Streetwalkers to sweet talkers: Chile’s sex workers shift online amid virus lockdown
When the nightclub in which she touted for business in southern Chile was shut down by the authorities as the new coronavirus spread, sex worker...
Futures rise on optimism around easing of lockdowns
U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday as investors turned hopeful of a pickup in business activity with several countries and U.S. states relaxing coronavirus-induced...
Doping: Russia to resume testing despite coronavirus outbreak
Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA said on Wednesday it would progressively resume testing later this month hiatusafter having imposed a hiatus in response to government measures...
UK has drawn up three-stage plan for easing coronavirus lockdown: The Times
The United Kingdom has drawn up a three-stage plan to ease the coronavirus lockdown that was first imposed at the end of March, The Times...
U.S. Senate to consider Trump pick for powerful D.C. court
U.S. Senators on Wednesday will consider whether to confirm a judge nominated by President Donald Trump for an influential federal appeals court in Washington....
Masked and partitioned, worshippers return to Jerusalem’s Western Wall
Worshippers are returning to the Western Wall in Jerusalem as Judaism’s holiest prayer site gradually reopens under eased coronavirus precautions. But now they are themselves...
Behind closed doors, France’s COVID-19 death toll likely to jump
In April, an elderly resident living in Seine-Saint-Denis, France’s poorest commune on the edge of Paris, went to hospital worried they had COVID-19. The test...
As U.S. auto supply chain revs up, worker safety fears linger in Mexico
Workers at a Lear Corp autoparts plant in northern Mexico that saw the worst known coronavirus outbreak of any factory in the Americas are now...
U.S. may require masks at airports in changes to limit coronavirus
The lead U.S. airport security agency is weighing the possibility of requiring masks or face coverings for passengers who pass through checkpoints, according to a...
No signs Kim received heart surgery: S Korea spy agency
There are no signs North Korean leader Kim Jong Un received heart surgery when he disappeared from state media for three weeks, but he reduced...