GCSE and A-level students could sit open-book exams in 2021
https://www.ft.com/content/703ec96d-7795-4463-944d-352302f73453
https://www.ft.com/content/703ec96d-7795-4463-944d-352302f73453
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GCSE and A-level students could sit open-book exams in 2021
Changes are needed to account for missed classes during lockdown, say teachers
'A few bad apples': Phrase describing rotten police officers used to have different meaning
https://abcnews.go.com/US/bad-apples-phrase-describing-rotten-police-officers-meaning/story?id=71201096
https://abcnews.go.com/US/bad-apples-phrase-describing-rotten-police-officers-meaning/story?id=71201096
ABC News
'A few bad apples': Phrase describing rotten police officers used to have different meaning
'A few bad apples' used to describe bad cops didn't always mean what it means today.
IAEA chief asks Iran for 'prompt access' to blocked nuclear sites
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/iaea-chief-asks-iran-prompt-access-blocked-nuclear-sites-200615131358915.html
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/iaea-chief-asks-iran-prompt-access-blocked-nuclear-sites-200615131358915.html
Aljazeera
IAEA chief asks Iran for 'prompt access' to blocked nuclear sites
The head of the United Nations's atomic watchdog agency has said Iran must provide inspectors "prompt access" to two sites where the country is thought to have stored or used undeclared nuclear material.
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🇬🇧🇬🇧یه پیشنهاد ویژه برای کسانی که میخوان انگلیسی رو در کلاس های انلاین و گروهی یاد بگیرند 🤓😎
دوره سوم آموزش گروهی آنلاین از سوم تیر برگزار خواهد شد
جهت کسب اطلاعات بیشتر در مورد نحوه برگزاری و نمونه تدریس به کانال زیر مراجعه کنید
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😍دوره جدید در دو سطح مبتدی متوسطه برگزار خواهد شد.
درضمن منابع دو دوره پیش با ۷۰ درصد تخفیف قابل تهیه می باشند 🤓🇬🇧🇬🇧
مشاوره و ثبت نام
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دوره سوم آموزش گروهی آنلاین از سوم تیر برگزار خواهد شد
جهت کسب اطلاعات بیشتر در مورد نحوه برگزاری و نمونه تدریس به کانال زیر مراجعه کنید
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😍دوره جدید در دو سطح مبتدی متوسطه برگزار خواهد شد.
درضمن منابع دو دوره پیش با ۷۰ درصد تخفیف قابل تهیه می باشند 🤓🇬🇧🇬🇧
مشاوره و ثبت نام
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The end of tourism? | Travel
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#The_Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/jun/18/end-of-tourism-coronavirus-pandemic-travel-industry
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https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/jun/18/end-of-tourism-coronavirus-pandemic-travel-industry
the Guardian
The end of tourism?
The long read: The pandemic has devastated global tourism, and many will say ‘good riddance’ to overcrowded cities and rubbish-strewn natural wonders. Is there any way to reinvent an industry that does so much damage?
Jimmy Kimmel announces he's taking a break from late-night talk show
https://nypost.com/2020/06/19/jimmy-kimmel-to-take-summer-break-from-his-talk-show/
https://nypost.com/2020/06/19/jimmy-kimmel-to-take-summer-break-from-his-talk-show/
New York Post
Jimmy Kimmel announces he’s taking a break from late-night talk show
Jimmy Kimmel is taking a lengthy summer break from the late-night hosting gig he has had for nearly 18 years. Kimmel announced Thursday he will be stepping away from “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Why COVID-19 will end up harming the environment
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/06/why-covid-19-will-end-up-harming-the-environment/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/06/why-covid-19-will-end-up-harming-the-environment/
Science
Why COVID-19 will end up harming the environment
Even though the air has been cleaner as a result of the global lockdowns, a more polluted future has been brewing while we weren’t looking.
Rising Seas Threaten an American Institution: The 30-Year Mortgage
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/climate/climate-seas-30-year-mortgage.html
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/climate/climate-seas-30-year-mortgage.html
NY Times
Rising Seas Threaten an American Institution: The 30-Year Mortgage
Climate change is starting to transform the classic home loan, a fixture of the American experience and financial system that dates back generations.
A Spectacular Fireball Was Just Caught in Australia. Experts Don't Know What It Was
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#Science_Alert
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-spectacular-fireball-lit-up-the-skies-in-australia-and-astronomers-aren-t-sure-what-it-was
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#Science_Alert
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-spectacular-fireball-lit-up-the-skies-in-australia-and-astronomers-aren-t-sure-what-it-was
ScienceAlert
A Spectacular Fireball Was Just Caught in Australia. Experts Don't Know What It Was
It was in the early hours of Monday morning when Denby Turton, a mechanical fitter at the Yandi mine in Western Australia, saw a curious light streaking through the sky.
Opinion | Climate Change Is too Expensive to Resist. Our Cities Have to Adapt.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/opinion/climate-change-architecture-design.html
#The_New_York_Times
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/opinion/climate-change-architecture-design.html
NY Times
Opinion | This Luxury Tower Has Everything: Pools. A Juice Bar. And Flood Resilience. (Published 2020)
Unless we learn to adapt, only the rich will be able to avoid the ravages of climate change.
How forest loss has changed biodiversity across the globe over the last 150 years
#The_Conversation
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https://theconversation.com/how-forest-loss-has-changed-biodiversity-across-the-globe-over-the-last-150-years-140968
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https://theconversation.com/how-forest-loss-has-changed-biodiversity-across-the-globe-over-the-last-150-years-140968
The Conversation
How forest loss has changed biodiversity across the globe over the last 150 years
New findings show how changes in land use have complex effects on animal and plant species.
“The Ocean Galaxy” –Many of Milky Way’s 4,000 Known Exoplanets May Be Water Worlds
#Daily_Galaxy
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https://dailygalaxy.com/2020/06/the-ocean-galaxy-many-of-the-milky-ways-4000-known-exoplanets-may-be-water-worlds/
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https://dailygalaxy.com/2020/06/the-ocean-galaxy-many-of-the-milky-ways-4000-known-exoplanets-may-be-water-worlds/
The Daily Galaxy
"The Ocean Galaxy" --Many of Milky Way's 4,000 Known Exoplanets May Be Water Worlds | The Daily Galaxy
“Plumes of water erupt from Europa and Enceladus, so we can tell that these bodies have subsurface oceans beneath their ice shells, and they have energy that drives the plumes, which are two requirements for life as we know it,” says Lynnae Quick, a NASA…
US coronavirus: More young people across the South are testing positive for coronavirus, officials warn -
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/21/us/us-coronavirus-sunday/index.html
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/21/us/us-coronavirus-sunday/index.html
6 Phrases You Won’t Hear Successful People Say
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#forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jodiecook/2020/06/22/6-phrases-you-wont-hear-successful-people-say/
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#forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jodiecook/2020/06/22/6-phrases-you-wont-hear-successful-people-say/
Forbes
6 Phrases You Won’t Hear Successful People Say
Here are six phrases that will undermine your success, that you won’t catch successful people using.
Climate change: Planting new forests 'can do more harm than good'
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#BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53138178
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#BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53138178
BBC News
Climate change: Planting new forests 'can do more harm than good'
Large-scale tree planting to fight climate change may backfire, two new studies have found.
China's annual dog-meat fair opens; activists hope for last time
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#Yahoo_com
https://news.yahoo.com/chinas-annual-dog-meat-fair-064809038.html
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#Yahoo_com
https://news.yahoo.com/chinas-annual-dog-meat-fair-064809038.html
Yahoo
China's annual dog-meat fair opens; activists hope for last time
China's notorious dog-meat festival has opened in defiance of a government campaign to improve animal welfare and reduce risks to health highlighted by the novel coronavirus outbreak, but activists are hopeful its days are numbered. The annual 10-day festival…
Special Report: Inside Iran’s secret project to produce aluminium powder for missiles
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#Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-missiles-programme-specialreport/special-report-inside-irans-secret-project-to-produce-aluminium-powder-for-missiles-idUSKBN23V1K1
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#Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-missiles-programme-specialreport/special-report-inside-irans-secret-project-to-produce-aluminium-powder-for-missiles-idUSKBN23V1K1
Reuters
Special Report: Inside Iran’s secret project to produce aluminium powder for missiles
LONDON (Reuters) - At the edge of the desert in North Khorasan province in northeast Iran, near the country’s largest deposit of bauxite, sits an aluminium production complex that the government has publicly hailed as a key part of its efforts to boost output…
Air pollutants and population density increase childhood obesity risk – study
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jun/24/air-pollutants-population-density-increase-childhood-obesity-risk-study
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jun/24/air-pollutants-population-density-increase-childhood-obesity-risk-study
the Guardian
Air pollutants and population density increase childhood obesity risk – study
Researchers found that air pollution, smoking and a person’s built environment may play role in obesity in children
Days with both extreme heat and extreme air pollution are becoming more common – which can't be a good thing for global health
#The_Conversation
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https://theconversation.com/days-with-both-extreme-heat-and-extreme-air-pollution-are-becoming-more-common-which-cant-be-a-good-thing-for-global-health-139957
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https://theconversation.com/days-with-both-extreme-heat-and-extreme-air-pollution-are-becoming-more-common-which-cant-be-a-good-thing-for-global-health-139957
The Conversation
Days with both extreme heat and extreme air pollution are becoming more common – which can’t be a good thing for global health
In South Asia, days with both extreme heat and extreme pollution are expected to increase 175% by 2050. Separately, the health effects are bad; together they will likely be worse.