- WHO declares global emergency as Wuhan coronavirus spreads
- Feb.01. 2020The World Health Organization declared Thursday that the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak was a global health emergency, acknowledging that the disease now represents a risk beyond China, where it emerged last month.The move reversed the organization’s decision just a week ago to hold off such a declaration. Since then, WHO officials said, thousands of new cases in China and clear huma...
- Why 2019 has been the best year in human history
- Jan. 23. 2020If you’re depressed by the state of the world, let me toss out an idea: In the long arc of human history, 2019 has been the best year ever. The bad things that you fret about are true. But it’s also true that since modern humans emerged about 200.000 years ago, 2019 was probably the year in which children were least likely to be illiterate and people were least likely to suffer...
- Australians urged to “leave early” in face of new bushfire threat
- Jan. 12. 2020Australian officials issued fresh evacuation warnings Wednesday ahead of a forecast spike in the intensity of out-of-control bushfires that have devastated vast swathes of countryside and sent smoke clouds as far away as Brazil.Residents of Victoria state’s fire-ravaged east were urged to leave before another heatwave raises the bushfire danger Friday, while in South Australia s...