Middle and upper class Argentinians are rushing to spend their currency at restaurants before it loses further value. Inflation is at 114 percent, the fourth highest in the world, but restaurant attendance is 20% higher than its previous peak.

International rules prohibit research on human embryos more than 14 days after fertilization. Stem cells have the ability to transform into other types of cells, so scientists were able to mimic an embryo without using sperm or eggs. One important research focus enabled with this breakthrough is understanding the causes of pregnancy loss during implantation.

Construction can be as much as one-fourth of China’s economic output, but housing construction has fallen over 20 percent in 2023, compared to the first five months of last year. Housing developers have defaulted on debts and many housing units remain incomplete. Chinese officials have suggested an economic stimulus plan may occur.

Previously, building plans in the West Bank required four to five approvals. Now, plans only require two approvals, and the final approval is Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who is an ultranationalist. The U.S. State Department’s senior Middle East diplomat is in Israel this week to discuss de-escalation.