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Abused and infected with COVID-19, Nigerian domestic workers are stranded in Beirut · Global Voices
The women risk arrest and detention at the airport Up to 30 women stay in this safe house for domestic workers stranded in Lebanon after they were kicked out of their employers’ homes. Image by Dara Foi’Ella, used with permission. Forty-three Nigerian women are currently holed up in three safeContinue Reading
Electronic Skid Steer loader now available
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‘Hiroshima Timeline’ uses tweets to portray real-time experience of world’s first atomic bombing · Global Voices
Screencap from Hiroshima Timeline documentary on NHK on Demand. To mark the 75th anniversary of the August 6, 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japanese public broadcaster NHK has launched an innovative way to commemorate the world’s first use of nuclear weapons. The “What If They Had Social Media in 1945”Continue Reading
Mask exemptions for people with disabilities have not been made clear – and this threatens human rights
photocritical/Shutterstock Wearing face masks on public transport and in shops is now mandatory in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and on public transport in Wales. This poses a difficulty for some people with disabilities, who may have problems with breathing, need to see people’s lips to be able to understandContinue Reading
Vegetarian and vegan diet: five things for over-65s to consider when switching to a plant-based diet
A well-planned, plant-based diet can support good health at every age. Tatjana Baibakova/ Shutterstock Plant-based diets continue to grow in popularity, worldwide. There are plenty of reasons people switch to a plant-based diet, including ethical and environmental reasons. However, a growing number of people are shunning meat for health reasons.Continue Reading
Coronavirus: what will happen if we can’t produce a vaccine?
There are over 175 COVID-19 vaccines in development. Almost all government strategies for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic are based on the idea that one of these vaccine candidates will eventually provide widespread protection against the virus and enable us all to return to our normal lives. But there’s noContinue Reading
Precision key to cost effective milk production
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Will Trump or Biden win the US election? This could be a better predictor than the polls
Joe Biden, the Democratic challenger in November’s US presidential election, has finally picked his candidate for vice president: Kamala Harris. Has picking Harris, who is Black and Asian American, improved Biden’s chances of winning the election? Or has it actually improved the chances of Donald Trump to get re-elected? DependingContinue Reading
The historic selection of Kamala Harris as the Democrats’ vice-presidential candidate resonates in the Caribbean · Global Voices
‘A big moment for Caribbean people in America’ U.S. Senator Kamala Harris speaking with attendees at the 2019 National Forum on Wages and Working People in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Gage Skidmore on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0. The August 11 announcement that Joe Biden, the Democratic party’s candidate forContinue Reading
A-level results: confusion is the result of months of inertia and years of policy
fizkes/Shutterstock Thirty-six hours before the release of A-level results in England on August 13, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced a new procedure to review the grades. This followed five months of work by teachers and exam regulators to produce results which were sent to universities last week to filter applications.Continue Reading