With the U.S. withdrawing from international organizations and alienating other countries with tariffs, the 10-nation BRICS grouping has been gradually stepping in to fill a growing soft-power vacuum, analysts say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/world/politics/brics-soft-power-trump-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brics #g7 #us #donaldtrump #healthcare #ai #diseases

All hypotheses on how the COVID-19 pandemic began remain open, the World Health Organization said Friday, following an inconclusive four-year investigation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/28/world/science-health/who-covid-origins-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #who #diseases #health#covid19