Indira Lakshmanan

A man wearing a protective face mask and hat walks past the London Stock Exchange Group building

OECD predicts worst non-wartime recession in 100 years; Britain marks 2 months without burning coal for electricity

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The OECD warns of “dire” consequences of the pandemic, which is also affecting the illicit drug trade. As of midnight, Britain will have gone two months without burning coal for electricity. US TV show “Cops,” long considered problematic, has been pulled from the air.

A black and white photograph of girl on a pony with two people around her

Teresa Romanowska survived Nazis, Soviets and cancer, but died of COVID-19

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A man believed to be Bowe Bergdahl is pictured in a frame grab from a video released by the Taliban. The image was released by IntelCenter on Dec. 8, 2010.

Taliban offers to exchange American Army prisoner

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Finding bone marrow for multi-racial children