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This Top UK Official Attended A Massive Horse-Racing Festival Right As The Coronavirus Pandemic Was Exploding
The Cheltenham Festival welcomed in hundreds of thousands of spectators even as other major sports around the world were closing their doors.
Alberto Nardelli
New Zealand Is Celebrating A Bunch Of Good News About The Coronavirus
New Zealand has had no new cases of COVID-19 for five consecutive days.
David Mack
Netflix's Japanese Reality Show "Terrace House" Has Been Canceled After Cast Member Hana Kimura Died
Her death by an apparent suicide has led to widespread criticism of cyberbullying in Japan.
Clarissa-Jan Lim
Kneel And Weep Before The First Koala Joey To Be Born Since The Devastating Australian Bushfires
Because there is still beauty in the world.
Julia Willing
A Security Flaw In Qatar's Contact Tracing App Exposed Hundreds Of Thousands Of People's Personal Data
After it was found by Amnesty International, the bug was fixed by the app's developers.
Megha Rajagopalan
These 26 Breathtaking Destinations Around Victoria Will Have You Dreaming Of Travel Again
You may not get to Europe this year, but Australia has a pretty spectacular backyard.
Julia Willing
Here's What Public Health Experts Have To Say About Using Public Restrooms During The Coronavirus Pandemic
"You’re basically kind of going in, to use a cute term, 'a bioweapons factory' — so there is no safe. There's only things you can do to mitigate risk."
Stephanie K. Baer
Bill Gates Conspiracy Theories Have Circulated For Years. It Took The Coronavirus Pandemic To Turn Him Into A Fake Villain.
After months of conspiracy-mongering, people around the world are demanding Gates be arrested for crimes against humanity. Here’s how things got so bad.
Ryan Broderick
These Parents Went Viral After They Bought Their Daughter A Whole New Printer Instead Of New Ink Cartridges
"Printer ink is a scam."
Ikran Dahir
When India's Airports Reopen On Monday, They'll Be Pushing Travelers To Use The Government's Controversial Contact Tracing App
Downloading Aarogya Setu won't be mandatory to fly, but Indian authorities will be pushing it.
Pranav Dixit
Trump Wants To Hold The G7 Summit In Person But He Didn’t Ask Other World Leaders About The Idea Before Tweeting It
Gathering for the G7 summit when the world is tiptoeing out of coronavirus lockdowns: an “awkward proposition to deal with.”
Alberto Nardelli
Qatar Has Made Its Coronavirus Contact Tracing App Mandatory
Citizens and residents will be required to download the Ehteraz app when “leaving the house for any reason.”
Megha Rajagopalan
A 24-Year-Old Who Died Mysteriously On Nauru Should Get An Inquest, Lawyers Say
Lawyers for Rakib Khan’s family asked the Queensland coroner to hold an inquest as his body was transported through Brisbane.
Hannah Ryan
I Delivered The Not Guilty Verdicts At A Sexual Assault Trial
"The more I think about what exactly 'beyond reasonable doubt' means, the more it begins to bend my mind. And the court will not help."
Anonymous Juror
This Young Man Spent His Twenties Imprisoned On A Pacific Island Before Finding Safety In Canada
Amir Sahragard hoped for safety in Australia but ended up in a brutal offshore camp. He is still dealing with the trauma as he starts a new life.
Lauren Strapagiel
The Coronavirus Has Tanked Carbon Emissions. It’s Not Nearly Enough To Prevent Climate Disaster.
Choosing whether to embrace green policies to lead the economic recovery will be a make-or-break moment for the climate crisis, experts say.
Zahra Hirji
The US Agency In Charge Of The Immigration System Says It's Facing A Financial Disaster Amid The Coronavirus Pandemic
"Without congressional intervention, we risk not being able to make payroll and will have to take drastic actions to keep the agency afloat," the leader of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services wrote to employees.
Hamed Aleaziz
This Billionaire Oligarch Is Being Investigated By A US Federal Grand Jury For Alleged Money Laundering
Igor Kolomoisky is accused of funneling money from a Ukrainian bank into properties across the US.
Michael Sallah
These 26 Photos Will Convince You That South Australia Is Like Nowhere Else In The World
Say hello to your post-COVID bucket list.
Julia Willing
Trump Said If Mike Pompeo's Wife And Kids Aren't Around To Wash His Dishes, A Staffer Can
"I would rather have him on the phone with some world leader than have him wash dishes — because maybe his wife isn't there or his kids aren't."
David Mack
This Woman Believes COVID-19 And The Bushfires Show The Apocalypse Is Coming. It Saved Her From Being Deported.
The woman and her husband are members of the "Local Church", whose members believe everyone else will perish when God returns.
Hannah Ryan
This UK Photographer Can't Travel To The Congo — So He's Lifting Up Local Voices Instead
"This is a way to amplify their voices on work they’re already doing, taking it beyond the communities that would already be sharing this information, and give it the platform"
Kate Bubacz
News O'Clock: The Other Plague & A TikTok Quest For Martinelli’s
The White House’s coronavirus test of choice is a bit dodgy, TikTok teens might be messing with us, and the FAO’s Keith Cressman explains why swarms of locusts could become the next plague.
News O'Clock
27 Of The Most Powerful Photos Of This Week
From protests around the world to the slow reopening of countries, these are some of the images that moved us this week.
Kate Bubacz
LGBTQ People Have Become The New Scapegoats For The Coronavirus
A backlash against LGBTQ people is being ignited during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Patrick Strudwick
This Man’s Leg Was Amputated Just Before The Coronavirus Hit. Now When He Falls, There’s Nobody To Help Him Up.
"The prosthetic leg is not the right fit for me and I am constantly falling and injuring myself," Jamshid Rahimi Azar told BuzzFeed News.
Saba Vasefi
A Girl Held In Detention On A Remote Island Celebrated Her 5th Birthday On Zoom
Supporters sang the Biloela family's eldest daughter "Happy Birthday", read her an acrostic poem and blew out candles on cakes they had baked for her.
Hannah Ryan
Russia Sold The US A Bunch Of Ventilators That Never Got Used. The Same Model Just Burst Into Flames And Killed Six People In Russia.
FEMA is waiting for the results of a Russian investigation into two deadly fires before any future use of the ventilators sold to the US by Moscow.
Christopher Miller
This Woman Says Her Photos Were Stolen In A Viral Post About The COVID-19 Death Of Her Uncle David. She Doesn’t Have An Uncle David.
A conspiracy theory about coronavirus death certificates is spreading like wildfire on social media.
Joey D'Urso
India's Contact Tracing App Is All But Mandatory. So This Programmer Hacked It So That He Always Appears Safe.
A software engineer from Bangalore was worried about being forced to download Aarogya Setu. So he ripped its guts out.
Pranav Dixit
