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The World Health Organization chief’s comment that the end of the pandemic is within reach sparked lively online debate — and some censorship — in China, the only major country still trying […]
By Abbey Perreault On a brisk November night, Tagine, a Moroccan restaurant tucked away on a quiet side street near Times Square, is alive with conversation. Nearly 20 people pack […]
Haarlem in the Netherlands is set to ban most meat ads from public spaces because of the food’s climate impact. In what is the first such move by any city […]
By Kenny Stancil Nearly 50 million people were trapped in forced labor or forced marriage on any given day in 2021, according to a new report published Monday, the latest […]
Authorities in Shanghai have denied a report by a leading Chinese real estate research firm that claimed more than a third of shops in a major mall had been shuttered […]
By Arielle Mitropoulos Throughout much of the pandemic, there has been a constant shifting in terms of which COVID-19 variants are most dominant, at a given time, in the U.S. […]
By Kevin Roose This year, the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition gave out prizes in all the usual categories: painting, quilting, sculpture. But one entrant, Jason M. Allen of […]
By Jessie Yeung and Junko Ogura The Japanese government has been hit in the pocket by an unusual problem — its young people aren’t drinking enough. Since the pandemic began, […]
By Jennifer Kilkus “I just knew something was wrong.” “My doctor told me it is normal to have pain as you get older.” “I went to five different doctors before […]
By Victor Tangermann Oxford quantum physicist Nikita Gourianov tore into the quantum computing industry last week, comparing the “fanfare” around the tech to a financial bubble in a searing commentry […]
By Philippa Martyr It’s hard to measure the impact of any one drug on world history. But here are five drugs we can safely say made a huge difference to […]
By Anjalee Khemlani When White House Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci warned in 2020 that living with the coronavirus was going to be our new normal, he meant it. […]
By Kenny Stancil Big Pharma and its rich government allies have tried to attribute low inoculation rates in poor countries to vaccine hesitancy, but a new transnational survey published Friday […]
By the Taylor and Francis Group People with an obsessive urge to constantly check the news are more likely to suffer from stress, anxiety, as well as physical ill health, […]
By Evelyn Blackwell Sadhguru, the yoga master turned social media celebrity with over 8.6 million Instagram followers, says his philosophy is to always feel “blissed out” — adding that adopting […]
By Lee Harrison I’ve spoken with lots of potential expats who are trying to choose between Cuenca, Ecuador, and Medellín, Colombia, even though these two cities are actually very different […]
Two-thirds of Europe is under some sort of drought warning, in what is likely the worst such event in 500 years. The latest report from the Global Drought Observatory says […]
By Madeline Holcombe Accepting your body as it is and stopping all the dieting may sound great, but would doing so hurt your health? Advertisements, pop culture and even doctors […]
By David Leonhardt In October of last year, my colleague Kevin Roose wrote a column titled, “Facebook Is Weaker Than We Knew.” His hook was a series of stories in […]
By Diana Hubbell In addition to being an accomplished poet, playwright, and royal spy for King Charles II, Aphra Behn threw a hell of a party. A cultural maverick in […]























