Generosity knows no bounds? Not during the COVID-19 pandemic Older adults are more willing to help others compared to younger adults but will prioritize those within their own country – particularly when it comes to donating to charity. This group was also more compliant with public health guidelines for physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a team of international researchers. In the study published in Nature Aging, researchers from McGill University, the University of Birmingham, University of Oxford, and University of Vienna examined prosocial behaviour around the world using a global survey of 46,500 people from 67 different countries in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers found that older adults had stronger self-reported preferences for people in the same country. They were also more likely to report identifying with their country and agreed more strongly with statements such as “my country deserves special treatment.” More gen
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Voters in Germany will go to the polls in a key regional election on Sunday with the far right seeking to cause a historic upset just three months before the country chooses its next leader.
Polls show the anti-Islam, anti-lockdown Alternative for Germany (AfD) in a close race with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
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The state is part of the former East Germany where the AfD has flourished in recent years and is bidding to become the largest party in a state parliament for the first time in its history.
A poor result for Ms Merkel’s party would heap pressure on its nominee for the September 26 election, Armin Laschet, who emerged as the winner from a bruising internal struggle in April.