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Brazil’s small businesses leap into e-commerce

June 2, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Social isolation in Brazil, a highly social culture, is changing how citizens buy and sell products. “Thirty percent of online shopping in March came from people who had never used e-commerce,” said Mauricio Salvador, president of the Brazilian Electronic Commerce […]

VIDEO: Chaos as police clash with George Floyd protesters at White House

June 1, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Chaos ensued outside the White House Saturday night as anti-police brutality protesters fought with Secret Service, Parks Police, and Military Police. This is the second night of rioting in Washington D.C. in solidarity with protesters in Minneapolis. Full Livestream: Conflict […]

VIDEO: Violence, arrests in New York City amid wave of protests

June 1, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Thousands of activists and protesters took to the streets of New York City on Friday to speak out against police brutality and to show solidarity with George Floyd, the Minneapolis man choked to death earlier this week. The first of […]

Popcorn with Zenger: Lukewarm leads and little laughter in ‘Lovebirds’

June 1, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Remember comedy? Remember romance? Remember when movies made you believe in love? Eight minutes into “The Lovebirds,” it’s clear the new Netflix offering is the type of romantic comedy two unmarried, middle-aged Canadians would write for a major studio. But […]

Violence, arrests in New York City amid wave of protests

May 31, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Thousands of activists and protesters took to the streets of New York City on Friday to speak out against police brutality and to show solidarity with George Floyd, the Minneapolis man choked to death earlier this week. The first of […]

Former pastor gives Atlanta’s homeless a place to wash their hands

May 29, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Terence Lester has slept on the streets of Atlanta and walked hundreds of miles in order to bring more attention to the issue of homelessness. So when a homeless man told Lester how difficult it was for people […]

VIDEO: Fires blaze and looters rampage during second night of Minneapolis anti-police protests following black man’s death

May 29, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Smoke billowed high over Minneapolis on Wednesday night as anti-police protesters vented their anger over a black man’s death with looting and arson. Video by Chris Juhn/Zenger The previous night had seen mostly peaceful protests that drew an estimated 4,000 […]

VIDEO: Tear gas flies as Minneapolis rioters protest death of George Floyd in police custody

May 27, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

MINNEAPOLIS—Protests turned violent on Tuesday as anti-police activists smashed windows and vandalized police cars in response to the death of an African American man at the hands of four law enforcement officers. George Floyd died Monday after his arrest outside […]

Less money for South Asia families as workers in the Gulf face coronavirus cuts

May 27, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

In the last few decades, millions of unskilled workers from South Asia have migrated to Gulf countries due to limited opportunities at home. But the flow of money from those workers back home might dry up, thanks to the COVID-19 […]

Ahmaud Arbery shooting weighs heavily on black legal professionals

May 26, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Trelvis Randolph wakes up and does the same routine before work practically every morning. The 51-year-old lawyer and former public defender takes his early-morning jog through various Miami neighborhoods and along the ocean. “I get lost in my thoughts and […]

Nation’s smallest small businesses get left behind during COVID-19

May 25, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

For cafe owner Gloria Rivera, not knowing is the worst part. It’s been weeks since she applied for a $10,000 loan through the federal government’s COVID-19 relief program, and yet her bank account remains empty. The bills are piling up; […]

Algerians find smartphones are a lockdown essential

May 25, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Since the onset of the global coronavirus pandemic, smartphones have become increasingly popular in Algeria, as many people across the country use their time in lockdown to connect with each other and the outside world, new research shows. Others are […]

No health minister in Brazil as coronavirus infection spreads

May 22, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Less than a month after taking the position, Nelson Teich is no longer Brazil’s minister of health. A week later, the position remains vacant as coronavirus cases in the country continued to climb. Army Gen. Eduardo Pazuello, the deputy health […]

COVID-19 forces cultural shift in West Africa weddings

May 20, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

When Micheal Omoh and Godiya Mamza were planning their wedding, they did not know that circumstances would force them to forgo their cultural traditions, as well as much of what they had paid to accommodate hundreds of guests on their […]

Flower tourism wilts under COVID-19

May 19, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Once it was becoming clear that the COVID-19 outbreak was spreading rapidly in Italy, all European countries moved to a lockdown to protect their citizens. Airfields were closed, and people were directed by their governments to stay home. Museums, restaurants, […]

COVID-19 means fewer condoms in Zimbabwe

May 18, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Family planning supplies and contraceptives are sold out or inaccessible as the Zimbabwean government continues to battle COVID-19. “The lockdown has meant that community health workers like myself who have often had to distribute contraceptives like family planning pills and […]