Pandemic
US, EU strongly decry UN declaration promising international collaboration in face of pandemic
US initially requested that the UN removed "mentions of equity and universal access to sexual and reproductive health care services," to make the Trump administration comfortable with the language.
US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress after refusing to answer questioning
Senate panel obtains Fauci’s COVID-era iPhone records as contempt vote approaches - report
Congo bans gatherings in Kinshasa and three provinces over Ebola outbreak
US air travel tops 2019 numbers for first time since COVID-19 pandemic
After averaging roughly 2-2.5 million passengers per day at US airports before the pandemic, air traffic dropped to a low of roughly 90,000 per day in April 2020.
As disruption persists, digital investment will drive efficiency and profitability - comment
In today’s high-cost environment, leaning into digital investment is an essential enabler for driving efficiency and profitability.
Children express their feelings better to robots than to people - study
A team from the University of Cambridge conducted a study to see how well children express their feelings and their mental health to a robot.
Wanderlust in Israel – why and to where do people travel?
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis will take the opportunity to travel abroad once more, while the weather is ideal in so many parts of the world and the prices are far cheaper than the summer fares.
Wanderlust in Israel – why and to where do people travel?
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis will take the opportunity to travel abroad once more, while the weather is ideal in so many parts of the world and the prices are far cheaper than the summer fares.
North Korea reports unknown fever cases near China border, denies COVID
Authorities have dispatched epidemiological, virology and test experts to the area to investigate the cause of the fever cases while imposing measures to prevent their spread.
Economic inequality is the great plague of the 21st century
Zvi Stepak: “Inequality must be reduced. Israeli society is divided enough between right and left, between the haredim and the secular. We don’t need to add to this.”
Israel's Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Q2 profit tops expectations
In the April-June period, the bank said it earned 1.05 billion shekels ($325 million), up from 988 million a year earlier.
Partisanship influences how people view pandemic response - report
A Pew Research Center survey found that people's views of their government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic are heavily influenced by partisanship.
The mental health pandemic: America's great national emergency - opinion
We can only hope that our elected officials will begin to address mental health for what it is, a national emergency.
