Simon Kilmurry

The pandemic has brought many people pain and anxiety. To Wouter Vanstiphout, a professor of “design as politics,” it has also brought clarity about the weaknesses in the “shiny global city” and its culture, economy and values. Vanstiphout asks if cities based on tourism, fossil fuels and hypercompetitiveness can survive the coronavirus.

Berlin passed a hotly debated anti-discrimination law this month, the first of its kind in Germany, that allows victims to pursue legal remedies against state officials — including…

The Bundesliga resumed this month with soccer teams playing to empty stadiums. It’s the first major sports league in the world to restart amid the coronavirus health crisis.

New reports from the Bronx Zoo show that a handful of tigers and three lions are now recovering after testing positive for COVID-19.

Developers worldwide are working on contact tracing apps that track the spread of the coronavirus through Bluetooth technology – that means, if you’ve come into contact with someone…

More than 14 million people have downloaded Germany’s COVID-19 contact tracing app.

German authorities are investigating a series of death threats sent via email to politicians and other prominent figures.

Anja Medved lives in a small town in Slovenia on the Italian border.

Berlin schools reopened this week amid fears of a second COVID-19 wave, with about 370,000 students returning to the classroom.