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Shearing Sheep, and Hewing to Tradition, on an Island in Maine

With travel restrictions in place worldwide, we’ve launched a new series, The World Through a Lens, in which photojournalists help transport you, virtually, to some of our planet’s most beautiful and intriguing places. This week, Greta Rybus shares a collection of photographs from a set of islands in Maine. Three …

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Post-Circuit Breaker Deep Clean: How Cleaning Companies Are Coping With Demand

About one-third of Singapore’s workforce is now able to return to working in offices, factories and schools. Firms in a few industries such as finance, telecommunications and manufacturing have been allowed to resume operations on-site in the first phase of the country’s gradual reopening. For the past two months, many …

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Despite Big Promises, U.S. Has Delivered Limited Aid in Global Virus Response

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has lauded itself as leading the world in confronting the coronavirus. But it has so far failed to spend more than 75 percent of the American humanitarian aid that Congress provided three months ago to help overseas victims of the virus. In two spending bills …

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