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With oil cheap, Arab states cannot balance their books

The Economist While countries around the world adopt cleaner sources of energy, Covid-19 has given the Middle East and North Africa a...

Covid-19 and RCEP: make or break?

Oxford Business Group The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – potentially the world’s largest free trade deal – has...

Security Council extends for one year, lifesaving cross-border aid to Syria

UN News The Security Council has authorized one year, cross-border humanitarian aid to allow the delivery of food, medicine and other...

Alibaba Cloud offers AI platform to support coronavirus medical efforts

Elieen Yu, ZDNet Chinese tech giant will provide data insights gleaned from its artificial intelligence-powered applications to help...

Can AI Serve The World In A Time Of Crisis Like The COVID-19 Pandemic

Niven Narain, Ai Thority As COVID-19 continues to ravage parts of the world, global industries including tech, healthcare and...

Israel announces partnership with U.A.E., Which throws cold water on it

Ronen Bergman and Ben Hubbard, The New York Times Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touted a rare public opening between the two...

COVID-19 pandemic to transform China-Africa relations

Chiponda Chimbelu, DW The coronavirus outbreak has revealed cracks in the China-Africa dynamic. Gone are the days of Chinese big loans...

'More masks than jellyfish': coronavirus waste ends up in ocean

Renee Cho, Columbia University, State of the Planet Earth Instituted A glut of discarded single-use masks and gloves is washing up on...

Protect livelihoods during COVID-19 or risk a boom in aid-dependency

International Committee of the Red Cross New survey data serves as a warning that economic hardships brought about by the COVID-19...

Covid-19 Will Accelerate the AI Health Care Revolution

Kai-Fu Lee, Wired Disease diagnosis, drug discovery, robot delivery—artificial intelligence is already powering change in the pandemic’s...

Leveraging AI to battle this pandemic — and the next one

Theos Evgeniou, David R. Hardoon, and Anton Ovchinnikov, Harvard Business Review Throughout the pandemic, great emphasis has been placed...

An AI future set to take over post-Covid world

Seuj Saikia, The Indian Express A fourth industrial revolution led by artificial intelligence will restructure industries globally; care...

Unprecedented World Health Assembly Convenes Online As Pandemic Rages

Jason Beaubien, NPR The 73rd World Health Assembly took place over teleconference with the main focus being the fight against the...

Why a Globally Accessible Vaccine Is Crucial to Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jamie Ducharme, Time 'No One in the World Is Safe Until Everybody's Safe.' If the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us anything, it’s the...

Turkey's aid diplomacy

Hilal Kaplan, Daily Sabah “On one hand, Turkey is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic on a national scale, it is also consolidating its...

You Can Now Attend VR Meetings—No Headset Required

Julian Chokkattu, Wired Virtual-reality workspace startup Spatial is offering a free version for users. All you need is a web browser....

Consulates and COVID-19: how Japan, the Bahamas, and the United Kingdom are learning and coping

Trevor Williams, Global Atlanta Reflections on a virtual event held regarding consular practices during COVID-19. Read the full article...

How China is using technology to fight coronavirus

Aditya Chaturvedi, Geospatial world Various technologies (Positioning technologies, Satellite monitoring, Robotics, Health sensors,...

A Post-Pandemic Revival for Regionalism: The Role of the EU

Yaroslav Lissovolik, Valdai Discussion Club The current international economic system is stress-tested by a series of systemic challenges...

Taiwan's Coronavirus Moment — And Delicate Balancing Act

John Ruwitch, NPR An analysis of Taiwan's response to COVID-19 and its geopolitical implications. Read the full article HERE #WHO #Taiwan...