Burying the dead from the coronavirus is proving to be an agonizing odyssey in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil, a sweltering metropolis of 2.6 million people and one of Latin America’s most infected population centers.
In a heartfelt plea for unity, the World Health Organization’s chief has sought to rise above sharp criticism and threats of funding cuts from U.S. President Donald Trump over the agency’s response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Israel’s drag queens have found themselves confined to their homes amid a nationwide virus lockdown, their elaborate wigs and glittery dresses languishing in the closet.
Israeli Jews have been forced to scale back or cancel beloved traditions and rituals marking the start of Passover, the holiday celebrating the Israelites’ freedom from Egyptian bondage.
The Vatican says Pope Francis has created a new commission of experts to examine whether women can be deacons, an ordained role in the Catholic Church currently reserved for men.
The streets of Wuhan are clogged with traffic and long lines formed for mass transit as people left the central Chinese city for homes and jobs elsewhere.
The coronavirus outbreak poses a dilemma for tens of thousands of Palestinian laborers working inside Israel who can no longer travel back and forth from their homes in the occupied West Bank.
While tributes to courageous medical personnel putting themselves in the virus’ path circle the globe, Mexico and some other places have seen disturbing aggression born of fear.
Cardinal George Pell is welcoming Australia’s highest court clearing him of child sex crimes and says his trial had not been a referendum on the Catholic Church’s handling of the clergy abuse crisis.
As British Prime Minister Boris Johnson fights the coronavirus in the intensive care unit of a London hospital, the people of his country are wishing him well and also wondering who’s in charge.
Rio de Janeiro firefighter Elielson Silva has devised a novel approach to curing the coronavirus blues: he boards a fire truck’s retractable ladder that ferries him up to heights as high as 200 feet and, from his lofty perch, plays Brazilian tunes on the trumpet.
A German court has proposed ending a criminal trial resulting from a fatal mass panic at the 2010 Love Parade techno music festival because of questions over when the proceedings can resume due to the coronavirus pandemic.
