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A worker makes checks at the Miditech Gloves' rubber glove factory in Malaysia in 2020. | Miditech Gloves via Thomson Reuters Foundation

A worker makes checks at the Miditech Gloves' rubber glove factory in Malaysia in 2020. | Miditech Gloves via Thomson Reuters Foundation

COVID-19 Prompts Pivot to Green Alternative to Rubber Gloves

Malaysian firm Meditech Gloves will begin production of natural gloves that can biodegrade 100 times faster than synthetic, petroleum-based options.

A student takes classes online with his companions using the Zoom app at home during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in El Masnou, north of Barcelona, Spain April 2, 2020. | REUTERS/ Albert Gea

A student takes classes online with his companions using the Zoom app at home during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in El Masnou, north of Barcelona, Spain April 2, 2020. | REUTERS/ Albert Gea

Mind the Gap: Affordable Internet Vital for Coronavirus Recovery

As lockdowns lift but social-distancing rules remain, more services and businesses will continue to go digital.

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22-cisk3 left"> <p>ARCHIVE PHOTO: Fijian family board their canoe as a sunset lights up the sky behind an island's mountain range in Suva May 1, 2004. | REUTERS/David Gray DG/CP<

Pacific Islands Facing COVID-19 Urged to Fight Climate Change and Inequality as they Reopen

Pacific islands have had relatively few COVID-19 infections but migrant workers have been forced to return home.