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How the US remains divided on something as basic as masks during the coronavirus wave. Here is the situation in one hard hit state- Michigan in the US midwest.

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A draw how you feel, sketch how you feel on electronic pad, offered to readers by The Times, on the first anniversary of the lockdown in Britain. On the verge of a third lockdown, readers look for ways to restore their mental health,

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Ten walking trips in places such as the Camino Francais on the way to Santiago de Compostela, the Welsh countryside, the Sangre de Cristo mountains in New Mexico, coast to coast in northern England, in the Dolomite Alps of northern Italy, are shown here by Neil King in the WSJ.

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The Swiss form of government with a permanent Unity government and one that steers to the moderate and centre is shown here in France 24 report. The recent elections showed immigration an important issue. Yet climate change has not receded as an issue after progress in passing a climate bill.

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Being blind was not a disability in this situation described by the BBC's Chief North America Correspondent Gary O'Donoghue, who has overcome difficult odds to cover North America. Here he describes what happened on the day of the shooting at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania.

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Hotels in New York City can cost a fortune- $1100 a night in December near Christmas, $300 in September, $150 lower in January. Here dawn Gilbertson shares a small condo with an Airbnb host for $155 in December in Brooklyn about an hour subway+walk  to Manhattan.

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 Mayor Reiter of Munich, Christian Kern, head of Austrian railway OBB, say here that the actions of Viktor Orban of Hungary gave the German government very little time, only a few hours, to act. The first motivation was to act in a humanitarian way, which is what happened. The German government had asked Orban to register and handle immigrants in an orderly way. In the end with the failure of Orban to do this, the immigrants who would have come north anyway, streamed into Germany and Austria in buses and trains. Clearly Hungary and Germany could have handled this better. The German public provided support with a large number of volunteers helping. One German minister is cited here as saying that if Orban wanted to build a fence he should have done it in a quiet way, as there are fences between Bulgaria and Turkey, and Turkey and Greece and it has not bothered anyone.

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Trump says he supports the House Republican tax plan for three brackets 12%, 25% and 33%. In his earlier proposal Trump has supported a top rate of 25%. He made these comments, including support for deducting childcare costs, in a speech at the Economic Club of Detroit. Trump did not repeat a call for repealing Dodd-Frank bank supervision legislation. Clinton was critical of Trump's economic team of business people from hedge funds and the real estate industry, saying this was another example of "trickle down economics,"  for giving  "super big tax breaks to large corporations." Michigan has not voted Republican since 1988, and the auto industry rescue was organized by president Obama, a point heavily advertised in the 2012 presidential campaign. Romney had opposed the rescue effort, and during the 2012 campaign the WSJ reports say  Trump called the bailout of automakers a mistake because of expansion overseas.

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After two years of protests on the streets Chile faces new elections. No candidate has emerged to take a lead, and the candidates shown here offer different and contrasting views about the future.

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Redmayne is the Australian goalie brought in as a sub for a penalty shootout by the coach against Peru. The result 5-4 in favor of Australia. Here he is shown as being a really unconventional choice, no one had even heard of him, to bring a bit of distraction for the Peruvian soccer players.

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The coach of Freiburg and Bayern Jens Scheuer for women's soccer will now take on English team Brighton and Howe in a special assignment. Here he talks about his plans and his daily routine from seven to seven followed by a shower and a look at the day's matches. 

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April 2021- time to spend time outdoors and avoid congregating with others inside in spaces that are not as well ventilated. With spring here there is more of a sense of freedom being out in the fresh air and sunshine, and this is good for physical and mental health during this phase of coronavirus.

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The concept of Old Town Roofs including World Heritage Old Town is changing quickly in Europe. Here SWI swissinfo.ch shows how the Regensburg City Council is now putting solar on old town roofs by giving permission on world heritage sites. This is part of the Climate Change Action we now see all over Europe.

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 A number of exercizes that strengthen the quad and the legs are shown here by tennis professionals who say this helps in playing tennis. These exercises which include a number of squats are a way to strengthen the legs and lower body including stability ball squat, medicine ball toss, and lateral band walk.

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The local police station in Japan is a friendly place called koban. Most lost items are returned here. It is most unusual for something lost like a wallet or a iphone not to be returned.

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The mRNA vaccine production is running into bottlenecks because the mRNA derived from DNA, needs to be encapsulated in lipids. Lipids supply is limited. The detailed production process is described here in the WSJ. 

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The retrieval of $4 billion in  capital from SPAC misallocation of capital back to HEIRS- Health, Education, Infrastructure, Retirees, and Societal needs leading to much needed Upward Mobility in 2022. WiIliam Ackman says he is returning the capital for this SPAC after failing to find companies that meet investment criteria. This SPAC hedge fund raised $4 billion on the New York Stock Exchange in July 2020 as an Initial Public Offering.

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The charm of having oatmeal made on a stove even if it takes longer. Old fashioned oats work well. This way of cooking is better than baking. Suggestions offered here on creative ways to make the oatmeal on the stove. Charlotte Druckerman who is a fan of oatmeal from the days her mom made it gives her ideas.

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Reports from hospitals and healthcare workers in Indonesia shown here in The Guardian provide a picture of a health system under severe stress. The government was not able to curb travel during the Eid holiday. Packed airports, bus stations and railways during the holiday travel period combined with the high transmission rate from delta variant has hit the country hard.

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Health experts say go inwards and go outside. Prayer and meditation that can go on with yard work and other activities outside in the garden or backyard. The Fredettes in North Carolina are shown here in their natural setting in a wooded area. Ms. Fredette talks about understanding one's deeper self through walks in a natural setting.

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The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory May 2020 study cited here in the WSJ, was conducted to find how the coronavirus originated. This US government lab based in California has considerable experience on biological issues and looked at the genetic makeup of the coronavirus. It concluded that a lab accident was plausible, says this report in the WSJ. 

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This WSJ report shows ways in which companies are attracting and retaining employees by building homes. One company shown here is building the homes to keep costs down using subcontractors. Costs are kept down so that houses can be built at $200,000, to make them affordable at $1000 a month mortgages for workers earning $40,000 to $100,000.

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How some aspects of tech company including Google's dominance was achieved is shown here in this investigation by the WSJ. WSJ points to how Google and others tech companies kept regulators away and handled challenges when inappropriate relationships were involved. In this report WSJ looks at the role of Joshua Wright, a law professor at a major university.

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Unlimited water can be drawn from wells in Arizona. How this is affecting the state's water supplies under the ground is shown here in the NYT- with alfalfa grown to ship to Saudi Arabia.

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A retired librarian from California has made her home in Oaxaca in the mountains oof southern Mexico with a large indigenous population. Here she writes in WSJ about life in one of the less developed parts of Mexico.