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This briefing has ended. Click here for the latest updates. Here’s what you need to know: Northeastern ousts 11 students for violating safety protocols, and keeps their $ 36,500 tuition. The first famines of the coronavirus era are at the world’s doorstep, the U.N. warns. The lockdown in Melbourne, Australia, …

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — It’s a question many parents of children with dwarfism have contemplated: If a medication could make them taller, would they give it to them? Now, that possibility is becoming less hypothetical. A study published this weekend in the journal The Lancet found that an experimental drug …

Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now In a new report called “Regulating Biometrics: Global Approaches and Urgent Questions,” the AI Now Institute says regulation advocates are beginning to believe a biometric surveillance state is not inevitable. The report’s release couldn’t be more timely. As the pandemic …