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“Benny Gantz, this is your moment of truth. As someone who knows Netanyahu better than anyone, I estimate that he won’t sign a coalition deal with you, not today, not tomorrow.”

Israel gets an emergency government, Gantz and Netanyahu sign unity agreement

By: EBR | Tuesday, April 21, 2020

The deal averts what would have been a fourth consecutive election in just over a year as the country fights its coronavirus outbreak

Brent oil prices have collapsed around 60% since the start of the year, while U.S. crude futures have fallen around 130% to levels well below break-even costs necessary for many shale drillers. This has led to drilling halts and drastic spending cuts.

Oil market in Europe and US under pressure and falling sharply

By: EBR | Tuesday, April 21, 2020

The price of US oil has turned negative for the first time in history. That means oi; producers are paying buyers to take the commodity off their hands over fears that storage capacity could run out in May

Brief political turmoil ensued on April 12 with the resignation of the Turkish interior minister, promptly turned down by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, subsequently reigniting speculations over tensions within the presidential palace and the governing coalition.

The Ripple Effects of the Coronavirus in Turkey

By: EBR | Friday, April 17, 2020

The way autocratic regimes make use of the coronavirus pandemic is disrupting democracy and governance worldwide. Turkey is no exception

“We regret the decision of the President of the United States to order a halt in funding to the World Health Organization,” said Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

WHO officials respond to US funding halt: ‘We regret the decision’

By: EBR | Thursday, April 16, 2020

World Health Organization (WHO) officials responded to news that the United States would temporarily halt funding to the agency at a briefing

President Trump wants a final plan on reopening the country ready within days so he can issue suggestions for some states to reopen May 1, officials said.

Breaking news: A Plan to Get America Back to Work

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 15, 2020

The plan has been leaked in the US to reopen the economy in phases. The plan, entitled ‘Work for America’, should start as soon of possible, while a number of infections in the country is increasing rapidly

"This is a crisis like no other, and there is substantial uncertainty about its impact on people’s lives and livelihoods."

IMF predicts: the global coronavirus becomes the worst economic downturn since the great depression

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 15, 2020

The world has changed dramatically in the three months since the last IMF-update of the World Economic Outlook in January

The globalization of trade and capital flows, to say nothing of the cross-border surge in information and labor flows, makes it hard to envision that an increasingly interconnected world would ever reverse course.

China’s Global Role: The 2010 Perspective

By: EBR | Tuesday, April 14, 2020

From our archives (2010 edition): Why does China have to step up and take the helm of global economic reform?

“I would say without question it’s the biggest decision I’ve ever had to make”.

Who will reopen the American economy: President Trump or his governors?

By: EBR | Tuesday, April 14, 2020

President Trump is at great risk of a major conflict with his governors

Gantz froze the anti-Netanyahu legislation and accepted the post of parliament speaker as he began talks on a rotation agreement in which both men would serve as prime minister.

President Rivlin of Israel rejects coalition talks between Gantz and Netanyahu

By: EBR | Monday, April 13, 2020

President Rivlin of Israel rejects coalition talks between Gantz and Netanyahu, pushing nation to an unprecedented fourth election

The Democrats’ chances against Trump has always rested on getting a big voter turnout, especially in the urban areas, which have been hardest hit by COVID 19.

Could the Pandemic Re-elect Trump?

By: EBR | Friday, April 10, 2020

Has the coronavirus crisis really severely damaged, if not doomed, Trump’s chances of being re-elected? What the Democrats must do to win

Governments are beginning to reinforce their healthcare systems.

Healthcare Lessons for the Post-Corona World

By: EBR | Friday, April 10, 2020

Unlike the fallout from the 2008/9 global financial crisis, improving the healthcare sectors across the world should not retard economic growth

COVID 19’s rapid spread through Asia has shown that poorer countries with weak health systems have been unable to cope, leaving many citizens with little or no treatment.

Advantage Asia: Social Cohesion as King in the COVID 19 Era

By: EBR | Thursday, April 9, 2020

Social cohesion will be critical in this new world of the COVID 19 crisis. Asia’s case proves that social cohesion is Janus-faced, working in two opposite directions

Biden said that coronavirus had ‘magnified some of our worst systemic inequities’, and that black and Hispanic communities are suffering higher infection and death rates than white communities.

Biden wages ’unequal combat’ with Trump and is not really rid of Sanders

By: EBR | Thursday, April 9, 2020

At a virtual town hall on Wednesday, just hours after Bernie Sanders dropped out of the presidential race, Joe Biden assumed the mantle of his party’s presumptive nominee

The end of December, Taiwanese officials, ignored by the WHO at China’s behest, sounded the alarm that the virus could be transmitted from human to human.

WHO ignored a Taiwanese Corona-virus alarm at China’s behest

By: N. Peter Kramer | Thursday, April 9, 2020

The World Health Organisation is an institution that should be the vanguard of the global fight against the Corona virus but is failing

Critics say the WHO has been too trusting of the Chinese government, which initially tried to conceal the outbreak in Wuhan. Others have faulted the organization and its leader, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, for moving too slowly in declaring a global health emergency.

World Health Organization under attack, Trump threatens to shut down funding

By: EBR | Thursday, April 9, 2020

President Trump looks into the possibility to halt the United States funding of the World Health Organization for not having informed the world community on time about the threat of the coronavirus threat

Under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Iran is obligated to declare all its nuclear materials and activities to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Is Iran’s Nuclear Future in the Hands of Russia and China?

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 8, 2020

With new concerns about Iran’s nuclear activities emerging, Russia and China could take on the role of engaging with Tehran to make it cooperate with the UN’s nuclear watchdog

Crisis communication is only one side of the coin – the mitigation part. Sometimes, when you need to effect change through communication, developing a capability to speak “society” is required, and not all businesses are prepared to speak beyond marketing and balance sheets.

Superclans amid covid19 crises: acting swiftly, strategically, seriously

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 8, 2020

A global pandemic demands a global response, and in an almost leaderless world, the void must be filled by informal, global and national, leaders. Superclans, namely global successful families, can lead as we are facing a crisis of big proportions: a health disaster coupled with an economic one to follow

“The prime minister is in intensive care,” Gove said. “He’s a man of great zest and appetite for life.”

UK PM Johnson in intensive care, needed oxygen after COVID-19 symptoms worsened

By: EBR | Tuesday, April 7, 2020

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in intensive care on Tuesday after receiving oxygen support for serious COVID-19 complications while his foreign minister took over the helm of government as the outbreak accelerated

"The European Union, with its expanding network of partners in developing countries can spearhead the transformation. But to do so, European institutions, national governments and policymakers will have to look beyond today’s challenges, short-term victories, petty rivalries and self-absorbed reflexes."

Yesterday’s aid and trade policies won’t work for tomorrow’s problems

By: EBR | Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Better late than never. After weeks of neglect, the global spotlight is finally on Covid-19’s devastating social and economic impact on the world’s most vulnerable

The most important factor in November will be what voters think about Trump’s leadership in this time of extraordinary crisis: Did he do a good job or a poor job trying to quell the pandemic and rescue the economy?

Bernie Sanders drops out of the 2020 Democratic presidential race?

By: EBR | Monday, April 6, 2020

Vermont independent Senator Bernie Sanders is receiving advice to quickly exit the 2020 presidential campaign

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