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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NidZvaQQrsA The Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha died on Sunday at the age of 92 years old, following a battle with lung cancer. Credited for modernising the built landscape of Brazil and inspiring a generation of future architects, Mendes da Rocha achieved late international renown despite working almost exclusively in São Paulo. Mendes da Rocha graduated from the Mackenzie Presbyterian...

Even the bastions of good health and sound management were being breached this week, as there seemed to be nowhere on earth that the coronavirus was not spreading, whether creeping or rushing full steam ahead. The United States, Brazil, India, and South Africa continued to drive a global surge in cases, but COVID-19 was also on the rise across...

Coronavirus continued to spread this week following an increasingly familiar course. That meant surging cases across South Asia, Latin America, and parts of the contiguous United States, creeping infections in Africa, mounting caseloads across the Middle East, and an abundance of caution across Asia Pacific, with only Western Europe showing consistent signs of recovery. Infections across Latin America surpassed...