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Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
Cake Box profits dented by lockdown as stores closed

Egg-free cake specialist Cake Box saw profits fall 4% as the national lockdown in March took its toll on the business.

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
Cake Box profits dented by lockdown as stores closed

Egg-free cake specialist Cake Box saw profits fall 4% as the national lockdown in March took its toll on the business.

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
UN human rights experts: Japan wrong to detain ex-Renault-Nissan boss Ghosn

A panel of human rights experts working with the United Nations has said former Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn was wrongly detained in Japan, and has urged “compensation” and “other reparations”...

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
UN human rights experts: Japan wrong to detain ex-Renault-Nissan boss Ghosn

A panel of human rights experts working with the United Nations has said former Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn was wrongly detained in Japan, and has urged “compensation” and “other reparations”...

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
ALS ‘Ice bucket challenge’ co-founder has died aged 37

The co-founder of the viral “ice bucket challenge”, which has raised more than 200 million dollars worldwide for research into motor neurone disease, has died at the age of 37.

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
Time for mainstream journalists to take sides in the war between truth and lies

US President Donald Trump didn't create the media cesspool he'll bequeath to a troubled nation. He just made it exponentially worse – not only with his own constant lies but...

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Business
US may hit more than 100 Chinese & Russian firms with trade restrictions over alleged military ties – report

The Trump administration is planning to designate 89 Chinese and 28 Russian entities as “military end-users,” restricting American companies from doing business with them, Reuters reported citing a draft document....

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Business
US may hit more than 100 Chinese & Russian firms with trade restrictions over alleged military ties – report

The Trump administration is planning to designate 89 Chinese and 28 Russian entities as “military end-users,” restricting American companies from doing business with them, Reuters reported citing a draft document....

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
Geri Horner’s Spice Girls Wannabe dress up for auction

Geri Horner's outfit from the video for the Spice Girls' debut single Wannabe is going up for auction.

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
Former French president Sarkozy faces corruption trial

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is going on trial on charges of corruption and influence peddling, a first for the 65-year-old politician who has faced several other judicial investigations since...

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Reports: Israeli PM flew to Saudi Arabia, met crown prince

Israeli media reported Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Saudi Arabia for a clandestine meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, which would mark the first known encounter...

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Reports: Israeli PM flew to Saudi Arabia, met crown prince

Israeli media reported Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Saudi Arabia for a clandestine meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, which would mark the first known encounter...

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong taken into custody

Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong and two other activists have been taken into custody after they pleaded guilty to charges related to a demonstration outside police headquarters during...

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
Napping, praying, chatting, drinking tea & laughing: My magical lockdown with my 107-year-old Granny’

As I sit on a homely colourful patchwork couch, I hold a tall white mug decorated with pink flowers, the prettiest mug anyone could possess — fit for a queen...

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
Jacinda Ardern offers to share virus expertise with Joe Biden

New Zealand's prime minister Jacinda Ardern became the latest world leader to congratulate US president-elect Joe Biden on his election victory, saying she had offered to share her nation's expertise...

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
Jacinda Ardern offers to share virus expertise with Joe Biden

New Zealand's prime minister Jacinda Ardern became the latest world leader to congratulate US president-elect Joe Biden on his election victory, saying she had offered to share her nation's expertise...

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Politics
Asia Today: South Korea capital announces new virus controls

Authorities in the South Korean capital on Monday announced a tightening of social distancing regulations, including shutting nightclubs, limiting service hours at restaurants and reducing public transportation. The measures going...

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
Vegans at higher risk of broken bones, study suggests

Vegans are more likely to suffer a fracture than those who include meat and fish in their diet, according to new research.

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
Vegans at higher risk of broken bones, study suggests

Vegans are more likely to suffer a fracture than those who include meat and fish in their diet, according to new research.

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
Police arrest 15-year-old boy over Wisconsin mall shooting

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a shooting at a Milwaukee shopping mall that injured eight people, authorities said.

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
Police arrest 15-year-old boy over Wisconsin mall shooting

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a shooting at a Milwaukee shopping mall that injured eight people, authorities said.

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
Oxford University vaccine shows up to 90 pc effective against Covid-19, data suggests

A coronavirus vaccine developed in the UK can prevent up to 90% of people from getting Covid-19, according to new data.

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
Oxford University vaccine shows up to 90 pc effective against Covid-19, data suggests

A coronavirus vaccine developed in the UK can prevent up to 90% of people from getting Covid-19, according to new data.

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
Covid-19: Oxford University vaccine shows 70pc protection

A coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University can prevent 70.4% of people from getting Covid-19, data shows.

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
Covid-19: Oxford University vaccine shows 70pc protection

A coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University can prevent 70.4% of people from getting Covid-19, data shows.

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Farming
Beef Trade: Some plants extending working week to cope with UK demand

Removing veal from the kill figures for the week ending the 15th of the month we find that the processing sector handled 39,213 animals that week bringing this year total...

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Farming
Beef Trade: Some plants extending working week to cope with UK demand

Removing veal from the kill figures for the week ending the 15th of the month we find that the processing sector handled 39,213 animals that week bringing this year total...

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Politics
AstraZeneca: COVID-19 vaccine ‘highly effective’ prevention

AstraZeneca says late-stage trials of its COVID-19 vaccine were “highly effective'' in preventing disease. A vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford prevented 70% of people from developing...

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
A traveller tested negative for Covid-19 before a flight. He had the virus and infected four passengers

Health officials in New Zealand, which has a strict 14-day quarantine in place for arriving travellers, released a case study last week that details the risks of traveling on long-haul...

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Farming
Peat stockpiles to be ‘diverted’ to horticulture as power plant closures loom

PEAT stockpiles left over from the looming closure of power plants in the midlands will be “diverted” to Bord na Móna's horticulture and fuel businesses, it has been confirmed.

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Politics
The Latest: China tests millions amid new virus flare-ups

BEIJING — Chinese authorities are testing millions of people, imposing lockdowns and shutting down schools after multiple locally transmitted coronavirus cases were discovered in three cities across the country last...

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
China tests millions after coronavirus flare-ups in 3 cities

Chinese authorities are testing millions of people, imposing lockdowns and shutting down schools after multiple locally transmitted coronavirus cases were discovered in three cities across the country last week. As...

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Farming
National Broadband Plan ‘commercial’ connections to start in January

The Government and National Broadband Ireland (NBI) say that 7,900 of the 544,000 rural premises to be covered by State-subsidised high-speed fibre broadband will be ‘passed' by the end of...

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
Millions tested in China after coronavirus flares up in three cities

Chinese authorities are testing millions of people, imposing lockdowns and shutting down schools after multiple locally transmitted coronavirus cases were discovered in three cities across the country last week.

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Farming
Darragh McCullough: IFA need to get real about the future of dairy farming

The latest example of the parallel universe that Irish farmers' most important lobby group seems to reside in came with the statement that “IFA will reject any proposal to impose...

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Farming
Winter crops are thriving but the impact of autumn storms is still visible in places

Winter crops are turning greener in the fields which is a great sign that crops are healthy and establishing well despite the wet weather since sowing.

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Farming
North Galway 48 acre residential farm with wide appeal

Galway auctioneer Martin Tyrell is handling the sale of a compact residential farm with a range of useful farm buildings at Gortnagoyne, Dunmore in north Galway. The private treaty sale...

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Farming
From Roscommon to the UAE – unravelling a €5.3m forestry investment fraud

When Declan de Lacy was appointed as liquidator of a company set up to sell forests in Ireland to investors he had no idea that his efforts to recoup their...

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
Heartbreak for William and Kate as beloved cocker spaniel dies

BRITAIN'S Prince William and wife Kate have revealed that their beloved dog Lupo has passed away.

Posted by The Analyst | November 23, 2020 | Breaking News
Covid-19 emergency stops climate action group from meeting

The high-level group set up to oversee implementation of the country's crucial climate action strategy has not met for more than a year.