Новости за 16.08.2020

It's clear after only a few days that the senator has added a new dimension to the campaign to help engage young voters and people of color.

Fire at basement clinic in Delhi's Pitampura engulfs building, 5 rescued

Good Morning, Mets fans! On Saturday, the Mets lost a tough one against the Phillies, falling by a score of 6-2. They look to avoid a sweep and salvage a win against Philly today, as Rick Porcello will take the mound against former Met Zack Wheeler. The game will be at 1:10 pm EST and can be seen on […]

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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea accused a conservative pastor on Sunday of violating self-isolation rules and obstructing contact tracing at a church where 240 infections have fuelled the country's

Architecture studio La Shed Architecture has built a large agricultural barn with polycarbonate sheeting walls for a farm in Montérégie, Québec. The Montréal studio designed the barn to improve the quality of life for both the animals and the workers at organic cheese farm Au Gré des Champs. To create a building that would blend

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NASA's 2nd planet-hunter, TESS, has spent 2 years surveying the sky for exoplanets orbiting distant stars. It has found over 2,000 exoplanets so far. TESS now moves into its extended mission phase.

Other factors were involved, but Paulie Malignaggi’s termination as a commentator by Showtime was intertwined with the issue of race. The balance in America tilts toward white privilege. This doesn’t mean that every white person has an easy life and every Black person is disadvantaged. But there are segments of American society that prove each […]

M.T. Anderson's new graphic novel — with gorgeous art by Jo Rioux — adapts the old legend of the drowned city of Ys, giving it better, fuller female characters and a timely environmental message.

The U.S. Postal Service is not meeting goals for on-time mail delivery, a worrying sign as millions of Americans are expected to vote by mail in November.

They’ve worked in other countries. In the middle of a national reckoning on race, some advocates are wondering: Why not here?

South Korea reports 279 new coronavirus cases, most in 5 months

Turkey on Sunday (Aug 16) condemned remarks made by US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden criticising President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and calling for support for the Turkish leader’s opponents. Mr Biden made the comments in an interview filmed by the New York Times in December but a video of the remarks only appeared on Saturday […]

When jobs are sparse, it's very difficult for young people to launch their careers. It's especially difficult when student loans are part of it.

How the difference between the NBA and MLB on Covid reflects our national shortcomings.

Conservative Economist Stephen Moore said that Wall Street’s rise amid the pandemic signifies that global investors are bullish about U.S. companies, adding that private enterprise has been resilient. “It’s amazing the resilience of the...

These electric bikes will help you get around while public transit is limited. And we've got picks for almost any budget.

LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has resigned from an honorary fellowship at a college at Britain's Cambridge University after it questioned her commitment to the

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Beach buggies: Perfect cars for the ocean front

Peatlands cover just a few percent of the global land area but they store almost one-quarter of all soil carbon and so play a crucial role in regulating the climate. My colleagues and I have just produced the most accurate map yet of the world’s peatlands – their depth, and how much greenhouse gas they have stored. We found that global warming will soon mean that these peatlands start emitting more carbon than they store. Peatlands form in areas where waterlogged conditions slow down the decomposition of plant material and peat accumulates. Читать дальше...