One million foreign students risk being frozen out of US colleges. Some might never come back

One million foreign students risk being frozen out of US colleges. Some might never come back

Now, things are even harder. Currently, Stanford plans to stagger which students are on campus each semester to maintain social distancing. First year students will be on campus in the fall and summer terms — meaning Fang will be studying remotely in one semester and will have to leave the US for that period. Even … Read more

One million foreign students risk being frozen out of US colleges. Some might never come back

One million foreign students risk being frozen out of US colleges. Some might never come back

Now, things are even harder. Currently, Stanford plans to stagger which students are on campus each semester to maintain social distancing. First year students will be on campus in the fall and summer terms — meaning Fang will be studying remotely in one semester and will have to leave the US for that period. Even … Read more

Gravedigger takes Covid-19 more seriously than Brazil’s President

Gravedigger takes Covid-19 more seriously than Brazil’s President

Families are hustled through funerals, Costa said, each given no more than 10 or 15 minutes to say goodbye so the cemetery can manage up to 80 burials a day at this site on the outskirts of São Paulo. “That makes us very shocked, very sad, because it is the last greeting they will give … Read more

Why Trump? Why now? Behind Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s big trip to the US

Why Trump? Why now? Behind Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s big trip to the US

This is the first time Mexico’s President has left the country since taking office in December of 2018. The fact that he’s headed to the White House speaks volumes, both practically and symbolically. Both leaders are looking for victories beyond their losing battles with the coronavirus pandemic. Trump said last month that López Obrador was … Read more

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for Covid-19 after months of dismissing the seriousness of the virus

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for Covid-19 after months of dismissing the seriousness of the virus

Bolsonaro himself announced the result, speaking on Brazilian TV channels Tuesday. “Everyone knew that it would reach a considerable part of the population sooner or later. It was positive for me,” he said, referring to the Covid-19 test he took Monday. “On Sunday, I wasn’t feeling very well. On Monday, it got worse when I … Read more

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for Covid-19 after months of dismissing the seriousness of the virus

“Everyone knew that it would reach a considerable part of the population sooner or later. It was positive for me,” Bolsonaro said, referring to the Covid-19 test he took Monday. Earlier on Tuesday Bolsonaro’s press office told CNN affiliate CNN Brasil that the President was being treated with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as he awaited the … Read more

Brazil opens itself up, to everything except masks

Brazil opens itself up, to everything except masks

The old town was busy Monday afternoon, on the first day of a new large-scale phase of reopening of Brazil’s largest city. Shoppers were out on the streets and in stores, sellers pushed carts of watermelon and other merchandise and all around were sounds of human activity — not back to pre-pandemic levels, but a … Read more