The COVID-19 pandemic is not the first time people have been required to wear face masks for protection. Mask-wearing has a long history, and reflects society’s sense of shared responsibility.
Nearly every country in the world shuttered its schools due to COVID-19. Now, from Israel to Uruguay, many students are back in class, with varying degrees of success.
A woman carrying a child stands in front of a giant mound of plastic waste in Bekasi, West Java.
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There are many reasons to criticise China, but a Camp David pile-on is the last thing Morrison needs to associate himself with given the tenuous state of Sino-Australian relations.
Asian giant hornets (Vespa mandarinia japonica) drinking sap from tree bark in Japan.
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Are ‘murder hornets’ from Asia invading North America? A Japanese entomologist who’s been stung by one and lived to tell the tale explains what’s true about these predatory insects.
Japan took a fresh approach to ensuring their society was more resilient to the frequent earthquakes they experience. We could learn from its experience.
Carlos Ghosn: ‘I had zero chance of a fair trial’.
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How many people realise that the central banks’ great programme for reviving the global economy involves hand-picking which companies and sectors to help out?
Whale watching (here, off Húsavík, Iceland) may be better for the local economy than whale hunting.
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Icelandic whalers have killed more than 1,700 whales since a global ban was adopted in 1986 – up to 2019, when no hunts took place. Is Iceland quietly getting out of the business?
The U.S. pays billions to maintain military bases in Japan and South Korea.
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