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Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   It takes a bold person to write a 400-page book about a profound historical event while it is still unfolding, but Nicholas Christakis is nothing if he’s not bold. “Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live” (Little Brown Spark, 2020) was written and published just eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic and combines the immediacy of contemporary reporting with a deeply informed and thought-provoking long term historical and sociological viewpoint. The Sterling Professor of Soc...

- (UK) Q3 Final GDP Q/Q: 16.0 v 15.5% prelim; Y/Y: -8.6 v -9.6% prelim - (UK) Nov Public Finances (PSNCR): £23.5B v £19.8B prior; PSNB (ex-banking groups: £31.6B v £22.3B prior - (UK) Q3 Current Account Balance: £15.6B v -£2.8B prior - (NO) Norway Oct AKU Unemployment Rate: 5.2% v 5.2%e - (ES) Spain Oct Total Mortgage Lending Y/Y: -11.3% v -6.9% prior; House Mortgage Approvals Y/Y: -5.9% v +18.4% prior - (SE) Sweden Nov Consumer Confidence: 92.3 v 88.6 prior - (SE) Sweden Nov Retail Sales M/M: +0.8% v -0.4%e; Y/Y: 5.7% v 3.1%e - (SE) Sweden Nov PPI M/M: 0.2% v 0.4% prior; Y/Y: -4.4% v ...

Adjust font size: The relatives of victims killed by Australian troops during their mission in Afghanistan mourn at a tomb in Tirinkot, capital of Uruzgan, Afghanistan, Nov. 22, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] A satirical computer generated image featuring an Australian soldier cutting the throat of a child in Afghanistan has created a furor since November 29, when it was posted by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison demanded China to apologize for the "doctored image," successfully redirecting the international attention from focusing on the coun...

Weekly Roundup - phasing facts Recap and analysis of the week in state government BOSTON - The historic Hoosac Tunnel, running through the mountains between North Adams and Florida, is four-and-three-quarters miles long. The Big Dig's Tip O'Neill Tunnel goes for a mile and a half under downtown Boston. And the tunnel we unknowingly descended into sometime last winter when the novel coronavirus first arrived in Massachusetts? That one's measured not in miles, but in months, and we still have a ways to go before coming out the other side, or even before knowing exactly how much of the trek rema...

By Li Fangfang  ·  2020-12-11  ·   Source: Web Exclusive A satirical computer generated image featuring an Australian soldier cutting the throat of a child in Afghanistan has created a furor since November 29, when it was posted by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison demanded China to apologize for the "doctored image," successfully redirecting the international attention from focusing on the country's war crimes to blaming China.   Following Morrison, the media in Australia and its allies such as New Zealand, France, the U...