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Posted by The Analyst | December 26, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
What’s the deal? The nuts and bolts of the new post-Brexit agreement

BRUSSELS — Despite enormous disagreements over the past years, the European Union and Britain breathed a collective sigh of relief on Thursday after finally managing to find common ground: A...

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Science & Tech
Looking back at 20 years of tech

There have been over 2,500 episodes of the Talking Tech podcast produced since 2013 by Jefferson Graham

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Science & Tech
You just got a smart speaker as a holiday present. Here’s what you need to know.

With Amazon, Google and Apple speakers, you can listen to music, set timers, check the weather and store closings, use an an intercom and much more.

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
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 25, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Artists lead efforts to restore, preserve Gaza’s old houses

The grand, 500-year-old brick walls of the al-Kamalaia School slowly emerged from years of accumulated garbage as grassroots preservers began the long process of restoring it to its former glory....

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Mali opposition leader Cissé dies after contracting COVID-19

Soumaila Cissé, Mali's main opposition leader who was held hostage for six months earlier this year by jihadis and was considered a leading contender in the 2022 presidential election, has...

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Queen Elizabeth pays tribute to ‘kindness of strangers’

One of the traditional fixtures of any Christmas Day is to see Queen Elizabeth II and her family go to church. Not this year. The coronavirus pandemic has made sure...

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
British army helps clear backlog of virus-stranded drivers

Around 1,000 British soldiers were spending Christmas Day trying to clear a huge backlog of truck drivers stuck in southeast England after France briefly closed its border to the U.K.,...

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
4 pregnant women among 20 migrants dead in Tunisia sinking

Four pregnant women were among 20 migrants whose bodies were found off Tunisia's coast after their smuggling boat sank, Tunisian authorities said Friday, as search efforts continued for 13 others...

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Politics
A deepfake Queen is more truthful than the real one – how ironic!

A British broadcaster aired a technologically manipulated version of the Queen's annual Christmas speech and, while it was satire, it was honest about things the real monarchy tries to pretend...

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Politics
Never mind the nitpickers – Britain came out on top in the £660bn Brexit trade deal, winning hands down on areas that matter most

Arguments will rage over Christmas dinner about who won in the Brexit trade talks, but Brits can be happy to have taken back control of their money, migration and sovereignty....

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Russian professor sent to prison for killing student

A court in St. Petersburg on Friday convicted a prominent history professor on charges of murdering and dismembering a female student and sentenced him to 12 1/2 years in prison....

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Politics
A ship to wreck? BoJo triumphant as Britannia leaves EU. Holes in hull are only subtle, but their consequences can be damaging

Boris Johnson's picturing the finally agreed Brexit deal as some sort of bonanza for Britain is both wrong and misleading. As the devil is always in the details... So the...

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Science & Tech
15 most popular cases to buy for your new Airpods

Got new AirPods? Here are the best cases to buy, including silicone and leather options in a range of colors

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
One Good Thing: Hong Kong street refrigerator keeps giving

Most people who head to Woosung Street in Hong Kong's old-school neighborhood of Jordan are visiting its popular restaurants serving everything from curries to seafood. Others may be headed for...

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
No cafes, no tourists: Virus empties streets of old Athens

It's been a while since visitors to Greece sought out souvenirs in Athens' oldest neighborhood. The winding streets of Plaka, laid out long before the city imported a grid system,...

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Politics
RT presents The WOKIES: 2020’s top virtue signalers, ENTERTAINMENT edition

This year has been a bad one for most of us, but woke virtue signalers of every stripe have been having the best of times. To honor them, RT presents...

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Former Florida lawmaker arrested in Haiti on weapons charge, police official says

A Florida lawmaker who was disciplined after using a gay slur against a political rival and who lost re-election earlier this year was taken into custody in Haiti on a...

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Ivry Gitlis, a violinist who spanned genres, dies at 98

Ivry Gitlis, an acclaimed violinist who played with famed conductors, rock stars and jazz bands around the world and worked to make classical music accessible to the masses, has died...

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Virus changes work, not goal, of Kosovo’s NATO peacekeepers

The coronavirus pandemic has reshaped the holiday celebrations of NATO's peacekeeping mission in Kosovo but left its role of more than two decades untouched. The Kosovo Force (KFOR) mission was...

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Science & Tech
Don’t rest on restroom technology. The flow of innovation can give you a smarter bathroom

From a self-operating bidet to a toothbrush on steroids, there are ways to improve your bathroom with technology.

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Science & Tech
Bathroom ideas: Technology, smart devices can improve your home

From smart mirrors and a bidet and trash can with built-in sensors, there are many ways to improve your bathroom with technology.

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Politics
Leave your phone on the plane? Here’s how lost and found works at Miami, Broward airports

Ever leave your jacket at an airport security checkpoint? How about your cellphone in a terminal waiting area? Leaving things behind on a plane or in an airport is more...

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Chinese vaccines are poised to fill gap, but will they work?

With rich countries snapping up supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, some parts of the world may have to rely on Chinese-developed shots to try to conquer the outbreak. The question: Will...

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Mexico becomes first in Latin America to start vaccine campaign

MEXICO CITY — Mexico became the first country in Latin America to begin vaccinating its population against the coronavirus on Thursday, with the campaign start broadcast live during a news...

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Coronavirus dampens Christmas joy in Bethlehem and elsewhere

Bethlehem on Thursday ushered in Christmas Eve with a stream of joyous marching bands and the triumphant arrival of the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, but few people...

Posted by The Analyst | December 25, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Court orders release of man charged in Daniel Pearl killing

A provincial court in Pakistan ordered the release of a British-born Pakistani man charged in the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl. The Sindh High Court's release order Thursday...

Posted by The Analyst | December 24, 2020 | Farming
Man dies in Kerry farm accident

Gardai are investigating the scene of farm death that occurred in Kerry today.

Posted by The Analyst | December 24, 2020 | Science & Tech
The 5 best Amazon deals you can get this Thursday

Top Amazon deals to shop on the site today include car jumpers, a top-rated rowing machine and more—shop our best picks.

Posted by The Analyst | December 24, 2020 | Science & Tech
The 5 best Amazon deals you can get this Wednesday

The best Amazon deals to shop this Wednesday will help stuff your pockets with extra savings on robot vacuums, streaming devices and so much else.

Posted by The Analyst | December 24, 2020 | Politics
Miami small businesses, live venues await passage of latest relief bill: ‘It means survival’

Help could be on the way for Miami's small businesses as part of a $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill passed by lawmakers in Washington D.C. this week. And, they say,...

Posted by The Analyst | December 24, 2020 | Politics
In her bizarre speech, Ursula von der Leyen casually redefined ‘sovereignty’. This is why Brexit has always been inevitable

Finally free of the European Union's ‘lunar pull', BoJo announces a no-quotas, zero-tariff trade deal days before the Brexit deadline and Britain celebrates taking back its sovereignty. But the EU...

Posted by The Analyst | December 24, 2020 | Politics
George Galloway: The Brexit deal is done. We are now free to build a New Britain…if we want it

The freshly-signed Brexit deal between the UK and the EU was four years in the making – but has been needed for over four decades. Now that we are free,...

Posted by The Analyst | December 24, 2020 | Farming
EXPLAINER-A Brexit trade deal at last – so what?

Nearly five years since the Brexit crisis began, the United Kingdom and the European Union have clinched a trade deal that defines their relationship after Dec. 31.

Posted by The Analyst | December 24, 2020 | Farming
Brexit deal welcomed but concern for Agri-food sector over new ‘competitive forces’

News of an agreement between the EU and the UK on terms of a future trade agreement post Brexit has been greeted with relief by those in the Agri-food sector.

Posted by The Analyst | December 24, 2020 | Farming
How the Brexit trade deal was done – blood red lines and gunboat diplomacy (sort of)

After nine months of tough talking, fish fights and gunboat diplomacy (sort of), a Brexit trade deal is done.

Posted by The Analyst | December 24, 2020 | Farming
“The deal is done”: EU and UK clinch narrow Brexit accord

Britain clinched a narrow Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday, just seven days before it exits one of the world's biggest trading blocs in its most significant...

Posted by The Analyst | December 24, 2020 | Politics
Lawsuit claims Miami homebuilder and a ‘band of thieves’ stole millions from customers

A Miami homebuilder has been sued, accused of stealing millions of dollars from his clients to finance his high-roller lifestyle of weekend gambling stints at the Hard Rock Casino, two...

Posted by The Analyst | December 24, 2020 | Politics
Lee Camp: Ads all tell us to kill our future. Worth discussing?

A sustainable future! Get it now before it's too late! Half-off, for a limited time! This article was originally published by ScheerPost. Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. I...

Posted by The Analyst | December 24, 2020 | Politics
Western belief that globalization can only move in tandem with ITS ideology is at the core of current confrontation with China

Incoming US president Joe Biden will once again attempt to rebuild the Western-led world order and embrace ‘liberal globalization' with the sole goal of preventing globalization on what's seen as...