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Between vaccines and variants
A woman walks past a mural depicting a white dove parachuting COVID-19 vaccine vials. The mural was found near the Italian Health Ministry Headquarters in Rome, Italy. Strict lockdowns and a short supply of vaccines continue to plague Europe, Asia, and Africa amid...
Atwood, Grisham among contributors to pandemic novel
NEW YORK (AP) — one of the first novels about the pandemic will be a collaborative effort, with Margaret Atwood, John Grisham and Celeste Ng among the writers.
The Authors Guild Foundation announced Thursday that it had reached a deal with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt...
Thai PM ends presser by spraying reporters with disinfectant
TOP PHOTO: Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha sprays alcohol mist on a front row of reporters sitting inside the press conference room at the Government house in Bangkok, Thailand.
Bangkok, Thailand (AP) — Politicians are often accused of sanitizing the news. Thailand’s Prime Minister...
COVID-19 and the Filipinos in Vienna, Austria
Vienna, Austria—there was no report of Filipinos getting infected with the coronavirus during the initial outbreak of COVID-19 in this city. Until late summer of 2020, when I received a frantic phone call from my friend Cindy, granddaughter of Filipino hero, Dr. Pio...
My aunt and her Singer sewing machine
It was hidden for ages together with other stuff dumped in the utility room of our family home and forgotten, probably rusting—my aunt’s old Singer sewing machine. I have not thought about it until I built that little house connected to my primary...
Love reigns eternal in the age of COVID-19
Photo by Bernard Testa
Donning face masks, lovers pose under a roar of clouds in Barangay Paenan, Boso-Boso in Antipolo City. With their mobile phones, they record this moment of physical closeness, defying the pandemic as the sun rises in the distance.
