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China's factories restart just as coronavirus hits global demand
Nikki Sun and CK Tan, Nikkei Asian Review Just as the worst of the coronavirus passed in China, and Beijing pressed companies to resume...


AfDB Announces Bold Measures to Curb Coronavirus
Newsroom The African Development Bank (AfDB) Announced health and safety measures to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus in...


What the US can learn from Israel’s handling of coronavirus crisis
Frenkel, Jonathon. Israel 21st Century Israel sets a good example of best practices in terms of lessening anxieties, having close...


EU diplomats give green light to Albania and North Macedonia
EUObserver EU states' ambassadors have provisionally agreed to open accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia, ending months of...


Singapore and Australia deepen bilateral ties with raft of new agreements
Lim Yan Liang, Straits Times Singapore and Australia yesterday inked a digital economy pact that aims to set a benchmark for...


Innovationeering: Innovation in the time of coronavirus
Thomas Graham, Becker's Healthcare Doctors stress the importance of innovation at this time, highlighting three main themes: Novel...


The Israeli Inventions That Lessen The Healthcare System’s Burden
Hagar Ravet, CTech by Calcalist Israel's use of startup and technology resources contributes to six innovations that are helping to...


5 innovation leaders on how COVID-19 has altered digital strategy
Andrea Park, Becker's Healthcare Individuals express how successful innovation has been in the medical world, including high numbers of...


Business and workers unite in call for international cooperation on COVID-19
International Chamber of Commerce The world’s business and workers’ organisations have joined forces to issue an open letter calling on...


EU to give €20 million to aid sanctions-hit Iran in coronavirus fight
France 24 with Reuters The European Union will send €20 million in humanitarian aid to Iran, which is subject to US sanctions, to help...


Medical Diplomacy to Face The Global Health Challenges: A Case Study of COVID-19
Dr. Mory Sumaworo, FrontPage Africa Online Health crises pose fundamental challenges to international relations and have been a major...


Virtual Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Highlights Indonesia-Malaysia Cooperation Amid Growing COVID-19
Prashanth Parameswaran, The Diplomat The foreign ministers of Malaysia and Indonesia held a virtual meeting amid the rise of a new...


Coronavirus Forces Diplomats to Find New Ways to Seal Peace Deals and Forge Agreements
Daniel Michaels, Laurence Norman & Dion Nissenbaum, Wall Street Journal While diplomacy involves face to face connections in order to...


The Mandera Triangle Crisis: Somalia and Kenya Diplomatic Faceoff
Abdirashid Diriye Kalmoy, Modern Diplomacy While the COVID-19 was morphing from an epidemic into a catastrophic global pandemic,...


Researchers: Nearly Half Of Accounts Tweeting About Coronavirus Are Likely Bots
Bobby Allyn, NPR Nearly half of the Twitter accounts spreading messages on the social media platform about the coronavirus pandemic are...


WhatsApp and WHO create a chatbot to share reliable coronavirus information
Christine Fisher, Engadget In an attempt to help users find accurate coronavirus information, WhatsApp and the World Health Organization...


Office of the USTR Invites Public to Identify Products Potentially Helpful to U.S. Response
Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) The USTR has invited public comments on the US government's response to...


A Covid-19 Supply Chain Shock Born in China is Going Global
Shawn Donnan, Christoph Rauwald, Joe Deaux and Ian King, Bloomberg The world's supply chains are facing a root-to-branch shutdown unlike...


EU Commission creates first ever rescEU stockpile of medical equipment
European Commission The European Commission has decided to create a strategic rescEU stockpile of medical equipment such as ventilators...


India’s growing engagement with the South Caucasus
Emil Avdaliani, Modern Diplomacy Throughout decades the South Caucasus has played a relatively minor role in India’s foreign policy....
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