Новости за 31.08.2020

Seventy-two percent of Fortune 500 companies offer some sort of paid parental leave, but fathers are generally considered secondary to mothers.

Hotelier Gaurav Arya to be grilled by ED

MONDAY, Aug. 31, 2020 -- The new rapid COVID-19 test approved last week is probably not the most reliable option for determining whether someone is infected. But it's cheap and it's fast, and if used correctly, it could be the basis of a screening...

Certain diagnoses are harder to catch without an in-person connection. And beyond that, a doctor reflects on the loss of a ritual that can provide "real comfort and meaning" to physician and patient.

Russia must be deterred from sending in forces to crush dissent

One of the most fundamental elements of a manager’s job is maximizing the return—in the form of work output—from the portion of the company’s investment he or she is assigned to manage. This means that striving for efficiency and doing more with less are essential to a manager’s skill set. One of the best ways […]

MONDAY, Aug. 31, 2020 -- Americans are generally well-versed about the use of masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, although knowledge gaps about face coverings persist, a new HealthDay/Harris Poll reveals. About nine in 10 Americans said they...

HARRISON Reed admitted he was delighted to commit his future to Fulham after ending his long association with Saints.

As a freshman senator in 1975, Joe Biden joined Sen. Robert Byrd (D., W.Va.) in opposing legislation allowing 130,000 Vietnam War refugees asylum in the United States, including thousands of children. President Gerald Ford proposed a Vietnam refugee relief program that would settle thousands of Vietnamese and Cambodian families in the United States. The bill was ...

1. Coronavirus: Face coverings for teachers and students introduced  BBC News
2. Coronavirus: Masks now mandatory for secondary pupils in Scotland and Northern Ireland  Sky News
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Coverings are "recommended" for post-primary pupils from today but some say they should be compulsory.

If anyone could outsmart a wildfire, it would seem to be Tad Jones, who lived for decades in a California forest, more a friend of nature than of man.

Edward Markey, 74, entered Congress before Joseph Kennedy III was born. But in their Senate race he has harnessed the energy of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the ascendant left, much to Mr. Kennedy’s frustration.

MONDAY, Aug. 31, 2020 -- Drug use is common among people taking part in virtual raves and happy hours during the coronavirus pandemic, a new study finds. "We explored whether stay-at-home orders changed how people use drugs -- and it appears that...

There’s danger in delay. Obama and Biden came around after the Sandy Hook massacre but by then Republicans controlled the House and, soon, the Senate.

E-commerce is about more than just web stores. Newer forms aim to bring the personalized feel of old-school shopping to online.

Ten years ago this month, I called my grandmother, a devout Catholic living in the Shenandoah Valley of western Virginia, to declare my intention to return to the Catholic Church of my youth, which I had left along with my evangelically-inclined parents after my First Communion. She was arrestingly unsurprised. “Oh, I knew you would, […]

Motorists could be fined for parking on pavements across England under government plans to make walking easier for disabled people and parents pushing prams

BLUNDERING researchers tasked with investigating “Jihadi textbooks” in schools have been blasted for accidentally analysing Israeli books promoting peace. The official investigation into UK-funded Palestinian schools was set up to probe textbooks using violent language and images to teach children in the Palestinian Authority.  The move came after reports in February revealed £120m of UK […]

The victim was taken to hospital with stab wounds to her leg, after the attack in Withington, Manchester, around 1.30pm on Saturday, August 29. A 17-year-old boy has since been arrested

Most businesses that plunged headfirst into remote work due to the pandemic have found that it’s actually quite straightforward and doesn’t reduce productivity as they had feared. However, there are some concerns with remote work for the long term: Recruitment isn’t the same via video, no matter how much we want it to be. That’s […]

The two pageant winners traditionally share a New York apartment, but that has taken on new meaning in the pandemic, since neither can travel for her usual appearances.

A respected, combat-tested Black colonel has been passed over three times for promotion to brigadier general. What does his fate say about the Corps?

The situation is largely due to Chief Justice John Roberts' recent concurring opinion – one that rebutted the legal standard used by liberal justices.