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The sudden drop in human activity during lockdown, gave scientists a unique opportunity to study the planet leading to new insights on climate change.

“It’s about creating green spaces, lowering the temperatures, giving quality of life and creating new reference points inside the city,” Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis said. The city had a population explosion in the decades after World War Two when migration from rural areas fuelled uncontrolled building. The concept of ‘antiparochi’ - owners exchanging land plots for apartments - became widespread. Detached houses were replaced by rows of blocks. With more people came more cars and smog, in a city where temperatures can top 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) during a heat...

Top stories: WHO grants emergency use for Johnson & Johnson vaccine; Australia and Singapore discuss air travel bubble; Some countries suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine.

Companies should be thinking about how they can capitalize on the bounce-back and get ready for new regulatory developments.

A new protocol that allows service providers to choose which route their data takes could help reduce the internet's rising emissions of greenhouse gas.