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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. As countries and states continue to loosen their coronavirus restrictions, we've been keeping an eye out this week for what that means for technology companies. Apple, for instance, reportedly plans to bring employees back to…

On a typical day, public libraries would encourage you to stop by and browse its aisles, peruse its books, and maybe even borrow a few favorites from the circulation desk. But these are not typical times.  Nowadays with coronavirus, public libraries look more like meal distributors, emergency childcare centers, makeshift…

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New York City's subway system is now closed between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. for daily cleaning.The subways have long provided refuge to homeless New Yorkers, who now say they don't have anywhere safe to stay overnight.The homeless have been sent to shelters, the conditions of which are susceptible to…

By Amanda Yeo2020-05-13 07:27:49 UTC Ethan Hawke jumped on a video call with Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, speaking about his new limited Showtime series The Good Lord Bird. Unfortunately for him, Fallon's daughters Winnie and Franny correctly decided that they were much more interesting than anything the…

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DescriptionThe everyday life of homeless people is almost invisible to those around them. They live in the side scenes, right next to us and in the offside at the same time. But there are traces, silhouettes and hints of their existence, that SIDE SCENES wants to make visible. Based on…

Coronavirus “One thing about my dad is he was always someone who, in the positive sense of the word, was a hustler. If he ever had a goal in mind, he would do whatever it took to achieve that goal.” Posted on May 8, 2020, at 11:10 a.m. ET Courtesy…

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond: Image copyright AFP Image caption "Wear a mask" reads this mural in Guinea's capital, Conakry, on Monday... Image copyright AFP Image caption "Wash your hands with soap and water" reads another next to it. Image copyright Reuters…

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that a survey showed that a "shocking" two-thirds of patients recently hospitalized for coronavirus became infected despite largely staying at home.Hospitals were asked to document where their most recent COVID-19 patients had been staying before admission, Cuomo said, and 66 percent came from…