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5 New Books We Recommend This Week
New York Times· 8 hours ago...Americans traditionally gather to grill meat and blow things up while they celebrate the nation’s founding — but in our recommended books this week, we’re casting an eye on more recent history: Tom McGrath’s “Triumph of the Yuppies” looks back...good” era of the 1980s and shows how it marched...
Polling day – as told by a former MP
Daily Telegraph· 11 hours agoParliamentary candidates are a weird blend of civic duty, political conviction and untrammelled ego. Having been a parliamentary candidate in a “safe”...
This geriatrician's 5 key tips for ageing well are refreshingly straightforward
Women's Health UK via Yahoo News· 14 hours ago'And, alongside individual attitudes to getting older, is the attitude of our society. We know that...
Expert warns of five common gardening mistakes harming bee populations
Daily Mail· 15 hours ago'Certain flowers and plants are beneficial to all bees and pollinators, and weeds like dandelions...
Xi’s China Proves a Hard Sell at Overseas Investment Roadshows
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance UK· 23 hours ago(Bloomberg) -- Chinese officials are flocking abroad to answer President Xi Jinping’s call to woo...
China EV makers brace for tariffs as Beijing, EU engage in talks
Reuters· 2 days agoWith the clock ticking for the European Commission to impose provisional tariffs on electric...
Bosses are 'obsessed' with long hours — and Greece's six-day working week proves
Metro· 2 days agoThe scheme will only apply to private businesses providing round-the-clock services, and Prime...
Keir Starmer suggest Labour will continue early prisoner releases
Daily Mail· 2 days agoAs of Friday, the prison population stood at 87,360 with a 'usable operational capacity' of 88,818,...
Geographical migration and fitness dynamics of Streptococcus pneumoniae - Nature
Nature· 2 days agoThe invasive disease isolates included here were collected by the National Institute for Communicable Disease in South Africa from 2000 to 2014 (ref. In the initial phase of genome sequencing, approximately 300 invasive-disease isolates from each year (2005–2014) were selected with a specific target...
Greece's plan for a 6-day workweek to boost productivity may not work
Business Insider· 2 days agoThe move to a six-day workweek for some industries in Greece aims to increase productivity, but it...