The OECD is pleased to announce, together with the U.S Environmental Protection Agency and the European Commission Joint Research Centre, the Adverse Outcome Pathway Knowledge Base (AOP KB). This is a web-based platform which aims to bring together all the knowledge on how chemicals can induce adverse effects, therefore providing a focal point for AOP development and dissemination.

Latest releases: AOPs are the central element of a toxicological knowledge framework, promoted by member countries through OECD, built to support chemical risk assessment based on mechanistic reasoning. Seven New AOPs have now been published.

People seem to resign themselves to innovations they considered dubious at the outset

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Europe’s biggest activist investor shakes up management teams to unlock hidden value

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Five steps to protect workers and employers from a cliff-edge end to temporary economic support

In a locked down world, the need to build connections has never been greater, or more physically impossible

Uneven recoveries from pandemic expected to exacerbate decades-old inequalities

Scientists analyze Cassini data to learn why Saturn is hot on outer layer  NEWS HEADS

1. Elon Musk threatens to move Tesla headquarters, factory out of California  Livemint
2. Elon Musk Threatens Removing Tesla From California Over Virus Restrictions  NDTV
3. Elon Musk threatens to exit California over virus restrictions  The Hindu
4. Elon Musk threatens to close Fremont plant and sever ties with California  KTVU San Francisco
5. Tesla’s stock could see new peaks thanks to these 3 catalysts  MarketWatch
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4. Covid-19: Yogi Adityanath Attempts Reforms, Delivers Regulatory Chaos in UP  News18
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Official figures show for the first time the true scale of offending by criminals who were born male but were allowed to move into female jails after changing gender. Convicted rapist Karen White pictured.

One study found this virus spreads so fast that if officials had acted three weeks sooner, they would have reduced cases by 95 per cent. Even one week faster could have cut numbers by two-thirds.

Deeply worried about Beijing's insatiable desire for land and the way its military has occupied areas by stealth, Washington has sent three warships to the region.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: How much are you really drinking in these lockdown days? Studies claim that one person in three is drinking less often that causal, but I can't say I've come across them.

Qantas has confirmed it will stop printing out Frequent Flyer numbers on boarding passes 'over the next few weeks'. In the social media age, hackers are selling Frequent Flyer points on the black market.

QF171 left Melbourne at just after 9am on Saturday morning but a mechanical issue meant its intended landing in Wellington at 2.35pm was aborted and the plane diverted to an air base with no customs.

Two passengers were injured while another was taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital as a precaution following the dramatic emergency evacuation at Sydney Airport on Sunday.

Anthony Balletta, 42, took his bulldog Frank on QF405 from Sydney home to Melbourne on December 21, but when they arrived he was told Frank did not make the flight.

A huge fire has broken out near the Qantas Terminal at Sydney airport.

The Qantas rescue flight which lifted hundreds of Australian citizens from Wuhan took an unexpected route on its flight to Western Australia on Monday.

A union delegate from the Transport Workers Union (TWU) told other Qantas employees that it was unsafe to work on any planes that had come from Beijing or Shanghai.

Qantas will more than double the number of flights between Adelaide and Kangaroo Island after a decision by Regional Express to withdraw from the route.

Up to 100 Australians still remain in the Chinese coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan after 266 'clinically well' evacuees arrived in Darwin on a chartered Qantas flight on Sunday.

The flying kangaroo's debut Brisbane to San Francisco flight departed on Sunday in a new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner- an aircraft centred on cabin comfort.

Two Australian actors have hit out at the firm for the policy, which they said removes the points without warning - despite collecting them for 15 years.

Virgin Australia shares are worth less than 10 cents. Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's has warned the airline's debt problems were likely to worsen in light of the coronavirus.

SafeWork New South Wales has slapped Qantas with an improvement notice after observing cleaners handle used face masks, vomit, soiled nappies and dirty tissues without gloves or masks.

Qantas said on Friday it will cut more international flights this month including to Japan and New Zealand amid falling bookings because of coronavirus fears. 

Flight routes to London will be changed and eight of the airline's 12 A380 aircraft will be grounded due to low demand.

Brave travellers can pick up a bargain on flights, in one of very few positives to come from the coronavirus outbreak.

Virgin Australia has plunged into another trading halt during the coronavirus crisis as the airline waits on a potential bailout package from the federal government.

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack said the move was about ensuring essential workers including frontline medical and defence workers were able to travel.

Essex cancer patient Archie Wilks, four, (right) was allowed outdoors for a family walk after testing negative for coronavirus. He walked through fields with his twin brother Henry (left) and parents.

One person was killed after a fire broke out tonight at a Moscow hospital treating patients infected with the new coronavirus, authorities said.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (bottom right) threatened legal action against the Oglala Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes over checkpoints set up on roads leading to their reservations.

Ethan Weiss took to Twitter to share a selfie from his seat on the crowded 737 jet, which took off from New York on Saturday.

1. The present petition has been listed before this Bench by the Registry in view of the urgency expressed therein. The petition has been heard by way of video conferencing.

2. It is pertinent to mention that present public interest litigation has been filed with the following prayers:-

W.P. (C) 3050/2020 Page 1 of 5

a) Issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, order or direction to the Respondents to make provisions for the payment of salaries to the Health Workers in time. and

b) Issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, order or direction to the Respondents to make provisions for the payment „risk and hardship‟ allowance, incentives in form of bonus, additional salary to the Health Workers who are presently serving on the frontline in view of the present lock down situation due to the COVID 19 situation in the country;

Tim Walsh, 51, is feared to have lain dead at his Cheshire home for up to seven days before he was found by worried work colleagues when he failed to turn up for a shift on August 19 last year.

In a surprise moment for viewers and those in attendance at the O2 in London Dave debuted a brand new verse criticising Boris Johnson, who he said is a 'real racist'.

The model, 19, wowed in a black cut-out caged gown with metallic button detailing on it.

The singer, 33, certainly ensured all eyes were on her as she hit the red carpet in the boldest look of the night at the 2020 BRIT Awards at London's O2 Arena on Tuesday evening.

Dave and Jorja Smith attended the BRIT Awards Beats By Dr Dre after party at The Scotch of St James on Tuesday night.

Mabel was every inch the superstar as she displayed some edgy new locks while stepping out in London on  Thursday.

Maya Jama partied up a storm at the Warner music afterparty at the Chiltern Firehouse on Tuesday night,  where her ex, Stormzy was also in attendance. 

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: Diario AS counted 41 players in Europe's top divisions who have come from the Valdebebas academy and there are 42 ex-Madrid youth system players playing in Spain.

Lawyer Nick Freeman (left) believes that many motorists are lulled into a false sense of security during the Covid-19 restrictions and has produced a list of things drivers need to know.

The silver Suzuki Swift cut down a pine tree in mid-air and narrowly missed a statue of the Pope before crashing into buildings at a cemetery in Rąbień, Lodz, Poland on Easter Sunday.

Up to ten patrons will be allowed to visit cafes and restaurants and five people can visit another person's home under an anticipated easing of coronavirus restrictions in New South Wales.