Global support for the Black Lives Matter movement isn't only about standing up against the injustice done to George Floyd, or Indigenous Australians in custody. People are also standing up against the entrenched racism that leads to a careless approach towards the lives of people who aren't white.
Many Victorians returning to stage three lockdown will be looking for ways to pass the hours at home. And some will be turning to birdwatching.
An international team of researchers that includes the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has conducted an impact assessment of the huge amounts of human-associated nitrogen that are released into the environment every year. In their paper published in the journal Nature Food, the group describes attempting to measure the amounts of human-associated nitrogen that is released into the environment and the impact it has.
People have few choices when borrowing money to fix holes in their budget. Many loans carry high interest rates or hidden fees. Here are your best options.
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More than two hours into a Senate Transportation and Public Safety Committee hearing Wednesday, Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen (R-Alexandria) became the latest conservative upset about the torn-down-and-removed Columbus statue. Ingebrigtsen said "at the very least we should demand" that the genocidal colonist's statue ...
Energy Transfer is not emptying or shutting down the Dakota Access Pipeline and is using all legal ways to fight the court order from Monday that would shut down the oil pipeline by August 5. On Monday, a federal judge ruled that the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), in operation since 2017, must be emptied and shut down within 30 days, by August 5, until a new comprehensive environmental review is completed. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia said that the Army Corps of Engineers... Читать дальше...
The five things brands with troublesome logos and history must do to change.
Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk said the carmaker is on the verge of developing technology to render its vehicles fully capable of driving themselves, repeating a claim he has made for years but been unable to achieve.
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On Tuesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a financial watchdog agency, made headlines by rolling back rules for payday lenders. The revised rules say lenders no longer have to assess if borrowers can afford to repay short-term loans.
The judge overseeing the big GM-FCA racketeering case throws it all out. China wants your new car smell to be healthy. GM shakes up its management. Carlos Ghosn apparently paid a hefty sum for his wild extraction from Japan. All that and more in The Morning Shift for July 9, 2020.
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And the damage they did to Tokyo's war effort.
Key point: America's subs hit Japanese shipping and troop transports. They even took out larger craft like an aircraft carrier.
Sunsets over Manila Bay are nothing less than spectacular. Once the sun dips below the horizon there is a lingering illumination known as “blue hour” as the sky gradually shifts from pale azure to deep indigo before fading completely into the black tropical night. Читать дальше...
Move reflects deterioration in credit profile due to challenges brought by the pandemic
Karishma Ramdev and Thato Mosehle share their daily challenges and what they would do if they were to be the Minister of Health for a day.
Scientists are a step closer to developing a fast and cost effective camera that utilises terahertz radiation, potentially opening the opportunity for them to be used in non-invasive security and medical screening.
There is "strong evidence" that COVID-19- positive mothers can pass the virus on to their unborn infants, scientists said Thursday, in findings that could affect how pregnant women are shielded during the pandemic.
Life science major, Bayer CropScience Ltd through BLF initiative and Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives (CInI), an associate organisati
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — He was born the year the Graymoor-Devondale zip code was created, a fitting start for a man who’s served with the U.S. Postal Service for 36 years. Most days you’ll see Dennis Marsee walking through the neighborhood as opposed to riding in his mail truck. “I like walking better than curbside. It’s […]
NEW YORK: Pakistani student Taimoor Ahmed is one of hundreds of thousands of foreigners enrolled in American universities now fearing for their future after Donald Trump’s administration threatened to revoke their visas. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced this week that foreign students whose entire courses have moved online because of the coronavirus […]
The Great Plains Institute (GPI) and the University of Wyoming's Jeffrey Brown explore the planning of carbon dioxide transportation networks on a regional scale in a new analysis.