'I went back after 3 days': Calls for miscarriage leave
Paid leave should be extended to parents who lose a pregnancy before 24 weeks, a report by MPs says.
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Oil ends lower after a 3-day rally lifted prices to their highest since August
Oil futures settled with a loss on Tuesday, giving back some ground after a three-day rally driven in part by a new round of U.S. sanctions on Russia’s oil industry lifted crude prices to to their ...MarketWatch - 11h -
An investing experiment let traders see headlines a day in advance—1 in 6 of them went broke
A study from financial firm Elm Wealth let traders see newspaper headlines a day in advance. The average gain: just 3.2%.CNBC - 1d -
Apple pushes back on call to end diversity programme
The tech giant has asked investors to reject a proposal from a conservative group to end its DEI policies.BBC News - 2d -
Pearls, a power saw and a lawnmower toy: What LA fire survivors went back for
Residents of LA's Altadena neighbourhood are picking through the rubble after fires destroyed their homes.BBC News - 3d -
Lucy Letby retrial needed after ‘clear miscarriage of justice’, says David Davis
MP tells parliament he believes justice has not been done after hearing experts’ concerns over former nurse’s murder convictions. Fundamental flaws in the criminal trial system led to the former ...The Guardian - 6d -
A moment that changed me: I went to Kew Gardens – and found a place of safety after homelessness and drug addiction
I’d had a very tough few years after my father died, living on the streets and sleeping with one eye open. But as I looked at a tulip tree that day, my love of gardening came flooding back. I spent ...The Guardian - Jan. 8 -
He Went From Future N.F.L. Coach to Perceived Scapegoat. Now He Wants Back In.
Byron Leftwich has viewed his sabbatical as an exercise in patience. But others are eager to see his return to football.The New York Times - Jan. 5 -
Tim Dowling: I went out to walk the dog and came home a hero
My wife asked me to do the afternoon dog walk. I begrudgingly acquiesced, with no idea of the drama that lay ahead. It is a bleak and featureless afternoon; the bottom of the year’s trough. I don’t ...The Guardian - Jan. 4
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