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New Banksy Art Unveiled at Hospital to Thank Doctors, Nurses
A new work by the elusive street artist Banksy, honoring health workers, has been unveiled at a British hospital.
Progress, But Hardly Perfection: The Reality for India's LGBTQ Community
It's been more than a year since India amended its laws criminalizing sexual acts between consenting adults of the same gender. But have things improved for the LGBTQ community?
Turkish Gov't Comes Down on Children's Rainbow Drawings, Claims They'll Turn Kids Gay
The government of autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a brand new foe: Rainbows drawn by children. The government there claims such colorful pictures might turn children gay.
Lessons From 6 Countries as Coronavirus Lockdowns Ease
Just as each nation chose a different route into lockdown, each is likely to choose its own exit path.
Money for Worldwide AIDS Fight at Issue in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court's second day of arguments by phone is devoted to a new version of a case it decided seven years ago involving federal money to fight AIDS around the world.
Trump's Anti-China Rhetoric Aimed at Boosting US Leverage
The Trump administration is making ever louder pronouncements casting blame on China for the COVID-19 pandemic, aiming to sidestep domestic criticism of the president's own response, tarnish China's global reputation and give the U.S. leverage on trade.
New Book Aims to Portray 'Real' Prince Harry and Meghan
Freed from the constraints of life as full-time royals — and enmeshed in a feud with Britain's tabloid press — Prince Harry and his wife Meghan plan to tell their story in a book penned by sympathetic journalists.
Watch: Ted Cruz Tells Fox News He's Upset China is Censoring LGBTQ Themes Out of American Movies
Ted Cruz (R-TX) appeared on Fox News over the weekend to slam China for censoring LGBTQ themes out of American movies.
Ex-Green Beret Claims He Led Foiled Raid into Venezuela
A former Green Beret has taken responsibility for what he claimed was a failed attack Sunday aimed at overthrowing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
UK PM: At Low Point, Doctors Prepared My Death Announcement
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has offered more insight into his hospitalization for coronavirus, telling a British newspaper that he knew doctors were preparing for the worst.
Report: Virus Pandemic Being Used to Curb Press Freedom
An international media rights group said Sunday the coronavirus pandemic is being used by governments around the world to increase restrictions on press freedoms.
Venezuela Says it Foiled Attack by Boat on Main Port City
Venezuelan officials said they foiled an early morning attempt by a group of armed men to invade the country by boat on Sunday, killing eight attackers and arresting two more.
Cycle Power: Bikes Emerge As A Post-Lockdown Commuter Option
As countries seek to get their economies back on track after the devastation wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, bicycle use is being encouraged as a way to avoid unsafe crowding on trains and buses.
Scrub Hub to the Rescue: 4 Women Succeed where UK Stumbled
Four women from London's Hackney Wick neighborhood responded to the coronavirus pandemic by organizing volunteers who so far have churned out more than 3,800 sets of scrubs for health care workers.
Ramadan TV Series about Gulf Jews Ignites Controversy
A television series aired by a Saudi broadcaster during the month of Ramadan has sparked controversy by offering a positive depiction of a Jewish community in the Gulf at the time of Israel's creation.
Thousands of Hungry People Line Up for Food in South Africa
A five-week lockdown, one of the world's strictest, eased slightly on Friday, allowing more businesses to resume and giving more hungry people a chance to support themselves and their families.
Amnesty Reports Chilling Details of Egypt Press Crackdown
Journalism in Egypt has effectively become a crime over the past four years, as authorities clamp down on media outlets and muzzle dissent, Amnesty International said in a report released Sunday.
Saudi Arabia Eyes More Moves in Time of Pandemic, Oil Woes
A beleaguered Saudi Arabia is taking modest steps to improve its human rights record as it tries to navigate the coronavirus pandemic and the fallout from plunging oil prices.
Kim Reappears in Public, Ending Absence Amid Health Rumors
State media showed videos and photos of Kim wearing a black Mao suit and constantly smiling, walking around facilities, applauding, cutting a huge red ribbon with a scissor handed by his sister, and smoking.
Canada Bans Assault-Style Weapons After Shooting Rampage
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an immediate ban Friday on the sale and use of assault-style weapons in Canada, two weeks after a gunman killed 22 people in Nova Scotia.