Listen to the full podcast episode here: Description Six weeks after an unprecedented heat wave shattered records and left hundreds dead in British Columbia, Washington…
Top photo: International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach gives a thumbs-up to health care workers during the opening ceremony in Tokyo on July 23. (Photo: IOC /…
Listen to the full podcast episode here: Description The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics are coming to a close on Sunday after a year of pandemic-related…
Top photo: President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with bipartisan Congressional leadership on May 12 in the Oval Office (Photo: Adam Schultz…
Top photo: World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom speaks Wednesday at the 138th IOC Session in Tokyo ahead of the Olympic Games. (Photo: IOC / Greg…
Top photo: U.S. President Joe Biden spoke to the press after he and Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 16.…
Listen to the full podcast episode here: Description The annual Islamic pilgrimage to holy sites in western Saudi Arabia starts Sunday with participation restricted to…
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Listen to the full podcast episode here: Description More than a year after the 2020 summer games were postponed, the Olympic torch relay finally arrives…
Top photo: A healthcare worker takes another person’s temperature at the Thailand Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute in April 2020. (Photo: UN Women / Pathumporn Thongking)…