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This artist paints portraits of medical workers and captures their exhaustion treating Covid-19 patients

6 years 3 months ago
When the pandemic forced artist and video game developer Steve Derrick to work from home, he found himself with extra time on his hands that he said he did not want to spend watching Netflix or Hulu. When he stumbled on a magazine photo of a nurse who had just spent a long shift treating Covid-19 patients, he decided to paint her with marks from her PPE and all. This led him to paint more than 100 portraits of frontline medical workers and send the paintings to his subjects, free of charge.

Give us higher pay not woke words, says ex-driver taking on Uber in the UK

6 years 3 months ago
Yaseen Aslam never set out to drive for a living. But in 2006, laid off from his job in tech with few other options, he found work as a taxi driver. He stuck with it because it offered flexibility and paid well — £500 ($635) in a weekend, after expenses. In 2013, he was lured to a startup offering even more lucrative pay and bonuses: Uber.

How the Cold War created the world's largest airplane

6 years 3 months ago
The first powered plane flight, performed by the Wright Brothers over the windswept beach of North Carolina's Kitty Hawk in 1903, covered 120 feet. That historic flight would fit entirely in the cargo hold of the Antonov AN-225 Mriya, the world's biggest fully operational plane.

EU's future at stake as tempers fray

6 years 3 months ago
EU leaders failed to agree on a huge economic rescue package during fractious talks over the weekend that were described as some of the most bitterly divided in years.
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