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

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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.

A fire ant.

How fire ants manage to build ‘Eiffel Tower’-like structures using their own bodies

Science
A portion of "Solidarité," the New Yorker cover image by Ana Juan in tribute to the Charlie Hebdo victims.

The story behind the New Yorker’s bloody Charlie Hebdo cover

Media

A Summer Beach With A View Of The Eiffel Tower

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Design for the Real World: Parachute Jump

Playing the Eiffel Tower

Arts, Culture & Media

An American composer Joseph Bertolozzi is in Paris collecting sounds from the Eiffel Tower. He’s banging the struts, bolts and girders and recording the results. With that, he plans to compose a piece of music.

The Living on Earth Almanac

This week, facts about…the largest advertising sign in history. In 1925, an electric sign for the Citroen car lit up the Eiffel Tower and brightened the City of Lights. These days, artificial outdoor lighting has created a problem for star-gazing people and migrating animals in urban areas.

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Paris terror alert

Lifestyle & Belief

Police in Paris evacuated the Eiffel Tower last night after they received a bomb threat. France is on a higher than normal state of alert after it got information that a female suicide bomber was planning an attack. Anita Elash reports from Paris.