Pupils wear face masks as they attend class at Kitante Primary School in Kampala, Uganda

Education

Uganda's schools reopen, ending world's longest lockdown

Developing mixed use and mixed income neighbourhoods will help cities recover after the pandemic. 

Infrastructure

Inclusion, walkability will be key to rebuilding cities after the pandemic

Ukrainian refugees wait for a transport at the central train station in Warsaw, Poland

Coronavirus Conversations

Discussion: Ukraine: The humanitarian catastrophe

Refugees wait to travel back to Ukraine from the train station in Przemysl, southeastern Poland

Ukraine: The humanitarian catastrophe

Woman carry jerry cans filled with water at Kuresyon village in Galkayo, Somalia.

Climate Change

Drought, high temps in Somalia are pushing people to move to other towns

A Posh Club performer leads club-goers in a conga-line.

Health

Dancing away the loneliness: In the UK, social prescriptions help fight isolation during the pandemic

A hospital worker carries a tray of medicine at a government-run hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Health & Medicine

Sri Lankan doctors say the country can't survive on donated drugs forever

The Nehr-i-Khayyam drainage ditch in Karachi, Pakistan, where sewage and trash collect and can impede the flow of stormwater.

'The system is broken': At COP27, developing countries push for more money to adapt to climate change

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un shake hands during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia on April 25, 2019. 

Ukraine

North Korea-Russia relations are warming up amid war in Ukraine

Jorge Drexler poses in the press room with his Grammys at the 23rd annual Latin Grammy Awards at the Mandalay Bay Michelob Ultra Arena on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Las Vegas. 

Music

Uruguayan musician Jorge Drexler wins big at Latin Grammy Awards

A giant inflatable copy of the trophy is displayed prior to the start of the World Cup group A soccer match between Qatar and Ecuador at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Nov. 20, 2022.

Sports

Qatar opens World Cup with lavish half-hour ceremony

Investigators look for answers after Russian forces buried more than 400 bodies in a mass grave in Ukraine

This address is listed on an official police website back in China as an “Overseas Police Service Center,” but the locale appears abandoned. 

Global Politics

China has a police network that stretches across some 30 countries, NGO says

Brazil’s yellow-and-green soccer jersey stirs up controversy

Lionel Messi’s last shot at World Cup glory

After the discovery of commercial quantities of oil in 2006, Hoima, Uganda, is being referred to as “Oil City,” Hoima, Uganda, November 2022.

Energy

Why African countries like Uganda are investing in fossil fuels

Surf's up!: Riding the world's largest waves in Portugal's Nazaré 

Human Needs

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