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Businessman Peter Nygard arrives at Norby Walters' 26th Annual Night Of 100 Stars Oscar Viewing at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 28, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.

Former Fashion Executive Peter Nygard Charged With Sex Trafficking

Nygard, the former CEO of the Canada-based Nygard International, was arrested in Winnipeg on Monday on a U.S request for extradition.

In this online poster, now removed, Malaysia's Ministry for Women, Family and Community Development advised women working at home to wear makeup and office clothes so as not to offend their husbands.

Don't Nag Your Husband During Lockdown, Malaysia's Government Advises Women

An online campaign recommended business attire and makeup while working at home, and to avoid sarcasm when asking for help with housework. The women of Malaysia were not amused.

A shopper checking out at the Trader Joe's near San Diego State University campus during the coronavirus pandemic on March 20, 2020.

California Awakes To New Reality: Homebound Amid Outbreak

Californians awoke to a new reality after the governor issued stay-at-home orders for nearly 40 million people amid the coronavirus outbreak. The move by Gov. Gavin Newsom was the most sweeping in the country in the effort to curb the pandemic.

This Feb. 5, 2020 self-portrait by Matthew McCoy with some of nearly 200 fellow coronavirus evacuees from China, background, where they are being quarantined at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, Calif. The cluster of American consular officials, businesspeople and families with children were whisked out of the city of Wuhan on a U.S.-chartered plane last week. Since then, they have formed their own community while waiting to be released from a 14-day federal quarantine order designed to limit the virus' spread.

Life Under Virus Quarantine: Boxing, Chalk Art And Waiting

At a military base in Riverside, California, the nearly 200 Americans evacuated out of a Chinese city over the viral outbreak have been jogging together, taking classes and eating pizza at a Super Bowl party.

Small cannabis clones are seen in a display case at SDRC, a San Diego-based dispensary, Nov. 1, 2019.

San Diego Marijuana Businesses Among Nearly 400 With Suspended Licenses

California cannabis regulators last week suspended the licenses of nearly 400 businesses — including nine in San Diego County — for failing to enroll in the state's system for tracking marijuana from where it's grown to where it's sold.

The Russian Navy's Admiral Vinogradov arrives for a five-day goodwill visit at the South Harbor of Manila in June 2018. The vessel was involved in a incident Tuesday in the Sea of Japan involving the USS John S. McCain.

U.S., Russian Navies Involved In Brief Confrontation At Sea

Russia says it "chased off" a U.S. Navy ship in contested territory in the Sea of Japan, according to the Defense Ministry in Moscow.

Parents wearing masks look on as San Diego junior lifeguards prepare to jump off the Ocean Beach pier Monday, July 6, 2020, in San Diego. The annual event, seen by some San Diegans as a rite of passage, took place again this year, but with precautions meant to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, including smaller groups of junior lifeguards and fewer parents allowed on the pier at any one time.

SD County Records Another Daily High In COVID-19 Cases

Of 5,530 tests reported Tuesday, 10% were positive. The 14-day rolling average of positive tests is now at 5.9%.

President Trump has said he wants to see the country begin to reopen. The pandemic crashed the economy by keeping people at home, leading to millions of job losses.

White House Rejected 'Overly Prescriptive' CDC Guidance For Reopening Communities

The CDC developed detailed rules for child care centers, schools, camps, restaurants, churches and mass transit. The White House coronavirus task force said the draft guidance went too far.

Dr. Eric McDonald, medical director of the county’s epidemiology department, at a news briefing, March 23, 2021.

Two Cases Of COVID-19 Brazilian Variant Found In San Diego County

The new strain of the virus first discovered in Brazil may be more effective in resisting vaccines, said Dr. Eric McDonald, medical director of the county’s epidemiology department.

Above: N., a sex worker at a bar in Pattaya, Thailand. The sex trade has offered good-paying jobs for many people from rural areas who were facing a life of tending rice paddies and digging up cassava roots.

How The Pandemic Has Upended The Lives Of Thailand's Sex Workers

Many of them left rural areas to earn their living in the sex trade and send money home to help their families. COVID-19 restrictions have changed all that.

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