In October 1918, the Spanish flu descended on Stanford University. Residents donned facemasks, football games were cancelled, and students were asked…
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The novel coronavirus pandemic threatens to upend urban life as we know it. Metropolises such as New York City have ground to a halt while grappling…
Child Prodigy Shows Early Promise Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa. His mother, Maye Musk (nee Haldeman) is a…
May 25 marked eight years since the Houla massacre and nine years since the death of Hamzah al-Khateeb, a Syian boy who was killed in one of al-Assad…
Dr. Farouk El-Baz is an Egyptian-American space scientist who worked with NASA to assist in the planning of scientific exploration of the Moon,…
With the world distracted by COVID-19, China has been advancing its regional ambitions through a series of aggressive actionsacross Asia in recent…
Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) declared itself in full control of Tripoli on Thursday after recapturing the capital's airport…
On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police arrested an African-American man named George Floyd. During the arrest, police officer Derek Chauvin put his knee…
While social tension and unrest in the streets of the United States have garnered most of the headlines, in the diplomatic backgroundm the makings of…
May 29
fire broke out in an auto parts store across from the Minneapolis police's Third Precinct station Wednesday amid a second night of protest. (Getty)
Brazilian 99-year-old former WWII combatant Ermando Armelino Piveta, gestures as leaves the Armed Forces Hospital in Brasilia, after being treated for the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and discharged, on April 14, 2020. (Getty)
A Yemeni street vendor looks at his damaged stall due to floods following heavy rains in the capital Sanaa, on April 14, 2020. (Getty)
An aerial view of the Grand Mosque and Kaaba in the centre of Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on May 24, during the early hours of Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday which starts at the conclusion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (Getty)
A Colombian Huitoto indigenous man sails on a raft along the Takana river in Leticia, department of Amazonas, Colombia on May 20, 2020 during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Getty)
Mateo De La Tierra, a local nurse, protested on his knees in full scrubs. Over 100 people showed up on the corner of London Rd and 21st Ave E in Duluth, MN on Wednesday May 27, 2020 to protest the death of George Floyd. (Getty)
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US attacks on Iran's bridges widen the divide
