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Increased melting of West Antarctica's ice shelves is "unavoidable" in the coming decades, a new study has warned. These floating tongues of ice extend from the main ice sheet into the ocean, and play a key role in holding back...
Former Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler has been given a 21-month suspended sentence and a fine for fraud and negligence in the 2015 diesel emissions scandal. He is the first top manager to be tried and convicted as part of Dieselgate....
Looking back at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Prof Paul Elkington says it was soon apparent that he and his colleagues would run out of PPE (personal protective equipment). "I'm a lung doctor, and by mid-March 2020 we realis...
Experts warn that some manufacturers are downsizing products to give consumers less in the same packaging so the price is the same at checkout....
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's defence team began to make their case on day 12 of the George Floyd murder trial. An expert in use-of-force testified that Chauvin's actions towards Floyd were "justified" - here are the thr...
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre has called for urgent funding to avoid going out of business due to the "devastating" impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The London venue has been shut since 20 March and has warned MPs it is "crit...
American health officials report that more than 700 people have been infected by measles this year, marking a 25-year high for the infectious disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday that cases had been recorded...
A no-deal Brexit is now more likely but can still be avoided, the EU's chief negotiator has said. On Monday night, MPs voted on four alternatives to the PM's withdrawal deal, but none gained a majority. Michel Barnier said a long ...
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Low gas prices have meant an uptick in car sales but not every new owner is driving around feeling good about their new ride. According to Autodata Corp., a record 17.4 million new cars and trucks were sold last year. And a 2014 survey rele...
In Touch Weekly's Kim Serafin reveals the movies worth spending your hard-earned dollars on this weekend....
Dr. Keri peterson of Women's Health Magazine tells TODAY's Al Roker how a blistering sunburn, family history, your skin tone and even your altitude can increase your rish for non-melanoma skin cancer, and what you can do to protect yourself....
Birds and planes have been colliding(碰撞) since the Wright brothers(莱特兄弟，飞机发明者) first took to the air. There are dozens of bird strikes each day, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to airplanes each year, and putting t...
看视频，语音脚本填空。口语跟读，提供纯正的口语训练环境。How to make yourself indispensable(不可缺少的) at work and avoid getting laid off? No one is____1____ (免疫的) togetting the axe(被解雇) – especially in an economic downturn. But you can certai...
If you just don’t want to get into it right now, the best course of action is to make peace or move out of the way. You will need: Restraint(克制), Privacy, A time-out(暂停), A neutral(中立的) corner, Humility(谦卑). Optional(可选): Forgiveness...
Driving to work, a gentlman had to swerve(改变方向) to avoid a box that fell out of a truck in front of him. Seconds later, a policeman pulled him over for reckless(鲁莽的) driving. Fortunately, another officer had seen the carton(纸板箱) in the road...
You Can Recover From a Layoff and Succeed at Work By Katherine Lewis, About.com Laid off? Maybe yours was the only position cut or maybe you were laid off with an entire department. The feelings caused by being laid off are largely the sa...
Avoid These 7 Work Taboos Rachel Zupek, CareerBuilder.com writer Whether it's dancing on top of the bar at the company holiday party, chewing with one's mouth open or fal...