| Greetings, QuickTake readers! In this edition: Biden calls for national mask mandate, 6% of the U.K. caught Covid-19, and coronavirus misinformation killed hundreds of people.  Israel, UAE seal historic deal Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed Thursday to establish full diplomatic ties in a U.S.-brokered deal that forces Israel to delay plans to annex West Bank territory, long sought by Palestinians for a future state. The move means the UAE would join Egypt and Jordan as the only Arab countries with fully normal ties with Israel. Trump said he'll host Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the White House in the next three weeks to begin a wide range of talks. The deal, hailed by Trump as a "truly historic moment" and by Netanyahu as a "new era of peace with the Arab world," was assailed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as a betrayal by the UAE in line with "treason." Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who said talks between Israel and the UAE had been going on for 18 months, called the Palestinian response "fairly predictable that we've seen time and time again to all types of things that help make their people's lives better." A spokesman for Hamas, the U.S.-designated terrorist organization that runs the Gaza Strip, said the move was a "stab against the Palestinian cause" that'd spur Israel "to commit more aggression against our people." The agreement is a key foreign policy win for Trump ahead of the 2020 election. Even Joe Biden praised the deal, though not Trump, as "a brave and badly-needed act of statesmanship." National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien said Trump should be a "front-runner" for the Nobel Peace Prize. $ignificant figures 3.4 million. Around that many people in England, about 6% of the population, have contracted coronavirus, according to a major antibody study, which found nearly one in three patients had no symptoms. 942. India added that many coronavirus deaths on Thursday, topping the U.K. with a total of 47,033 fatalities, giving the country the world's fourth-largest death toll behind the U.S., Brazil, and Mexico. $0.15. The price of a movie ticket at more than 100 AMC theaters when the country's largest cinema chain, shuttered since March, reopens on August 20 for its "Movies in 2020 at 1920 Prices" promotion. Highly quotable "Be a patriot. Protect your fellow citizens." Joe Biden called for a national mask mandate, citing health experts' predictions that it could save 40,000 lives from coronavirus over the next three months. "Dismayed." Yale University denied DOJ allegations that it broke federal civil rights law by discriminating against Asian Americans and White applicants, calling the findings of a two-year probe "meritless" and "hasty." "Be cautious in buying imported frozen meat." Chinese officials said a surface sample of chicken wings from Brazil tested positive for coronavirus but that people who came into contact with the product tested negative. This is not normal Infodemic. At least 800 people around the world died and another 5,800 were hospitalized in the first three months of 2020 due to Covid-19-related misinformation on social media, a new study found.  The future is now Robotic bars. The post-pandemic future of your friendly bartender may be at risk as the nightlife industry dials back enclosed spaces and sloppy crowds and shifts to contactless cocktails served by robotic mixologists.  What's good Green power up. The global share of wind and solar energy has doubled since 2015 and made up 10% of electricity so far in 2020, driving the world closer to climate goals to limit the worst effects of global warming.  Now that you're caught up... Tell your friends to sign up to receive our newsletter five days a week. Follow QuickTake on Twitter , YouTube , Instagram, and Facebook . BTW: Satellite images show oil staining the turquoise waters off the coast of Mauritius after last week's oil spill, its worst-ever ecological disaster. Thanks for reading!
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