First National Food Strategy report calls for ‘gold standard level of scrutiny’ on import standards
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2020-07-29
Skyrocketing unemployment is bad news for Boris Johnson
The COVID-19 pandemic has seriously disrupted the UK economy and major increases in unemployment are already occurring. It has already been reported that 649,000 jobs have disappeared during the lockdown. If history tells us anything, it’s that a significant surge in unemployment could cost Boris Johnson significant voter support –Continue Reading
2020-07-29
A coronavirus vaccine may require boosters – here’s what that means
In the global race to contain the coronavirus pandemic, there is hopeful news on the vaccine front, with a number of potential candidates being developed and some promising early results. Based on what we know so far, it currently seems likely that most potential vaccines designed to protect against theContinue Reading
2020-07-29
Stonehenge: how we revealed the original source of the biggest stones
Andre Pattenden/English Heritage Stonehenge, an icon of European prehistory that attracts more than a million visitors a year, is rarely out of the news. Yet, surprisingly, there is much we don’t know about it. Finding the sources of the stones used to build the monument is a fundamental question thatContinue Reading
2020-07-29
Angolan pastors break away from the Universal Church of Brazil · Global Voices
The dissidents claim to have taken control of 42 percent of the country’s temples The Universal Church of Angola wants to separate from its Brazilian counterpart [YouTube TPA Screenshot] – 27 June 2020, taken by Dércio Tsandzana The matter started in November 2019, when a group of Angolan pastors spoke out againstContinue Reading
2020-07-28
New chairman set to lead BASIS through industry change
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2020-07-28
How China lost central and eastern Europe
Bulgaria became the most recent country from central and eastern Europe (CEE) to show hostility toward China. In the latest sign of relations souring between the region and the Asian superpower, Bulgaria’s prime minister, Boïko Borissov, claimed that a series of compromising pictures, appearing to show him sleeping with aContinue Reading
2020-07-27
Iranians and Hongkongers connect through online campaign against China-Iran deal · Global Voices
“This is a kind of colonization” Screen capture of the comments on LIHKG’s Instagram page. From LIHKG’s facebook. Using the hashtag #China_get_out_of_Iran, a large number of Iranian Instagram (IG) users have reached out to the IG page of Hong Kong’s Reddit-like website LIGHK, drawing Hongkongers’ attention to a 25-year tradeContinue Reading
2020-07-27
How disabled people have been completely disregarded during the coronavirus pandemic
Shutterstock Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and the preparations for a “new normal”, we have continued to observe how disabled people have at best been overlooked and, at worst, deemed expendable. We argue this is due to deeply entrenched ableism – society’s tendency to presume that everyone is able-bodied, thereby marginalisingContinue Reading
2020-07-27
Could ‘love hormone’ oxytocin help treat Alzheimer’s disease? Here’s what researchers currently know
The study investigated what role oxytocin had in memory. De Visu/ Shutterstock Oxytocin is often called “the love hormone” because of its role in social bonding, reproduction and childbirth. This hormone may also affect our memory – though in ways that aren’t completely clear. Not only has oxytocin been foundContinue Reading
2020-07-27