Women in India in 1870 – new research by a Harvard professor explores sexuality under British authorities In 1868, police in the British-ruled Indian city of Calcutta (now Kolkata) sent a woman called Sukhimonee Raur to prison for evading a genital examination which had been made compulsory for “registered” sex workers. Under the colonial Contagious Diseases Act, designed to contain the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, sex workers had to “register themselves at police stations, get… Source link
Read More »OPEC+ Faces Growing Pressure to Change Course as Ministers Meet
(Bloomberg) — When OPEC and its allies met last month, Saudi Arabia’s energy minister dared oil speculators to test his determination to stabilize global markets. Now that a resurgent pandemic is threatening demand once again, the moment of reckoning is getting closer. The coalition of crude producers gathers on Monday to assess the state of the market. No supply decisions are expected until Dec. 1 but leading members Saudi Arabia and Russia are already stepping up diplomacy. President… Source link
Read More »Google has a new humming feature for your phone. Here’s how it works
Ask Google to name that tune. Angela Lang/CNET It happens all the time — you get a song stuck in your head, try to hum it… Source link
Read More »Florida’s Dan Mullen learns about COVID-19 hard way
The coronavirus is relentless, insidious, infectious and completely oblivious to your opinions. Last Saturday afternoon, Florida coach Dan Mullen was pushing for his school to allow some 90,000 fans to jam Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville for this week’s matchup with LSU. By Wednesday, the game was postponed due to an outbreak of COVID-19 among Florida players and coaches. By Saturday, Mullen announced he had COVID-19 himself. Just like that. There is no need to pile on Mullen. After… Source link
Read More »Florida’s Dan Mullen tests positive for COVID after plea for fans
Florida coach Dan Mullen has tested positive for COVID-19, he confirmed in a statement on Saturday. Mullen said he’s isolating from his family and he’s experiencing “mild to no symptoms.” Mullen’s positive test comes amid an outbreak of staff and players that’s amounted to more than 20 positive tests. Florida’s game against LSU scheduled for Saturday had already been postponed, as the school announced on Wednesday that it didn’t have enough players to play. Mullen’s positive… Source link
Read More »Jaguars place 75 percent of practice squad on COVID-19 list
A positive COVID-19 test on the practice squad of the Jacksonville Jaguars appears to have had significant consequences. The Jaguars announced early Saturday that an unidentified member of their practice squad had tested positive through the NFL’s daily testing protocols. 13 Jaguars players hit reserve/COVID-19 list Hours later, the team announced this whopper of a roster move: The Jacksonville Jaguars have placed the following players on the Practice Squad/COVID-19 list: Cottrell, Nathan (RB,… Source link
Read More »Multi Billion Dollar Merger between Russian Tech Firm Yandex and Challenger Bank Tinkoff has been Scrapped
The recently proposed merger between Yandex, a major Russia-based tech firm, and banking challenger Tinkoff will not be finalized because the bank’s founder Oleg Tinkov has walked away from the deal. Tinkoff’s management confirmed that all negotiations between the two parties have now been “terminated, effective immediately.” Yandex and Tinkoff had previously reached an agreement “in principle” which would have led to the tech giant acquiring the challenger bank in a $5.5… Source link
Read More »Biden campaign warns supporters ‘this thing is going to come down to the wire’
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign is warning supporters that the 2020 race is “far closer” than has been suggested. Biden’s campaign manager, Jen O’Malley Dillon, in a memo warned supporters they should not grow complacent about the state of the race due to the Democratic nominee’s consistent lead in national polls, The New York Times and The Washington Post report. “We cannot become complacent because the very searing truth is that Donald Trump can still win this race,… Source link
Read More »Google says Chinese hackers who targeted Biden campaign are faking McAfee software
Google said in a new blog post that hackers linked to the Chinese government have been impersonating antivirus software McAfee to try to infect victims’ machines with malware. And, Google says, the hackers appear to be the same group that unsuccessfully targeted the presidential campaign of former Vice President Joe Biden with a phishing attack earlier this year. A similar group of hackers based in Iran had tried to target President Trump’s campaign, but also was unsuccessful. The… Source link
Read More »Jeff Van Gundy, John Lucas, Stephen Silas three finalists to be Houston coach
There are a lot of questions about the search for the next Houston Rockets head coach, but we also know a few things. We know now that Rafael Stone is running the search now that Daryl Morey has stepped away from the franchise. We also know that the three finalists for the Houston head coach job are Jeff Van Gundy, John Lucas, Stephen Silas, as reported by Mark Berman of Fox News 26 in Houston. Van Gundy is a former Rockets (and Knicks) coach turned broadcaster who has been eager to get back… Source link
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