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Predictive Model Illustrates Transmissibility of COVID-19 (Erin McNemar, MPA, Health IT Analytics)

University of Chicago researchers used flu data and similarities to create a predictive model showing how COVID-19 spreads. While COVID-19 is more transmissible and deadlier than most...

Should You Buy a Home in the US? (Robert J. Shiller, Project-Syndicate)

Even at currently elevated US home-price levels, buying still makes sense for those who are set on ownership. But buyers need to be sure...

Despite calls, Albania remains reluctant to find its 6,000 missing communism victims (Alice Taylor, Euractiv)

Nazmi Uruci’s descendants have been searching for his remains for almost 80 years. Born in northern Albania in 1904, Nazmi was a customs official...

Germany says EU border protection is ‘legitimate’ (Euractiv)

Germany’s interior minister said Sunday (24 October) it was “legitimate” to protect borders, after several EU states asked Brussels to pay for barriers to...

Chinese companies blame “misinformation” for difficult political climate in EU (Janos Ammann, Euractiv)

62% of Chinese companies in Europe believe that the political climate has deteriorated for them. In a recent survey, they blame “media disinformation” among...

Deforestation continues unabated ahead of COP26 (Kyra Taylor, Euractiv)

An average of 2,400 trees is cut down every minute, leading to an area the size of Belgium being deforested each year, according to...

‘Sun beneath our feet’: The European cities turning to geothermal (Anna Gumbau, Euractiv)

A growing number of cities in Europe are betting on geothermal to provide households with clean heating, but the little-known renewable energy source will...

Uzbeks vote to re-elect their president (Georgi Gotev, Euractiv)

Uzbekistan held presidential elections on Sunday (24 October) amid little doubt that incumbent Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who has opened the Central Asian country to the...

German police stop far-right vigilantes patrolling Polish border (Euractiv)

German police said on Sunday (24 October) they had stopped more than 50 far-right vigilantes armed with pepper spray, a bayonet, a machete and...

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