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Featuring a selection of new titles from leading voices, and major works from across the discipline, the OUP Philosophy team has selected several of its important books exploring race from different philosophical perspectives. From David Livingstone Smith’s On Inhumanity, which provides an unflinching guide to the phenomenon of dehumanization, to Naomi Zack’s The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy […]

Foster + Partners has revealed visuals for its Pitt Street OSD and metro station design in Sydney, Australia. Stretching out underground across an entire city block, the over station development in the center of the city puts in place a 39-story office building and “creates a vibrant mixed-use hub offering flexible space with an elevated lobby and retail plaza in the heart of Sydney’s retail, dining, and entertainment precinct”.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected how consumers around the world approach the non-alcoholic beverage aisle. Over the next three years, bottled water is likely to be consumed in greater quantities, while carbonates and RTD tea and coffee are both expected to see a significant drop in popularity, compared to previous forecasts.

On August 10, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev made a phone call to President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. The head of state congratulated Alexander Lukashenko on his confident victory in the presidential election and wished him

Speakers include a former Trump voter who is supporting Joe Biden and a paramedic on the pandemic’s front lines in Florida, as well as 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton, former president Barack Obama and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). The four-day convention begins Aug. 17.

Advocates for the creation of a national cyber director position are trying to push the idea into the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act snaking through Congress

Bryan and Robin Maritz

Environment, Africa

If ever there was an opportunity to gather novel, important ecological information about snakes in Africa, this is it.

Snakes are a diverse lineage of reptiles that are found on every continent except Antarctica. Despite differences in appearance, habitat preference, defence tactics and underlying biology, one thing is common to all 3,800 species of snakes — every last one is a predator.

As predators, snakes are likely to fulfil important roles in ecosystems. Читать дальше...

Facebook's TikTok clone already has some early users ... not teens, but some major marketers.

As we are starting to see among state governments, the "we're all in this together" message isn't written in stone.

The Aged Care Royal Commission has received 364 submissions from the public about the pandemic, most centre on the isolation of residents separated from loved ones.

Some longtime biotech investors are wary of the run-up and warn there are risks to chasing companies at early stages of development.

Tyson Foods and Royal Caribbean are among companies that have added chief medical officers to their executive teams amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that the national unemployment rate fell to 10.2%, and payrolls rose by 1.8 million in July.

The broader U6 measurement of unemployment was 16.5%, down from 18.0% in July.

The chemical manufacturing subsector saw a drop in positions from 829700 in June to 825200 in July, a drop of 4500 positions (seasonally adjusted).

The unemployment rate of college graduates was 6.7% for July 2020, while by contrast the unemployment rate for people... Читать дальше...

CEO Pascal Soriot helped build the best R&D shop in Big Pharma. Now the company faces its biggest challenge yet: mass-producing a coronavirus vaccine.

Rahul Gandhi's objections to draft EIA 'unnecessary and premature': Javadekar

Hits, but mostly misses for Roche’s 4 late-stage trials of GI drug hopeful etrolizumab badams Mon, 08/10/2020 - 05:29

August 8 – Atletico Madrid, due to play in the Champions League quarterfinals this week, have confirmed two positive cases of coronavirus from testing carried out on Saturday.

China will impose sanctions on 11 US citizens in response to similar measures from Washington on Chinese and Hong Kong officials, as the two sides step up their dispute over Beijing’s imposition of a new security law on the city. The move by Beijing came after Hong Kong police detained media tycoon Jimmy Lai on […]

A Feedermax container vessel accidentally rammed into a pier at Manila North Harbor port in the early morning hours of 10 August 2020, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said.

The Malawi Police have started arresting people who are not wearing face masks in public places as the measure of fighting the further Covid-19. National Police Public Relations Officer, James Kadadzera confirmed the development on Monday morning. “We have started enforcing the mandatory wearing of masks in all public places across the country,” confirmed Kadadzera […]

The Indonesian Government has risked the wrath of the White House by introducing a Value Added Tax (VAT) on several companies including Facebook, Amazon and Google.

All the latest news, gossip, rumours and done deals from the summer transfer window

Saudi Aramco said it’s still working on a deal to buy a $15 billion stake in Reliance Industries Ltd.’s refining and chemicals business, even as lower oil prices forces it to slash investment spending