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The pandemic has slowed tourism to Thailand’s Buddhist temples, but the impact is more than economic
Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College The economies of countries dependent on tourism are clearly hurting, with visitor numbers plummeting as a result of the pandemic. In
WHO replaces place-based tag for COVID virus variants to Greek letter names
Instead of using names after the places, the World Health Organization has put in place a new system to identify COVID-19 variants to avoid difficulties
Colombian city beset by crime declares ‘Black Lives Matter’
Shauna N Gillooly, University of California, Irvine Chaotic and deadly protests have for weeks rocked the Colombian port city of Buenaventura. In mid-May some demonstrators
As the Palestinian minority takes to the streets, Israel is having its own Black Lives Matter moment
James L. Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles The images and reports coming from Israel, Jerusalem and Gaza in recent days are shocking. They are
Why the Al-Aqsa Mosque has often been a site of conflict
Ken Chitwood, Concordia College New York The violence that spread from Jerusalem to cities across Israel and the Palestinian territories, leaving at least 60 dead
Protests by Palestinian citizens in Israel signal growing sense of a common struggle
Maha Nassar, University of Arizona The world’s attention has turned again to deadly scenes of Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip and the launching of
India COVID crisis: four reasons it will derail the world economy
Uma S Kambhampati, University of Reading The second wave of the pandemic has struck India with a devastating impact. With over 300,000 new cases and 3,000 deaths across the country each day at present, the total number of deaths has just passed the 200,000 mark – that’s about one in 16 of all COVID deaths across the world. It is also evident that the India statistics are significant underestimates. The virulence of the second wave in India seems to be
Tourism desperately wants a return to the ‘old normal’ but that would be a disaster
Susanne Becken, Griffith University With each passing day, the grave future of Earth becomes more stark. The disruption of COVID-19 has not been enough to
COVID-19 Vaccine producer, Serum Institute of India suffers a fire leading to 5 deaths
Photo by Twitter user @ss_suryawanshi The world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, the Serum Institute of India, suffers a fire in a building that was under construction,
WHO experts to arrive Thursday in China to probe for virus origin
World Health Organization Experts are arriving in China during this week in order to conduct an investigation for the Covid-19’s origin. They are expected to
US request to extradite whistleblower Julian Assange, denied by UK judge
A US request to extradite Julian Assange was rejected by a British judge due to it being an “oppressive” move owing to his mental health.
Wuhan celebrates 2021 New Year’s Eve in droves
Large crowds take to the streets during New Year’s Eve in Wuhan, the world’s former epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak. Photos were uploaded to social
Is the honeymoon over for Beijing and Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam?
Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing camp is revolting against Chief Executive Carrie Lam, using the city’s failure to contain the COVID-19 outbreak as a pretext. As of December