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Childhood hunger hits close to home for Viola Davis. The Oscar winner, 55, who grew up in poverty, is working with No Kid Hungry to bring awareness to the hunger crisis during the coronavirus pandemic. “This was an issue before COVID," she tells PEOPLE in this week's issue. "It’s just PARIS (Reuters) – The French government was under fire on Wednesday over its free-for-all COVID-19 testing policy as queues snaked out of some testing centres in Paris and at sites across the country amid a flare-up in infections. One leading federation of laboratories said an abrupt July 25 decree to LONDON (Reuters) – Five thousand years of art and design history will be joined by some more modern items when London’s Victoria and Albert (V&A) museum reopens on Thursday – hand sanitiser dispensers and protective screens. Mask-wearing visitors will be allowed to tour exhibits on two of the museum’s floors, ASUNCION (Reuters) – Latin America broke through 5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, a Reuters tally showed, underscoring that the region is the area of the world hardest hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic. The coronavirus was initially slower to reach Latin America – home to about 640 JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s anti-corruption watchdog said on Monday it was investigating irregularities in coronavirus-related tenders, the latest in a series of scandals that trade unions said showed the government’s failure to tackle graft. The probes by the Public Protector come soon after investigators launched separate inquiries into the We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The arrival of the seven-strong team marks the first time mainland health officials have assisted Hong Kong in its battle to control the pandemic. The city has SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore researchers have developed “electronic skin” capable of recreating a sense of touch, an innovation they hope will allow people with prosthetic limbs to detect objects, as well as feel texture, or even temperature and pain. The device, dubbed ACES, or Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin, is made HANOI (Reuters) – The coronavirus outbreak that began in the central city of Danang more than a week ago has spread to at least four factories in the city with a combined workforce of around 3,700, state media reported on Monday. Four cases were found at the plants located at SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s nominal head of state inspected the locked down border town Kaesong after a defector suspected of having the coronavirus returned from South Korea, said state media, signalling serious concerns about cross-border contamination. The isolated country has claimed it has no domestic virus cases and has "As a result, we have paused all in-person team activities, quarantined our entire program and will work diligently with Rutgers medical experts, and state and local officials to determine next steps," Rutgers Athletics said in a statement Saturday. Gov. Murphy told NJ.com Wednesday that the outbreak on the team "hadViola Davis Wants to Help Food-Poor Kids: ‘Growing Up With Hunger Was My Biggest Source of Shame’
Testing center lines fuel criticism over France's COVID strategy
Fine art and face masks: London's Victoria and Albert Museum reopens
Latin America exceeds 5 million COVID-19 cases, Reuters tally shows
South African corruption watchdog probes COVID-19 tenders
China surveillance plot: Beijing accused of sending COVID-19 health workers to harvest DNA
Scientists inspired by 'Star Wars' create artificial skin able to feel
Vietnam virus outbreak hits factories employing thousands in Danang epicentre
North Korea's nominal head of state visits border town amid coronavirus emergency
15 Rutgers University Football Players Test Positive for Coronavirus After On-Campus Party: Report