You Can’t Escape Lice, Even 6,500 Feet Below the Ocean
Darling, it’s better under the sea, unless you’re an insect. You might find some bugs skimming the surface of a pond or even creating their...
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POS, Mobile transactions volume hits four-year high in Nigeria
File Photo Despite the negative impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic witnessed by business owners, along with households across Nigeria, fresh indications have emerged that financial...
Coup: Mali suspended from international Francophone organisation
The international community increased pressure on the military junta that has seized power in Mali, as the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie suspended the nation...
How to Move Your Elephant During a Pandemic
The border between Argentina and Brazil had been closed by the coronavirus pandemic for nearly two months when, in early May, an unusual convoy approached...
Lizard Popsicles, Anyone?
Stephan Halloy was conducting surveys on plants and wildlife on the high plateaus around San Miguel de Tucumán in northwestern Argentina in the 1970s when...
In Argentina’s Debt Negotiations, a Kinder, Gentler Capitalism Faces a Test
LONDON — Laurence D. Fink presents himself as the vanguard of a progressive form of capitalism in which profits are not everything: The enlightened money...
Mothers’ Power in U.S. Protests Echoes a Global Tradition
Wearing matching shades of white or yellow, the women of the “Wall of Moms” in Portland, Ore., have become instant icons of the city’s protests,...
How a Saber-Tooth Marsupial Blinded Us With Its Bite
Smilodon fatalis has its name for a reason. With swordlike canines, the saber-tooth cat is widely thought to have waited in silence before lunging and...
With Flights Banned, Son Sails Solo Across Atlantic to Reach Father, 90
BUENOS AIRES — Days after Argentina canceled all international passenger flights to shield the country from the new coronavirus, Juan Manuel Ballestero began his journey...
Poor Countries Face a Debt Crisis ‘Unlike Anything We Have Seen’
From Angola to Jamaica to Ecuador to Zambia, the world’s poor countries have had their finances shredded by the global pandemic. The president of Tanzania...