Women & Girls

June 17, 2020

Maha al-Mutairi filmed herself after being called in to the police station for being an openly transgender woman in Kuwait, where “imitating the opposite sex” is illegal. Her message went viral, and sparked a groundswell of support and attention for the LGBTQ community in the country.

Language

When ‘oh, fudge’ won’t do: Researchers find benefits to swearing

The World

June 15, 2020

Researchers at the Swear Lab at Keele University in the UK have found that swearing can actually increase a person’s pain tolerance.

Sports

In Spain after lockdown, soccer resumes for men — but not for women

The World

June 11, 2020

Women’s soccer will not return this season — despite making historic strides toward equity with a collective bargaining agreement signed in February.

Top of The World

OECD predicts worst non-wartime recession in 100 years; Britain marks 2 months without burning coal for electricity

The World

June 10, 2020

The OECD warns of "dire" consequences of the pandemic, which is also affecting the illicit drug trade. As of midnight, Britain will have gone two months without burning coal for electricity. US TV show "Cops," long considered problematic, has been pulled from the air.

Obituary

Teresa Romanowska survived Nazis, Soviets and cancer, but died of COVID-19

The World

June 09, 2020

The pandemic is robbing the world of institutional memories of the past as older people fall victim to COVID-19. Indira Lakshmanan, the senior executive editor for National Geographic, shares her mother's story.

Justice

Sudanese women seek justice one year after pro-democracy crackdown

The World

June 03, 2020

Sudan's women were also the target on June 3, 2019, when Sudanese security forces raided a protest camp of pro-democracy activists. Now, a year on, many are concerned that those responsible for the attack are not being held accountable.

COVID-19: The latest from The World

Despite recent historic gains in ending FGM, Somalia sees dramatic increase

The World

June 03, 2020

Activists have been fighting to stop FGM for years. During the COVID-19 lockdowns worldwide, they saw both progress and backsliding.

Top of The World

COVID-19 deaths rise in Brazil; Iceland quashes virus; World leaders respond to systemic racism

The World

June 03, 2020

Brazil recorded yet another day of record-high deaths due to the novel coronavirus, as leadership continues to shrug off the crisis. In Mexico, tens of thousands of people are returning to work in the auto factories along the US-Mexico border. World leaders, including the pope, have called out systemic racism in response to George Floyd's killing.

Science & Technology

Cold War 'CORONA' satellite images find second life in ecology research

The World

June 01, 2020

Some of the more than 800,000 satellite images taken during the Cold War are being used by researchers to track biodiversity and species decline.

COVID-19: The latest from The World

London school steps up to help vulnerable children banned from getting free school lunches

The World

May 29, 2020

Updated

05/29/2020 - 5:15pm

Taking care of the entire family is at the heart of this school, which sits on the edge of the Aylesbury Estate, a vast network of highrises that used to be the largest public housing unit in Western Europe.

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