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Following the dissolution, authorities will from next week "nominate new members so that the reformed court can quickly help us find solutions to the disputes arising from the legislative elections," he said. … [Read more...] about Malian president dissolves constitutional court to ease tensions

“The crisis in municipal funding is pushing creativity. Administrators are exploring this concept of issuing their own currency instead of bonds to finance their Covid response,” said Susan Witt, director of the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. … [Read more...] about US town grows money from trees during pandemic downturn

By Alan Crawford In July 1945, at the close of World War II, the leaders of the U.S., Great Britain and the Soviet Union gathered at a Prussian royal palace in Potsdam outside the conquered German capital to hammer out the new global order. The seeds were sown for the Cold War. As visitors in face masks ponder the consequences of those decisions at a new exhibition to mark the 75th anniversary of the conference, the geopolitical map of the world is again being redrawn. This time, it’s a result of the coronavirus, which German Chancellor Angela Merkel has described as the biggest challenge of the postwar era. Half-way into a year dominated by the pandemic, governments are confronting a health crisis, an economic crisis and a crisis of institutional legitimacy, all at a time of heightening geopolitical rivalry. How those tectonic shifts crystallize over the next six months will go a long way to determining the post-virus era. Trends that were already discernible pre-Covid-19 … [Read more...] about A new world order for the coronavirus era is emerging

Unemployment in Israel has soared to 21% since the country went into partial lockdown in March and aid packages promised by the government have been slow to come through, frustrating Israelis who fear they are on the verge of economic collapse. … [Read more...] about Israelis protest against government response to coronavirus

The new layout will have a ‘Meet’ tab to set up new meeting, get links to share, or schedule a video call in Calendar. If a user shares a meeting link that requires a passcode to join, the recipient just has to tap on ‘join with a code’ option and key in the code. … [Read more...] about Today’s cache | Hey Email, Etsy uses AR, and more