Month: March 2021
Nuclear Power’s Prospects Cool a Decade After Fukushima Meltdowns
The triple meltdowns at Japanese nuclear reactors in Fukushima after the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami marked a turning point in an industry that once dreamed of providing the world with nearly unlimited power.
Read MoreSyrian Medics Lay Out the Devastating Scale of Attacks on Healthcare Facilities Over 10 Years of War
Dr. Yamen’s nightmares began in 2015, the second time a hospital he was working in was attacked. Every night for about a month after he would return in dreams to the moment he emerged in shock from a basement bomb
Read MoreDooly closes on $20M for AI-based tools to help salespeople with their busywork
Robotic process automation has taken the enterprise world by storm, by providing a set of tools for those doing repetitive, volume-based tasks to use software to remove some of that labor to let those people focus on more complicated tasks.
Read MoreU.S. forces: Rockets hit airbase in Iraq hosting U.S. troops – POLITICO
U.S. forces: Rockets hit airbase in Iraq hosting U.S. troops POLITICO Rockets hit military base in Iraq FOX59 News Iraq rocket fire targets base hosting US, coalition forces Fox News Airbase hosting US troops in Iraq targeted in rocket attack, coalition says CNN Rockets
Read More‘Tip Of the Iceberg’: Interpol Says Fake COVID-19 Vaccines Were Smuggled Across Continents
By the time police discovered the shipment of fake COVID-19 vaccines, the vials had travelled over 6,000 miles from China to South Africa, the work of a smuggling ring that has produced thousands of counterfeit doses, according to Interpol, the
Read MorePope Francis to meet Iraqi ayatollah in move laden with geopolitical undertones
Pontiff’s talks with Ali al-Sistani will implicitly recognize him as Shiite Islam’s chief interlocutor over his rival, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
Read MoreFiverr to raise $700 million in New York share sale after value surge
Israeli tech firm that connects businesses with freelancers has seen shares jump over 800% in past 12 months to company valuation of $10 billion
Read More88% of Israelis aged 50+ have been vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19
While serious cases decreasing, downward trend in infections has halted, prompting officials to call into question further steps to reopen the economy
Read MoreState Department Should Be More Diverse And Engaged Across U.S., Report Says
The Biden administration pledges a foreign policy that delivers to middle-class Americans. Linking up to locales across the country — outside D.C. — could help with that, according to a new report. (Image credit: Maryum Saifee)
Read MoreColombia Offers Legal Status To Migrants Who Fled Venezuela
More than 5 million Venezuelans have fled their country, many of them to neighboring Colombia, whose president is winning praise for his open-door policy toward Venezuelans.
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