorcycle on an empty street in Wuhan. Despite the city's lockdown measures to prevent the spread of disease, a handful of delivery companies are still in operation. Their workers provide supplies and necessities to residents coope

PHOTOS: In A Coronavirus Crisis, Delivery Workers Can Be A Lifeline

7:00am March 08, 2020

The city of Wuhan may be in lockdown — but its couriers are still on the move, delivering everything from medical supplies to instant noodles.

A municipal worker stands next to rubble on a street vandalized in New Delhi last month. Communal violence in India's capital killed more than 50 and injured more than 200 as President Trump was visiting the country. The violent clashes between Hindu and

World News

Delhi Riots Aftermath: 'How Do You Explain Such Violence?'

10:06am March 07, 2020

by Lauren Frayer

Police are accused of failing to protect Muslim citizens during deadly riots that erupted during President Trump's visit to India last month. More than 50 died in the violence.

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什么是新型冠状病毒肺炎: 专为儿童打造的漫画

4:51pm March 06, 2020

孩子们，这本漫画是给你们看的。