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Monthly Archives: July 2020
When is a slump worse than a slump? When there are 60 games
Here’s one issue that could affect baseball in 2020: With so many fewer games this season, players could worry if their stats look bad because of one bad stretch
The Terrible Consequences of Australia’s Uber-Bushfires
The Terrible Consequences of Australia’s Uber-Scientists calculate that the unprecedented wildfires burned 37,500 square miles. For already-endangered species, the conflagration may have spelled doom.
Pixel Buds review: Google’s competent AirPods alternative
Good sound, battery life, case and design, with instant translation and different silicone tip with open-air-like fitGoogle’s AirPods competitor is finally ready. The Pixel Buds are true wireless earbuds that aim to be all things to all people with a hybrid design that’s neither fully open nor isolating.The £179 earphones are Google’s second attempt at Bluet […]
The Trouble With TikTok on U.S. Phones
TikTok, the popular video-messaging app with Chinese roots, is facing global scrutiny as countries consider imposing restrictions on the company. WSJ’s Liza Lin explains why the U.S. government says the quirky platform poses a risk on American smartphones. Photo composite: Sharon Shi
Ageing well: don’t smoke, use sunscreen, eat nuts to keep wrinkles at bay and your skin looking young
I didn’t like being called “freckle face” when I was a kid. So when my mum took me to the paediatrician for a routine check-up, I asked him if he could make my freckles go away.He kindly told me he could, “but you will never be able to go out in the sun again or your freckles will come back”. So I got used to being “freckle face”.Freckles may be the least of […]
College Football Playoff staying optimistic, not yet discussing contingencies amid COVID-19, director says
CFP executive director Bill Hancock is remaining cautiously optimistic about the 2020 season
Taking cholesterol-lowering drug could reduce severity of coronavirus to the level of common cold
Scientists working in Jerusalem and New York believe that may have found a surprising treatment for COVID-19 – a cholesterol-lowering drug which makes the virus weaker.
Venice Film Festival to give Ann Hui and Tilda Swinton lifetime achievement awards
Hong Kong director Ann Hui and British actress Tilda Swinton will be given lifetime achievement awards at this year’s Venice Film Festival, organisers said on Monday.Hui, 73, is “one of the best female directors in Asia” and “one of the key figures in the Hong Kong New Wave film movement” from the late 1970s and 1980s, the festival said in a statement.A […]
India should focus on food security, use its rural population to battle COVID-19: American economist Richard Wolff
The post-pandemic world, the economist cautioned, has to face the need to not return to the pre-pandemic ‘normal’.
Hear Chris Cornell Cover Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Patience’
Today (July 20) would have been Chris Cornell’s 56th birthday. To commemorate the occasion, Vicky Cornell and the Chris Cornell Estate dropped a never-before-released cover of “Patience” by Guns N’ Roses. Cornell recorded this rendition in Los Angeles in March 2016. “Listening to [Chris Cornell’s cover] again after so many years… […]
Marks & Spencer plans to cut 950 jobs in restructuring
British clothing and food retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) said on Monday it planned to cut 950 jobs as part of a restructuring, dealing a further blow to a sector that has already seen thousands of redundancies during the COVID-19 crisis.
Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid Vaccine Study Shows Dual Immune Action
(Bloomberg) — A coronavirus vaccine the University of Oxford is developing with AstraZeneca Plc showed promising results in early human testing, a sign of progress in the high-stakes pursuit of a shot to defeat the pathogen.The vaccine increased levels of both protective neutralizing antibodies and immune T-cells that target the virus, according to the stud […]
COVID-19 in Philippines: Police deployed to implement fresh lockdowns
As cases continue to rise, the government has ordered police to accompany medics and transfer any infected patients to isolation facilities. Citizens have also been encouraged to report any infected neighbors in hiding.
New this week: Jim Gaffigan, live baseball, Snoop vs. DMX
This week’s new entertainment releases include live baseball on ESPN and the reveal of a daring side to comedian Jim Gaffigan, who in a new special parachutes into a country, samples its culture and then performs a new routine
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