Global Peace Index 2020 (GPI) produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace, (the GPI is the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness). This report presents the most comprehensive datadriven analysis to-date on trends in peace, its economic value, and how to develop peaceful societies
The new horror film “Antebellum,” by Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz, is the latest of several Black horror films addressing race relations in the United States. Filmmakers and critics weigh in on the film and on what defines the Black horror genre
South African Andrew King’s tattoo parlor was suffering from the pandemic lockdown and social distancing. So, he gathered a team and put their creativity into other fashionable designs to fit the market. King created a shirt with a built-in mask for COVID-19, which could prove a hit in South Africa-the country worst hit by the virus on the continent
Kenya Drive-in Music Festival is underway with COVID-19 restrictions but people are enjoying every bit of it. Artists say it’s new normal and they have to observe the rule keep the social distance
Social activists in Brazil say the coronavirus pandemic is causing an increase in the number of homeless people in country’s largest city, Sao Paulo. Many lost their jobs and found themselves risking their health by crowding into long lines for food distribution
Since fleeing China, Sidik says that she has been unable to contact her family in the XUAR, other than receiving a phone call from her husband in February this year to request a divorce, shortly before he disappeared
Courts in California have ruled that a homeless person may register to vote at a location where they say they spend most of their time. Volunteers are going to places where they congregate to help them register
At the University of Arizona, students and staff are using an app that lets them know if they’ve been exposed to someone who has tested positive for coronavirus
.S.-backed Zimbabwean charity is helping small farmers to improve product quality and yields to increase incomes and become more food secure. Feed the Future Zimbabwe says small farms could help restore the country’s lost status as the breadbasket of southern Africa
Azerbaijani strikes on Stepanakert began on October 2. Targets reportedly included electricity infrastructure, which resulted in the city losing power on October 3. According to journalists reporting from the city the strikes have continued since then