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Instant Opinion: who is ‘the best prime minister we never had’? Unwelcome Refugees

Instant Opinion: who is ‘the best prime minister we never had’?

The Week’s daily round-up highlights the five best opinion pieces from across the British and international media, with excerpts from each.1. Daniel Finkelstein in The Timeson the nearly men and women of British politicsMy vote for the best PM we never had“Over the weekend my colleague Matt Chorley incautiously organised…
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September 2, 2020
Quick ‘Bang’ Signals the Most Massive Gravitational-Wave Source Ever Detected Black Hole

Quick ‘Bang’ Signals the Most Massive Gravitational-Wave Source Ever Detected

Numerical simulation of two black holes that inspiral and merge, emitting gravitational waves. The black holes have large and nearly equal masses, with one only 3% more massive than the other. The simulated gravitational wave signal is consistent with the observation made by the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors…
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September 2, 2020
Health risks from air pollution hit highest level on Hong Kong’s scale, as Observatory notes hottest summer on record Air Pollution

Health risks from air pollution hit highest level on Hong Kong’s scale, as Observatory notes hottest summer on record

People walk in Causeway Bay on Tuesday as the Air Quality Health Index recorded “very high” air pollution levels. Photo: Sam TsangExperts link elevated levels of pollutants to the influence of Typhoon Maysak, expected to make landfall in South Korea on Thursday Combination of high temperatures and strong sunlight is…
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September 2, 2020
HSE Summit 2020 to address growing environmental issues and an untapped $4.5tr recycling industry Recycling

HSE Summit 2020 to address growing environmental issues and an untapped $4.5tr recycling industry

The President of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, last week said, “I am restating it that nobody importing food or fertilizer should be given foreign exchange from the Central Bank. We will not pay a kobo of our foreign reserves to import food or fertilizer. We will instead empower local farmers…
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September 2, 2020
Would You Rent a Stranger’s Pool? What To Know About the Company Making a Splash During the Pandemic Pandemic

Would You Rent a Stranger’s Pool? What To Know About the Company Making a Splash During the Pandemic

Remember when renting a stranger's home seemed sketchy? Today, though, we're all about that Airbnb lifestyle, and way more aspects of the peer-to-peer sharing economy. (Rover, and Uber, and TaskRabbit, oh my!)But what about sharing someone's pool? Enter: Swimply, an online platform launched in 2018 that connects owners of private pools…
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September 2, 2020
The Suburbs Are Still Hell Feudalism

The Suburbs Are Still Hell

Before he vaulted to infamy in August for allegedly shooting three people and killing two in the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, Kyle Rittenhouse led a regular teenager’s life in the Illinois village of Antioch. Its slogan is “Authentic by Nature.” It’s the type of slogan, and Antioch the type of…
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September 2, 2020
Best DVR for cord cutters VR

Best DVR for cord cutters

Updated Tivo vs. Tablo vs. Channel Master vs. Plex: None are ideal, but one might work for you. Rob Schultz / IDG Today's Best Tech Deals Picked by TechHive's Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect's Editors Table of Contents Show More Here’s the hard truth for cord-cutters…
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September 2, 2020
“Shortsighted” and “Self-defeating”: US rejects global COVID-19 vaccine effort Self-driving Vehicles

“Shortsighted” and “Self-defeating”: US rejects global COVID-19 vaccine effort

Enlarge / A medical worker holds a bottle of a candidate COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University that is being tested in a trial in Soweto, South Africa.The Trump administration will not take part in a global effort to help develop and equitably distribute a COVID-19 vaccine—a decision experts called…
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September 2, 2020