Новости за 13.08.2020

Unable to step out due to the pandemic, hundreds of families in Noida and Greater Noida resorted to traditional ways of celebrating Janmashthami on Wednesday. Dressing the young ones as Krishna and Radha, the families organised puja and lunch within their home time. Outside the Iskcon temple in sector 33, TOI lensman caught Krishna in a mask.

A mock state election among Texas teens ends up being an entertaining reflection of the American political id in this Apple TV+ documentary.

Plus: What does her nomination foretell about her party? Our writers weigh in.

1. Boys State Is an Enthralling Doc About How the Kids Are (and Aren’t) All Right  Vulture
2. 'Boys State' Helps Teens Learn How Politics Work — Perhaps A Little Too Well  NPR
3. In ‘Boys State,’ Teens Play Politics and It Gets Messy  The Wall Street Journal
4. 'Boys State' directors on the 'unexpected' power of their acclaimed documentary  NBC News
5. Review: Come to ‘Boys State’ for Austin scenery, stay for social horror  austin360
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• The CDC recommends that people wear face coverings or cloth masks if they have to go out in public.
• Brands and designers, including Lilly Pulitzer, have started selling affordable face masks that cost around $15. 
• However, some designers have also started releasing luxury face masks that cost $100 and up. 
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Since the CDC recommended that people wear face coverings to go out in public, more and more brands have started selling cloth masks. 

Grab one of these and enjoy your brew on the go.

Council leader Roger Gough has said the authority's child reception centres are filling up 'very, very fast'.

The County Board voted Tuesday to send $6 million of the relief money to small businesses.

Clearview AI has built one of the most comprehensive databases of people’s faces in the world. Your picture is probably in there (our host Jennifer Strong’s was). In part two of this four-part series on facial recognition, we meet the CEO of the controversial company who tells us our future is filled with FaceID— regardless…

Biden: The choice we make this November will decide the future of America for a very long time.

BOWLING GREEN — Following weeks of will-they-or-won't-they speculation regarding the fall football season, the Mid-American Conference made its decision after a whirlwind two-day window last week.

The storm devastated parts of the power grid, flattened valuable corn fields and killed at least two people. It produced winds of up to 112 mph near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and toppled trees, snapped poles, downed power lines and tore off roofs from eastern Nebraska to Indiana.

Warriors-bound Evans a huge loss for Eels  NRL.COM

Eric Choupo-Moting has revealed how he motivated himself to score the winning goal to send Paris Saint-Germain into the Champions League semi-finals with a dramatic 2-1 win over Atalanta.

BAGUIO CITY, Benguet, Philippines — An Austrian transportation developer has proposed to build a cable car system here that is similar to what it is developing in Cebu City. Doppelmayr Seilbahnen GmBH offered to build an aerial rope transit network, which can ferry passengers that 200 jeepneys can carry in an hour. The company is […]

Sandia National Laboratories, a government-contracted nuclear weapons laboratory, required its white male employees to participate in a racial reeducation seminar, leaked documents reveal. 

• Marion County, Florida, Sheriff Billy Woods told his deputies Tuesday that said they were prohibited from wearing face masks while on the job, the Ocala Star-Banner reported.
• "We can debate and argue all day of why and why not," he wrote in an email, claiming there was conflicting evidence on whether masks are effective in preventing COVID-19 spread.
• In fact, health experts overwhelmingly agree that face masks are critical in preventing the spread of the coronavirus.
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The flowing hair, laid-back personality and his nonchalance as a player, from the outside few would have predicted Andrea Pirlo's start would come with his country's biggest and most scrutinised side.

Attempt to force social media companies to remove content showing student protests

Gen. Arnold Bunch, head of Air Materiel Command, said that 64 teams are competing in the Advanced Manufacturing Olympics for a total of $1 million in prize winnings.

Right from a kid to elderly people, everyone likes the mouth-watering sweets, isn’t it? Out of all the sweets, the cake holds a unique significance. The concept of eating cakes has slightly changed over time. To temporarily curb the urge for eating sweets, the cake pops are the best items. They are easy to prepare […]

Developments in AI are advancing at a rampant pace, with innovations improving the quality of life in different ways across disciplines. For instance, Forbes estimates that 10 million self-driving cars will hit the road in 2020, and another study reported by Business Wire projects that automotive artificial intelligence will bring in revenues of over $14 billion by 2025. […]

The South African Medical Research Council says there are hopeful signs the Covid-19 pandemic reached its peak in all the provinces at the end of July.

Bears will probably not get you if you use a sleeping hammock...in your backyard.