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3 articlesScience· May 4, 2020
South Korea Tackled the Coronavirus. Now It's Taking On the Climate Crisis
Fresh off an election win built partly on its pandemic response, South Korea's governing party is pushing a sweeping Green New Deal to remake the country's energy economy.
Culture· Mar 26, 2020
Is St. Corona the Patron Saint of Pandemics?
As the coronavirus spread, an early Christian martyr named Corona drew sudden attention, with people asking whether the saint had any historical link to plagues and disease.
Culture· Mar 22, 2020
Assyrian Christian Among 85,000 Prisoners Released in Iran Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Iran temporarily freed tens of thousands of prisoners as COVID-19 spread through its crowded jails, among them a member of the country's small Assyrian Christian minority.
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