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Mass shootings in America have risen sharply in 2020 against a background of COVID and election chaos
Despite the US response to the coronavirus pandemic using sporadic stay-at-home orders and lockdowns, as at November 26 2020 there have been 578 mass shootings so far this year. According to data provided by the Gun Violence Archive, which records mass shooting deaths, this is already significantly above the 417Continue Reading
LIVE India vs Australia 1st ODI Series Match Score Updates: Mohammed Shami Gives India The Breakthrough As David Warner Departs | Cricket News
Australia vs India 1st ODI Live Update: David Warner dives to prevent a run out at the SCG© Twitter Despite losing David Warner, Australia are looking comfortable in their aim to set a strong target against India in the first ODI match of their cricket tour, at the Sydney CricketContinue Reading
India vs Australia: Ishant Sharma Ruled Out Of Australia Tour, Rohit Sharma’s Next Assessment On December 11 | Cricket News
India fast bowler Ishant Sharma has been ruled out of the tour to Australia, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a release on Thursday, November 26. Rohit Sharma, who is recovering from a hamstring injury he sustained during the Indian Premier League (IPL), will be nextContinue Reading
Returning the ‘three sisters’ – corn, beans and squash – to Native American farms nourishes people, land and cultures
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Manoj Tiwary’s Cryptic Tweet On Virat Kohli’s Comments On Rohit Sharma Injury | Cricket News
Virat Kohli on Thursday said there was confusion, uncertainty and “lack of clarity” over Rohit Sharma’s injury saga. Addressing the media ahead of the first ODI between India and Australia in Sydney, Kohli said “It’s been very confusing and a lot of uncertainty and lack of clarity around the situation.”Continue Reading
UK government’s foreign aid cuts put girls’ education at risk
Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock The UK government’s 2020 spending review includes a cut in international aid, from 0.7% of gross national income to 0.5%. My research shows that this will have severe effects on the lives of girls worldwide. Earlier this year, my colleagues and I at the University of CambridgeContinue Reading
Vaccine hesitancy is not new – history tells us we should listen, not condemn
Following the good news from three separate COVID-19 vaccine trials, optimism that life might be “back to normal by spring” is running high. There are many reasons to temper this optimism as there is a lot we don’t know about the safety and long-term efficacy of these vaccines, as manyContinue Reading
Periodic table: scientists propose new way of ordering the elements
Alexey Godzenko/Shutterstock The periodic table of the elements, principally created by the Russian chemist, Dmitry Mendeleev (1834-1907), celebrated its 150th anniversary last year. It would be hard to overstate its importance as an organising principle in chemistry – all budding chemists become familiar with it from the earliest stages ofContinue Reading
Why you need to stay home this Christmas – public health expert
This year, it's safer to celebrate on Zoom. insta_photos/Shutterstock In early November, the UK government put England into its second coronavirus lockdown. With rising infections nationally, strained health services and the threat of yet more deaths, the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, said: “There is no alternative”. An important factorContinue Reading