Hospitals in at least four U.S. states have reinstated mask mandates amid a rise in cases of COVID, seasonal flu and other respiratory illness. Healthcare facilities in New York, California, Illinois and Massachusetts have made masks mandatory among patients and providers. New
Chamdhera, India, Dec 29 (Reuters): Vishnu Dabad attributes his rise from poverty to powerful local politician to an animal: the cow. The 30-year-old is one of many Gau Rakshaks, or cow protectors: activists who have taken Indian laws banning cattle slaughter and
TAIPEI (Reuters): As Taiwan’s election approaches next month, it is not only fraught ties with China competing for electors’ attention. The candidates are exchanging blows over everything from property disputes to whether drinking whisky is out of touch, in a raucous and
Mark Twain apocryphally said, “I’m in favor of progress; it’s change I don’t like.” This quote pithily underscores the human tendency to desire growth while also harboring strong resistance to the hard work that comes with it. I can certainly resonate with
