Politics

Indigenous mothers in Brazil mourning their children's deaths seek closure

July 10, 2020

For more than a month, four mothers of the Sanöma tribe were looking for the bodies of their children in the Roraima state capital. Officials eventually said they'd been buried under suspicion of having COVID-19, according to protocol — but the mothers said they weren't notified.

Seoul mayor’s progressive legacy called into question after his death

The World

July 10, 2020

South Koreans are mourning the death of Park Won-soon, a prominent liberal politician and presidential hopeful. But the Seoul mayor’s apparent suicide coincides with reports that he was under investigation for sexual harassment.

Every 30 Seconds

This young Afro Latino teacher and voter wants to be a model for his students

The World

July 10, 2020

Brayan Guevara's mother and grandparents were teachers. Now, he's on the same path, and he wants to serve as a model for his students — especially those who are Black, Latino and Afro Latino — so that they, too, see a future for themselves in education.

COVID-19: The latest from The World

Returning travelers in quarantine hotels may have triggered Melbourne's latest lockdown

The World

July 10, 2020

After getting a taste of some version of normalcy, Melbourne went into another lockdown this week. Five million residents will be barred from leaving their homes except for essential reasons and orders between Victoria closed between neighboring states are shut down.

Media

Baltic ban on Kremlin-tied RT step toward dismantling ‘machinery of disinformation,’ says media expert

The World

July 10, 2020

Latvia and Lithuania have banned Kremlin-tied RT television channels over links to Dmitry Kiselev, who is sanctioned by the EU for spreading propaganda about Ukraine. "The problem is that RT is a part of this infrastructure of propaganda," media expert Solvita Denisa-Liepniece told The World's Carol Hills.

Religion

Turkey's president formally makes Haghia Sophia a mosque

Associated Press

July 10, 2020

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday formally reconverted Istanbul's sixth-century iconic Haghia Sophia into a mosque and declared it open to Muslim worship, hours after a high court annulled a 1934 decision that had turned it into a museum.

Top of The World

WHO releases new guidelines, sends team to China; Elections in Singapore and Poland; Turkish court annuls Hagia Sophia decree

The World

July 10, 2020

The WHO released new guidelines on Thursday acknowledging some reports of airborne transmission of the coronavirus. And, the WHO sent a team to China today to lay the groundwork for an investigation on the origins of the novel coronavirus. Meanwhile, several countries are making additional moves to reopen. The UK government announced that starting Friday, visitors arriving in England from 58 selected countries will no longer be required to self-isolate for 14 days.

Conflict & Justice

From Louisiana to Taiwan, environmental activists stand up to a major plastics company

The World

July 09, 2020

Formosa Plastics, a Taiwanese plastics company, intends to build a complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana, a region already known as "Cancer Alley." Environmental activist Anne Rolfes faces criminal charges for a protest action she took to call attention to the company's history of harm.

Global Politics

Russian bounty allegations shine spotlight on what Trump admin knew and when

The World

July 09, 2020

According to reports, senior White House officials were aware as early as the beginning of 2019 of classified intelligence indicating that Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for killing US troops. The World spoke with Mark Galeotti, a senior associate fellow at the British-based Royal United Services Institute, to get his take.

Arts

UNESCO says scammers are using its logo to defraud art collectors

The World

July 09, 2020

The UN’s cultural agency, UNESCO, warns its name and logo are being illegally emblazoned on false documents to facilitate a scam to defraud prospective art buyers. Scammers have stolen $1.1 million from unwitting victims this year alone.

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