Half Mag / Half Zine
A Burmese cat named Oscar miraculously survived a 12-minute cycle in the washing machine after owners didn’t realise he’d fallen asleep inside. The two-year-old cat had wandered into the washer for a quick nap only to be stuck inside for a gruelling 12 minutes on a hot wash with detergent. Oscar’s owner, Amanda Meredith, who […]
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Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson posted a quote incorrectly attributed to Adolph Hitler: “because the white Jews knows that the Negroes are the real Children of Israel and to keep America’s secret the Jews will blackmail America. They will extort America, their plan for world domination won’t work if the Negroes know who they […]
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Targeted taxes on sweetened beverages and policies that strengthen nutritional standards for meals and beverages at schools may be effective tools for decreasing the purchase of sweetened drinks and reducing obesity among children living in poverty, according to two studies led by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The studies will be […]
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Britain risks throwing away its long-standing relationship with China if it bans Huawei from its 5G networks at the behest of the United States as part of a global battle for technological supremacy, the UK chairman of the tech group said. John Browne, a pre-eminent voice in UK Plc and former head of oil giant […]
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Recently, a friend sent me a preview of a book that she was about to have published and asked me to read it. I was delighted — but unfortunately, the copy she sent was formatted as a PDF file. And as many of us know, reading a PDF on a smartphone or even on an […]
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A mum who fed her baby at a job interview has been slammed by parents online for being “rude, condescending but also extremely unprofessional.” The woman explained that after a successful phone interview in March she was asked to attend a face-to-face interview in the summer for a position in a childcare facility. When the […]
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Former NBA player Stephen Jackson defended Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson, who has drawn criticism – including from the Eagles – for posting an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory (incorrectly) attributed to Adolph Hitler. DeSean Jackson apologized twice and pledged to educate himself. Stephen Jackson insists he’s being unfairly maligned. Today’s word is assume. Assume. To […]
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Federal and state policies to expand access to birth control have included increasing access to preventative and emergency hormonal contraception at retail pharmacies for women and girls of all ages without a physician’s prescription. A new study from the University of Illinois at Chicago investigated the impact of these policies in Los Angeles County, California. […]
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Wirecard’s (WDIG.DE) administrator said on Tuesday that more than 100 investors have expressed interest in buying the collapsed German payments firm’s core business and holdings. The firm filed for insolvency last month owing creditors 4 billion euros ($4.5 billion) after disclosing a 1.9 billion euro hole in its accounts that its auditor EY said was […]
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Chinese EV startups Byton, Nio, and Karma Automotive were among the companies that received the largest loans from the government’s COVID-19-related Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in April, with each receiving loans of between $5 million and $10 million, according to new data released by the Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration (SBA). Byton received […]
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