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In the United States alone, a staggering 17 million people registered for unemployment benefits in just three weeks, shortly after economic activity in the country screeched to a halt.

In Times of Crisis, You Can Help More Than You Think

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 15, 2020

If you’re reading this, you probably have the wherewithal to help others hit by the COVID-19 pandemic

“That kind of leadership doesn’t just belong in our state capitols and mayor’s offices. It belongs in the White House. And that’s why I’m so proud to endorse Joe Biden for president of the United States.”

Obama and Sanders endorsed Biden; will it really help to become president of the United States?

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 15, 2020

There’re breakpoints of corruption of his son and assault of sexual harassment

Around the world, informal networks often provide bridges over systemic gaps that, for one reason or another, are not filled by existing institutions.

Why informal networks will be key to the COVID-19 recovery

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 15, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred the creation of many formal emergency responses, initiatives and partnerships

The speed and safety of the recovery thus will depend critically on whether the risks of group activities have been lowered sufficiently.

The Priority for the Social-Distancing Period

By: EBR | Monday, April 13, 2020

With COVID-19 quickly spreading around the world, much of the attention has correctly centered on the need for social distancing to slow transmission of the virus

By the late 1990s, the progress of international immunization programmes was stalling. Nearly 30 million children in developing countries were not fully immunized against deadly diseases, and many others weren’t immunized at all.

A brief history of vaccines and how they changed the world

By: EBR | Friday, April 10, 2020

It is no secret that vaccinations have revolutionized global health. Arguably the single most life-saving innovation in the history of medicine, vaccines have eradicated smallpox, slashed child mortality rates, and prevented lifelong disabilities

"Now that the US has failed miserably to contain the outbreak despite having the world’s most advanced health system, Americans will find it exceedingly difficult to return to economic normalcy until a vaccine becomes widely available, which could be a year or more away."

Mapping the COVID-19 Recession

By: EBR | Friday, April 10, 2020

Until there is a better sense of when and how the COVID-19 public-health crisis will be resolved, economists cannot even begin to predict the end of the recession that is now underway

In treating the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is scrambling to build enough tents to treat those infected with a deadly, highly contagious virus. In New York, we see literal field hospitals in the middle of Central Park.

Lockdown is the world’s biggest psychological experiment - and we will pay the price

By: EBR | Thursday, April 9, 2020

What will the psychological impact be for 2.6 billion people under lockdown?

The emergency health situation declared by the EU states, challenges fundamental values in the heart of democracy.

Democracy & Fear

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 8, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has created singular situations that forced many states to take painful measures, both at the individual freedom and at the emotional levels

"The pandemic is of course a global calamity and, as such, it is a natural disaster and no one’s fault."

How COVID 19 Hits Bad Governments

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 8, 2020

COVID 19 is especially dangerous for people with pre-existing conditions. It also strikes countries with pre-existing bad governments with particular severity

Carbon dioxide emissions could fall by the largest amount since World War Two this year as the coronavirus outbreak brings economies to a virtual standstill, according to the chair of a network of scientists providing benchmark emissions data.

Coronavirus could trigger biggest fall in carbon emissions

By: EBR | Monday, April 6, 2020

Coronavirus could trigger biggest fall in carbon emissions since World War Two - but any decline could be short-lived

There is overwhelming historical evidence that contact between previously isolated populations and ecosystems — or their integration into larger units — has created major evolutionary discontinuities and often exacted a tragic disease toll.

Microbes in Motion

By: EBR | Monday, April 6, 2020

What are the major biological threats of the future — bio-terrorism and warfare, or disease?

What countries have done with all these slowdowns and shutdowns in workplaces and educational institutions and in society is they really slowed down the rate of increase of the COVID outbreaks. But they actually haven’t broken the transmission chain.

An expert on coronavirus explains

By: EBR | Friday, April 3, 2020

Can I go for a run? When will this end? How should testing work? A WHO expert on coronavirus explains

There are, to a certain degree, parallels that can be drawn between the current COVID-19 pandemic and some of the other contemporary crises our world is facing.

How climate change and the coronavirus are linked

By: EBR | Friday, April 3, 2020

We live in an age in which intersecting crises are being lifted to a global scale

The games will open July 23, 2021, and close Aug. 8, 2021. The Paralympics will be held Aug. 24 through Sept. 5, 2021.

The Olympics as biggest event postponed to 2021, global sport are losing billions of dollars

By: EBR | Friday, April 3, 2020

The corona pandemic strikes humanity right in the heart of life, has major consequences for the economy as well as for sport in all its professional and amateur competitions

The best instrument for combating the infodemic wars is truthful, high-quality journalism. But the print media sector has long been caught in the claws of a downward business cycle.

COVID 19: How to Fight the Infodemic Wars

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Beyond containing the COVID 19 virus, we must also contain the “infodemic” — the glut of misinformation from various sources. What does that take?

The response to the pandemic illustrates five actions we can take to address the global climate change crisis.

How COVID-19 might help us win the fight against climate change

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 31, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has elicited a global response unlike anything we’ve seen before

Draconian countermeasures have been adopted in many countries. If the pandemic dissipates — either on its own or because of these measures — short-term extreme social distancing and lockdowns may be bearable.

A fiasco in the making?

By: EBR | Thursday, March 26, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data

Could users define proactively what their data can be used for, such as accelerating the cure for COVID-19, or dementia or cancer?

How personal data could help contribute to a COVID-19 cure

By: EBR | Monday, March 23, 2020

The entire state of California just joined San Francisco and Silicon Valley in a "shelter at home" order from the state’s governor. Restaurants, movie theatres and schools are just some of the parts of our everyday lives that must be temporarily interrupted to curb the spread of Covid-19

Lest we forget, long before the onset of the coronavirus, we created something that I would call technological “self-quarantine.”

Social Distancing and the End of the Human Race

By: EBR | Monday, March 23, 2020

We were once concerned that robots might replace and displace humans. The much greater risk is that humans will become robots. No emotion. No love. No shared laughter. No shared tears

The growth of image manipulation has made it more difficult to make sound decisions based on images and videos - something businesses and individuals are doing at an increasing rate.

To beat deepfakes, we need to prove what is real

By: EBR | Monday, March 23, 2020

Today, the world captures over 1.2 trillion digital images and videos annually - a figure that increases by about 10% each year

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EU Actually

Russia and China warn the EU about Euroclear billions

N. Peter KramerBy: N. Peter Kramer

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin went on a working visit to Cina. After a meeting with his Chinese colleague Li Qiang in the city of Hangzhou, an extensive press release was published yesterday.

Europe

Disunited Parliament calls off EU budget rebellion

Disunited Parliament calls off EU budget rebellion

"The Commission’s proposals are quite good and meet our demands," said EPP MEP Herbert Dorfmann, while sources close to the file said centre-left S&D lawmakers were unhappy with the suggestions.

Business

China to loosen chip export ban to Europe after Netherlands row

China to loosen chip export ban to Europe after Netherlands row

Beijing has said it will loosen a chip export ban it imposed after Dutch authorities took over Nexperia, a Chinese-owned chipmaker based in the Netherlands.

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