Scientists at the Department of Neurology of the University of Bern and University Hospital Bern has identified how sleep helps in processing emotions. The study was published in the journal, ‘Science’. The work expands the importance of sleep in mental health and opens new ways of therapeutic strategies. Rapid eye movement (REM or paradoxical) sleep … Read more
Sorare Co-founder & CEO Nicolas Julia speaks during the Web Summit 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal on … [+] November 1, 2021. The Web Summit 2021, one of the world’s largest technology, innovation and entrepreneurship events, will be held in Lisbon from November 1st to 4th, after last year’s edition was entirely online due to the … Read more
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) – Dozens more civilians were rescued Friday from the tunnels under the besieged steel mill where Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol have been making their last stand to prevent Moscow’s complete takeover of the strategically important port city. Russian and Ukrainian officials said 50 people were evacuated from the Azovstal plant and handed … Read more
London CNN Business – The European Union is proposing to ban all oil imports from Russia by the end of the year and remove the country’s largest bank, Sberbank, from the SWIFT international payments network. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday the measures would form part of a sixth round of sanctions … Read more
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine CNN – Civilians evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol have described their harrowing ordeal after arriving in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia. CNN’s team in Zaporizhzhia saw the arrival of five buses with evacuees and witnessed emotional scenes on Tuesday, as people emerged from the buses and were greeted by … Read more
___ Amazon workers in NYC reject union in a reversal of fortune NEW YORK (AP) – Amazon warehouse workers overwhelmingly rejected a union bid on Monday, dealing a blow to organizers who last month pulled off the first successful US organizing effort in the retail giant’s history. This time around, warehouse workers cast 618 votes … Read more
Dmytro, 39, sits by the grave of his childhood friend Andrii Parkhomenko, on May 1, in Irpin, Ukraine. (Alexey Furman / Getty Images) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said during an address Sunday that for the first time today, the vital corridor to evacuate civilians from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol had started working. Zelensky … Read more
Azovstal steel plant employee Natalia Usmanova, 37, who was evacuated from Mariupol, arrives at a temporary accommodation center during the Ukraine-Russia conflict in the village of Bezimenne in the Donetsk Region, Ukraine on May 1. (Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is working with the United Nations in an … Read more
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) – A long-awaited effort to evacuate people from a steel plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was underway Sunday, the United Nations said, while US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed she visited Ukraine’s president to show unflinching American support for the country’s defense against Russian aggression. UN humanitarian spokesman Saviano Abreu … Read more
CNN – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made an unannounced trip to the Ukrainian capital on Saturday, becoming the most senior United States official to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky since the war broke out more than two months ago. Pelosi’s office confirmed the trip in a statement on Sunday, saying the speaker had led an … Read more