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The private or personal and the public or political are held to be separate from and irrelevant to each other; women’s everyday experience confirms this separation yet, simultaneously, it denies and it affirms the integral connection between the two spheres.

Following the success of the 1st Award Edition, we are pleased to announce the 2nd Edition of the New Post-Photography Award on the occasion of the next edition of the 2021 MIA Fair. This award is aimed at promoting the most creative and innovative trends in the world of contemporary photography.

The European Court of Human Rights has today ruled that UK laws enabling mass surveillance violate the rights to privacy and freedom of expression. Judges found that: — The UK’s historical bulk interception regime violated the right to privacy protected by Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and to free expression, protected by Article 10.

The aim of the German Design Award is to identify, present and honour unique design trends. A competition that advances the design scene. Prizes of the international premium prize will go to topquality products and projects from product and communication design, design personalities and newcomers, all of whom are pioneering in German and international design landscape.

Young, political, combative: the 70th Berlinale Panorama tells of migration and the search for and discovery of an inner notion of home, the overexploitation of our planet and it unveils bold narratives of queer identities. Directors Karim Aïnouz, Andrea Štaka and Francisco Márquez as well as the actors Ben Whishaw, Sandra Hüller and Stellan Skarsgård all present new films in the programme.

Good mentoring relationships can be richly rewarding, not only for the mentee, but for the mentor as well. Through our research, United Way identified mentorship relationships as a key element to help prevent vulnerable youth from ‘falling through the cracks.’

A "shadow biosphere" of "weird life" – unrelated to life as we know it – might exist on Earth, giving new insight into how common life is elsewhere in the universe, astrobiologists say. Finding life that doesn"t fit with the types we already know would be a strong indication that life developed more than one time here on Earth, increasing the chances of finding it elsewhereю

The Direct Broadcast Network ( DBNet) is a set of operational arrangements for the real-time acquisition of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite data through a worldwide network of local, Direct Broadcast receiving stations and the rapid delivery of these data to the global user community after pre-processing and formatting in accordance with agreed standards.

Asda has today announced it is investing £27 million in quality improvements across its fresh food business. The UK’s second largest supermarket revealed that it can now increase the frequency of quality control checks in its supply chain thanks to the greater number of quality assurance inspectors operating across its depots and supplier farms.