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A worker dressed in white protective gear disinfects as a precaution against the coronavirus at a café in Goyang, South Korea, Aug. 25, 2020.  
To quell COVID-19 outbreak, South Korea bans seating at big cafés
Protesters with signs stand in front of a Starbucks storefront.
Low coffee prices are starving farmers. Can a cartel fix it?
Paper coffee cups have a thin layer of plastic on the inside to prevent leaking. It’s a well-engineered vessel, but difficult to recycle.
Environment
Starbucks tries to save 6 billion cups a year from the trash … with help from McDonald’s
Starbucks announced plans to phase out single-use plastic straws by the year 2020. The company says it will eliminate the need for 1 billion straws annually.
Will dumping plastic straws lead to more environmental progress, or complacency?
A woman walks through Center City in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, clutching a hot Starbucks beverage
8,000 Starbucks stores will close this afternoon for bias training
Customers queue for coffee outside South Africa's first Starbucks outlet in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Economics
The first sub-Saharan Starbucks opens with an invite-only launch party
The triptych San Zeno Altarpiece, painted by Venetian Renaissance artist Andrea Mantegna. It is in the Basilica of San Zeno in Verona.
Technology
Can Italy build another Renaissance?
This is Sahu Cinema Hall, in the center of my hometown, Lucknow, India. I watched hundreds of movies there when I was kid, and it brings back lots of memories for me.
Culture
When I try to belong in America, I long for India — and vice versa
Lifestyle & Belief
I never expected sticker shock in New Delhi
Bishwanath Ghosh has been perfecting his pour at Kolkata's Ghosh Cabin for over 40 years.
Arts, Culture & Media
If you’ve never seen a tea wallah, here are photos fresh from India
Should Starbucks Ban Guns From Its Coffee Shops?
Arts, Culture & Media
Starbucks to Open First Shop in Coffee Rich Colombia
Business, Economics and Jobs
What Starbucks says about America
Arts, Culture & Media
Facing the rest of your life
Environment
Living Green
High Cost Diplomas Lead to Low Wage Jobs
Business, Economics and Jobs
Starbucks Challenging Germany’s Kaffeehaus
Arts, Culture & Media
Wesley Stace Becomes John Wesley Harding
Business, Economics and Jobs
Takeouts: Washington, Starbucks, your responses
Business, Economics and Jobs
Dusting yourself off after a layoff
Business, Economics and Jobs
SOS! (Save our Starbucks!)
Arts, Culture & Media
New York City restaurants begin counting calories
Business, Economics and Jobs
Romania’s growing pains