Long Covid: MPs call for compensation for key workers
The cross-party group of MPs - backed by the British Medical Association and members of the House of Lords -...
Month: February 2021
Black employees are less satisfied at work than all other employees
Apple had the highest overall company rating among Black employees at 28 workplaces, and Macy's had the lowest, a new...
BTS label Big Hit and Universal seek next boy band
"As we've seen, K-pop is only getting bigger in the US, so it will be interesting to see how this...
How Afghanistan police train for Taliban attacks and suicide bombers
The future of Nato's 10,000 troops in Afghanistan is high on the agenda of this week's remote meeting of the...
Covid: How work life changed for a home-schooler and a supermarket manager
Ever since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, people have been forced to change how they go about their day...
Nasa Perseverance rover: How this Mars landing will be different
Nasa's Perseverance rover is attempting to land on Mars on 18 February 2021.Katie Stack Morgan, the mission's deputy project scientist,...
Covid: Phase out furlough gradually, chancellor urged
Nye Cominetti, senior economist at the Resolution Foundation, said: "While the UK's economic prospects are finally looking up, job insecurity...
Rent debt crisis ‘could lead to homelessness’
The call for action came from the Big Issue Ride Out Recession Alliance, Crisis, Citizens Advice, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation,...
Priyanka Chopra Jonas locked down in London
Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra Jonas has released her autobiography, Unfinished. Chopra writes about attending a boarding school and speaks to...
Amazon sued by New York over ‘deficient’ Covid-19 response
"We care deeply about the health and safety of our employees, as demonstrated in our filing last week, and we...
Keep This Gear at Home In Case of Emergencies
Flashlights do a poor job when you need to light up a whole room or if you need your hands...
Tablet and Chromebook sales take off as remote-learning projects roll out
With the pandemic forcing kids to learn from home, massive rollouts of laptops and tablets across the education sector are...
The Pandemic Holds These Keys to a Better Education
At this point, Zoom has more or less become a proprietary eponym. It has become interchangeable with video conferencing and...
Princess Latifa: UN to question UAE about Dubai ruler’s daughter
There have been some positive legal changes in the last few years, at least on the surface. For example the...
Seyi Omooba: Actress sacked over anti-gay post loses legal fight
In a written judgement, it concluded it was "the effect of the adverse publicity from retweet, without modification or explanation,...
Inflation: Food and furniture costs drive inflation higher
As cuts in VAT for hospitality and tourism end at the end of March and energy prices rise, "that alone...
Hospital waiting list ‘may double to 10m by April’
Community diagnostic centres for cancer, cardiac and other conditions should be set up to restart screening programmes halted by the...
Wolves’ Russell set for surgery, out 4-6 weeks
6:16 PM ETMinnesota Timberwolves guard D'Angelo Russell will undergo arthroscopic surgery Wednesday to remove a loose body in his left...
