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Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Politics
A Sudan in transition presents first-ever film for Oscars

Nearly two years after the overthrow of autocrat Omar al-Bashir, Sudan is taking steps to rejoin the international community from which it was long shunned. That includes its film industry....

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Politics
Downtown Nashville explosion knocks communications offline

A recreational vehicle parked in the deserted streets of downtown Nashville exploded early Christmas morning, causing widespread communications outages that took down police emergency systems and grounded holiday travel at...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
British double agent George Blake dies in Russia at 98

George Blake, a former British intelligence officer who worked as a double agent for the Soviet Union and passed some of the most coveted Western secrets to Moscow, has died...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Breaking News
France confirms first case of coronavirus variant

French health authorities have confirmed the country's first case of the virus variant that prompted strict new lockdown measures in Britain and global travel restrictions.

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Breaking News
Former British agent turned Soviet spy George Blake dies in Russia, aged 98

George Blake, who died in Russia on Saturday at the age of 98, was the last in a line of British spies whose secret work for the Soviet Union humiliated...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Politics
EU, UK unveil vast trade pact set to enter force on Jan 1

The European Union and the United Kingdom made public Saturday the vast agreement that is likely to govern future trade and cooperation between them from Jan. 1, setting the 27-nation...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Series of explosions target police in Kabul; at least 4 dead

A series of explosions hit the Afghan capital on Saturday morning, killing at least four people including two police officers, officials said. The deaths were caused by a sticky bomb...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Politics
Asia Today: Beijing tells residents to stay put for holidays

Beijing has urged residents not to leave the city during the Lunar New Year holiday in February, implementing new restrictions after several coronavirus infections last week. Two domestic cases were...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Breaking News
Covid-19 vaccine shipments arrive across EU before rollout

The first shipments of coronavirus vaccines have arrived across the European Union as authorities prepare to administer the first jabs to the most vulnerable people in a co-ordinated effort on...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Politics
RT’s The Wokies: Top 10 CORPORATE panderers who plumbed new depths in 2020

Corporations went headlong into performative wokeness this year, falling over themselves to embody the spirit of diversity and inclusion. They mostly succeeded in alienating customers and bringing down torrents of...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Breaking News
Watch: Three-legged dog reunited with family after being stolen in March

A stolen dog who went missing in March has been reunited with her family after being found 170 miles away from home.

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Breaking News
Three UN peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic before election

Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed in Central African Republic, the UN mission there said on Saturday, as the government and its allies tried to fend off a rebel offensive...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Virus besets Belarus prisons filled with president’s critics

A wave of COVID-19 has engulfed prisons in Belarus that are packed with people in custody for demonstrating against the nation's authoritarian president, and some of the protesters who contracted...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Farming
Argentina calls meeting to end grains ports strike

Argentina is moving to resolve a ports strike that has bogged down agricultural exports from one of the world's main bread baskets by calling a meeting next week aimed at...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Farming
Why Ireland can’t fall victim to a cheap food policy in the UK

One morning last February as I was feeding my cattle, I happened to hear a discussion on a new book “The Globalist” which is an account of the life and...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Politics
From strategic bombers to combat robots: What Russian weapons to look out for in 2021

The Russian armed forces' modernization drive is in full swing, with multiple new weapons entering service and mass production in the coming year and beyond. Here's a look at some...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Politics
Workers left downtown Orlando. Will they ever come back?

For one of Orlando's barbecue kings, a lunch spot in a downtown tower next to City Hall was an easy sell: the smokey aromas lured crowds of hungry office workers...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Politics
Florida hunter makes Christmas cookies with python eggs

Burmese python may not be everyone's first food of choice for festive holiday fare — or second, third or fourth either. For starters, it's snake. Plus, because of potentially high...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Politics
Milkhouse Creamery adapts and expands in pandemic

Paul Dagostin pulled his pickup truck alongside the barn at the Bloss Farm in Hollenback Township last month to pick up nearly 600 gallons of raw milk for the Milkhouse...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Breaking News
Cases surge past 1,000 as schedule for vaccine roll-out to nursing homes is drafted by HSE

Further testing will take place over the coming weeks to establish how much of a foothold the new strain of Covid-19 has in Ireland.

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Politics
After early success, S. Korea sleepwalks into virus crisis

South Korea had seemed to be winning the fight against the coronavirus: Quickly ramping up its testing, contact-tracing and quarantine efforts paid off when it weathered an early outbreak without...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Breaking News
South Korea sees another surge in coronavirus cases

South Korea has reported another 1,132 new coronavirus cases as its resurgence worsened over Christmas week, putting greater pressure on the government to enforce stricter physical distancing controls.

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Politics
NC restaurant owners, workers clash over COVID safety

Restaurant owners, who have seen their capacity and hours limited by government entities, are struggling to keep the doors open, while their staff, often in a very public-facing position, try...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Politics
Former bed and breakfast in Georgia houses women in recovery

New life has been breathed into the former Whitworth Inn in Flowery Branch. What was once a bed and breakfast is now a home where women struggling with addiction can...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Politics
The Latest: France confirms case of new virus variant

PARIS — French health authorities have confirmed the country's first case of the virus variant that prompted strict new lockdown measures in Britain and global travel restrictions. A French man...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Breaking News
President Trump golfs in Florida as Covid relief hangs in the balance

President Donald Trump spent his Christmas golfing in Florida as a government shutdown looms and Covid relief hangs in the balance.

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Politics
Trump golfs in Florida as COVID relief hangs in the balance

President Donald Trump spent his Christmas golfing in Florida as a government shutdown looms and COVID relief hangs in the balance. Trump, at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach for...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Politics
A pandemic Christmas: Services move online, people stay home

Families that usually reunite on Christmas over a hearty, lingering meal celebrated apart Friday, services shifted online, and gift exchanges were low-key in one of the most unusual and subdued...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Breaking News
With Christmas lights dimmed this year, Italy looks to the future for hope

Most regions in Italy were downgraded from status red to orange in early December, which saw some life returning to the streets. However, a stubbornly high Covid-19 death rate and...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Breaking News
Trump sinks $1.4trn deal as he flies off to golf course

After tossing a grenade that threatens to blow up a massive Covid-19 relief and government funding bill, forcing a government shutdown in the midst of the pandemic, President Donald Trump...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Breaking News
Pope Francis calls for global unity in vaccine distribution

In his Christmas message yesterday, Pope Francis said political and business leaders must not allow market forces and patent laws to take priority over making Covid-19 vaccines available to all,...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Breaking News
Over to you, Joe: the only way is up for a chaotic US

Things can only get better — or at least they can hardly get much worse. The United States limped through 2020, its daily life muted by Covid, its oldest wound...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Breaking News
Explosion in Nashville thought to have been ‘an intentional act’

An explosion linked to a vehicle rocked central Nashville in the US on Christmas morning, sending shattered glass and debris over a wide area and rocking nearby buildings.

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Breaking News
Chrissy Teigen says she ‘will never be pregnant again’ after tragic loss of baby

Celebrity Chrissy Teigen has said she will never be pregnant again following her miscarriage.

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
China’s economy set to overtake US earlier due to virus fallout

LONDON —The Chinese economy is set to overtake the U.S. faster than previously anticipated after weathering the coronavirus pandemic better than the West, according to the Center for Economics and...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Politics
VIRUS TODAY: Make-or-break in California, Midwest reprieve

Here's what's happening Friday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.: THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY — California's deadly Christmas was marked by pleas to avoid holiday gatherings outside the...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Politics
Pope on COVID-19 vaccine: Needy, vulnerable must come first

Pope Francis made a Christmas Day plea for authorities to make COVID-19 vaccines available to all, insisting that the first in line should be the most vulnerable and needy, regardless...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Politics
US to require negative COVID-19 test from UK travelers

The United States will require airline passengers from Britain to get a negative COVID-19 test before their flight, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced late Thursday. The U.S....

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Politics
‘Unprecedented’ mail volume delays Christmas gifts

Some who mailed holiday presents weeks early this year found they didn't act early enough as Christmas arrived with their gifts stuck in transit. The U.S. Postal Service said on...

Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Politics
No time to rest: EU nations assess Brexit trade deal with UK

The fast-track ratification of the post-Brexit trade deal between the U.K. and the European Union got underway on Christmas Day as ambassadors from the bloc's 27 nations started assessing the...