Pole vault trio set for unique garden challenge during lockdown
Three of pole vault’s biggest names will compete in a unique competition this weekend, but they will not be breaking any lockdowns as they do...
U.S. tech company Vonage bets on digital health care in Uganda
U.S. cloud services company Vonage is partnering with social enterprise CTI Africa to pioneer video-linked healthcare in Uganda, where good hospitals and qualified medical personnel...
Woman living in her car brings sandwiches, love to the homeless of Houston
Dominick SeJohn Walton spots a man with a shopping cart piled high with belongings and a sign that says “Homeless. Please Help” under a Texas...
Rugby: Bok captain Kolisi goes back to his roots to feed destitute
Six months ago Siya Kolisi led South Africa to Rugby World Cup glory, but is now fighting a new battle as he returns to his...
Exclusive: Too risky to come home, crew of ‘clean’ U.S. warship in coronavirus limbo
On any given day, the U.S. aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman can be found off the Atlantic coast of the United States, probably somewhere between...
Dancing… to the tune of the virus
Dressed in black and wearing a facemask, the dancer leaps and pirouttes across Budapest’s deserted central Heroes Square – to the strains of a melody...
Learning in a pandemic, when ‘online school’ is the village chalkboard
With her school shut because of the coronavirus, Tolu Alagba kneels as she copies down class notes from a communal village chalkboard, the closest thing...
Imported by the rich, coronavirus now devastating Brazil’s poor
Imported by the Brazilian elite vacationing in Europe, the new coronavirus is now ravaging the country’s poor, ripping through tightly-packed neighborhoods where the disease is...
Long lines, lots of kids, and plenty to touch: How does Disney reopen its parks?
For a glimpse at how Disney recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, look no further than Shanghai, where the entertainment giant has staged a limited reopening...
Overnight closure of New York subways may presage bigger changes
New York City’s subway, the ear-splitting, nerve-jangling system that New Yorkers and tourists alike love to hate, is taking the unprecedented step of halting overnight...
