Researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have developed a prototype, called the Anti-Noise Control Window, that expands the concept of noise-cancelling headphones to encompass an entire room. The prototypes consist of 24 small speakers that are placed in a window and emit sound waves that correspond to incoming noise and cancel it out.  https://www.springwise.com/sustainability-innovation/health-wellbeing/noise-canceling-aparatus-singapore?

In Spain, a group of neighbors in Córdoba kept busy during lockdown by crocheting 50 meters of LGBTI flag for pride month. It now

I wonder who would have the skill to paint stairs like this?

Denmark has banned companies that are registered in tax havens from accessing financial aid during the Pandemic. The Nordic country has spent billions on aid for companies experiencing drastic drops in revenues but, in an amendment to the aid measures, companies registered in tax haven countries are not eligible for aid.Additionally, firms applying for an extension of Danish state aid must now promise not to pay dividends or make share buy-backs in 2020 and 2021. https://www.nordicpolicycentre.org.au/denmark_bars_tax_haven_companies_from_covid_19_financial_aid

Three-way video sessions are revolutionising Australia's healthcare system for those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.Australians from non-English speaking backgrounds are statistically less likely to access health services regularly, which often leads to poorer health outcomes.COVID-19 has prompted Western Sydney's Local Health District to bring forward the release of its new myVirtualCare service for patients, which includes a three-way video interpreting platform.https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video-interpreters-are-helping-people-in-australia-to-access-healthcare-in-their-language

The US Federal Reserve Board’s decision in March to throw the kitchen sink at whatever the coronavirus would do to financial markets provided a turning point for the US financial system, and prevented it from breaking.Post-mortems on what was happening at the epicentre of market action have suggested the Fed averted another financial crisis. The markets for Treasury securities and mortgage-backed securities, which were normally highly liquid, nearly "buckled" under the strain of the massive flows of funds in response to the pandemic. The market for Treasury securities provides the foundation of the US financial system and is a key plank – in fact, the key plank - within the global system.https://www