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Garbage Sifters Are Being Sidelined by New Policies
Urban trash sifters have been confronted with dangerous working conditions, social marginalization and persecution – and it's only getting worse.
Pentagon Tempers Afghan Peace Expectations
An end to violence in Afghanistan ‘is probably not going to happen,’ America’s top military officer said days after a historic peace agreement and hours after renewed Taliban attacks.
The Week in Cartoons: March 2-6
The coronavirus spreads in the U.S., Democratic candidates prepare for Super Tuesday and reports suggest that Russia is helping Bernie Sanders.
Map: Where in the World Is Coronavirus?
More than 3,000 people have died from coronavirus worldwide.
Coronavirus Outside China Is WHO’s ‘Greatest Concern’
The organization said that there were nearly nine times more cases of the COVID-19 virus reported outside of China than inside the country in the past 24 hours.
North Korea Fires Two Missiles
Experts say the missiles were most likely new road-mobile, solid-fuel missile systems or a developmental ‘super large’ multiple rocket launcher.
Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 3,000
Roughly 88,000 people have the virus, which has spread to every continent except Antarctica.
Senior Iranian Dies From Virus
Iran has struggled to contain the spread of the virus as new cases and deaths surge in recent days.
Global Risk from Coronavirus is ‘Very High’
The World Health Organization said there is still a chance to contain the virus, which causes the disease COVID-19.
