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COVID-19
COVID-19: What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic on 7 August
Top stories: global confirmed cases pass 19 million, Victoria, Australia begins a 'total lockdown'; Indian cases pass 2 million.
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Industry
Economy
4th Industrial Revolution
Global Issue
Industry
Economy
4th Industrial Revolution
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Insurance and Asset Management
Why COVID-19 makes inclusion a strategic imperative for business
COVID-19 is a threshold moment in the alignment of words with deeds. Stakeholder capitalism and sustainable finance are gathering steam - are you on board?
Precision Medicine
How studying genetics and lifestyle can shape a healthier MENA region
Personalized medicine can play a big role in shaping a new healthcare model in MENA based on disease prevention - and this could bring significant benefits.
Global Health
Backcasting from a future health dystopia: 3 ways to prevent it
How can we avoid a future in which advanced healthcare technology is available only to the richest people and countries? Here are three places to start.
Mental Health
What are green prescriptions and how do they work?
They must be part of a systemic approach to incorporating nature-based interventions and thinking in urban infrastructure and service provision, write two experts.
COVID-19
COVID-19: Here's how we can help refugees
Lack of access to clean water and healthcare provision puts refugees at heightened risk from COVID-19, but with inclusive policy frameworks this can change.
COVID-19
Smartphones are now a must-have as India's schools go online
Smartphones help classes continue as schools remain closed, but the poorest families are struggling to keep up.
Global Health
A good news health story: hepatitis B cases fall below one percent in children
One of the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals was met this year, as cases of hepatitis B dropped to under 1% in children under 5.
COVID-19
How COVID-19 will look to geologists of the future
From the eventual fossilization of discarded PPE to lower carbon emissions, the pandemic has had small but noticeable impacts on the environment.
SDG 01: No Poverty
Why we can still end world poverty during coronavirus
While COVID-19 has caused massive economic disruption, recovery packages offer an opportunity to build back better and to, more importantly, end global poverty.
Climate Change
2020 set to be first or second warmest year on record
2020 has witnessed higher than average temperatures in Siberia and Europe - and June was one of the warmest Junes on record.
COVID-19
Do you wear a plastic mask? Here are 5 things you should know
Wearing a face mask in public has become compulsory in large parts of the world, but the disposable plastic masks are having a devastating effect on the environment.
Lebanon
This is how different countries are supporting Lebanon after the Beirut explosion
Following the explosion in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, on 4 August, multiple countries and international organizations have offered their assistance.
United States
How today's nuclear weapons compare to those used in WWII
The atomic bomb that the United States dropped on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, killed tens of thousands and flattened the Japanese city in an instant. Since then over 2,000 tests have been ...
COVID-19
5 myths about face masks under the microscope
A simple mechanism for slowing the spread of COVID-19, face coverings have become a flashpoint and a focus for fake news.