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Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Science & Tech
How to photograph Monday’s Winter Solstice from your phone

A tripod is key, and don't forget the smartphone adapter, which costs around $10. To keep the camera steady, use the timer to snap the shutter.

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Nepal president dissolves Parliament; elections next spring

Nepal's president dissolved Parliament on Sunday after the prime minister recommended the move amid an escalating feud within his Communist Party that is likely to push the Himalayan nation into...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Politics
Belgians, Dutch halt UK flights, fearing virus variant

The Netherlands and Belgium on Sunday banned flights from the U.K. and Germany considered limiting such flights in attempt to ensure that a new strain of coronavirus sweeping across southern...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Concern among Muslims over halal status of COVID-19 vaccine

In October, Indonesian diplomats and Muslim clerics stepped off a plane in China. While the diplomats were there to finalize deals to ensure millions of doses reached Indonesian citizens, the...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Concern among Muslims over halal status of COVID-19 vaccine

In October, Indonesian diplomats and Muslim clerics stepped off a plane in China. While the diplomats were there to finalize deals to ensure millions of doses reached Indonesian citizens, the...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Concern among Muslims over halal status of COVID-19 vaccine

In October, Indonesian diplomats and Muslim clerics stepped off a plane in China. While the diplomats were there to finalize deals to ensure millions of doses reached Indonesian citizens, the...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Politics
There’s no great ‘American democracy’ to be restored after Trump, and nothing will fundamentally change under Biden

In his latest victory speech, Joe Biden claimed that his election marks a great victory for “democracy.” The claim has some merit. Donald Trump is an authoritarian menace who has...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Politics
There’s no great ‘American democracy’ to be restored after Trump, and nothing will fundamentally change under Biden

In his latest victory speech, Joe Biden claimed that his election marks a great victory for “democracy.” The claim has some merit. Donald Trump is an authoritarian menace who has...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Politics
There’s no great ‘American democracy’ to be restored after Trump, and nothing will fundamentally change under Biden

In his latest victory speech, Joe Biden claimed that his election marks a great victory for “democracy.” The claim has some merit. Donald Trump is an authoritarian menace who has...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Politics
There’s no great ‘American democracy’ to be restored after Trump, and nothing will fundamentally change under Biden

In his latest victory speech, Joe Biden claimed that his election marks a great victory for “democracy.” The claim has some merit. Donald Trump is an authoritarian menace who has...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Breaking News
Fundraising photographer tackles mountain storms to support seriously ill baby

An award-wining photographer has battled hailstorms, freezing rain and 60mph winds to scale England's highest peak six times in 24 hours in a bid to give a seriously ill baby...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Israel begins virus inoculation drive as infections surge

Israel on Sunday began its coronavirus inoculation drive, aiming to vaccinate some 60,000 people a day in a bid to stamp out the illness that is once again surging among...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Official: Large car bomb kills 9 in Afghan capital

A car bomb blast that rocked Afghanistan's capital Sunday morning killed at least nine people, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry. Interior Minister Masoud Andarabi told reporters at the site...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Politics
EU-UK trade talks floundering over fish as cutoff day nears

Deep into a crucial weekend of negotiations, a breakthrough on fishing rights remained elusive for the European Union and Britain, leaving both without a trade agreement that would dull the...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Breaking News
‘We quit or we adapt’ say performers as pantos move online and into car parks

Pantomime performers have said they had to “adapt or quit” as the festive tradition moved online and into car parks to meet coronavirus restrictions this year.

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Breaking News
Nepal president dissolves parliament and calls elections for April and May

Nepal's president dissolved Parliament after the prime minister made the recommendation amid an escalating feud within his Communist Party that is likely to push the Himalayan nation into a political...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Breaking News
Nepal president dissolves parliament and calls elections for April and May

Nepal's president dissolved Parliament after the prime minister made the recommendation amid an escalating feud within his Communist Party that is likely to push the Himalayan nation into a political...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Breaking News
Netherlands bans UK flights for rest of year to avoid new Covid-19 strain

The Netherlands is banning flights from the UK for at least the rest of the year in an attempt to make sure that a new strain of coronavirus that is...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Politics
The woke left are demonizing parents and want to abolish the family. It’s the intellectual equivalent of a toddler’s tantrum

Children raised in a nuclear family are safer, healthier, happier, and more successful. So, of course, the radicals want to abolish it and raise kids in communes, because “parents are...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Breaking News
Split Bosnian town holds first local election for 12 years

Polls opened in the southern Bosnian city of Mostar for the first local election in over a decade in a city famed for its picturesque Ottoman architecture and its deep...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Bosnian city of Mostar holds 1st local election in 12 years

Polls opened Sunday in the southern Bosnian city of Mostar for the first local election in over a decade in a city famed for its picturesque Ottoman architecture and its...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Breaking News
UK borrowing set to jump as more workers furloughed amid second lockdown

Official figures are expected to show a jump in borrowing by the UK Government after England's second lockdown saw more workers furloughed and firms seek state support.

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Breaking News
European countries ban UK flights to fend off new Covid-19 strain

Several European countries are imposing bans on flights from the UK in an attempt to make sure that a new strain of coronavirus sweeping parts of southern England does not...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Breaking News
European countries ban UK flights to fend off new Covid-19 strain

Several European countries are imposing bans on flights from the UK in an attempt to make sure that a new strain of coronavirus sweeping parts of southern England does not...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Breaking News
Netherlands bans UK flights for rest of year to fend off new Covid-19 strain

The Netherlands is banning flights from the UK for at least the rest of the year in an attempt to make sure that a new strain of coronavirus that is...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Dutch ban UK flights, fearing the new coronavirus variant

The Netherlands is banning flights from the U.K. for at least the rest of the year in an attempt to make sure that a new strain of coronavirus that is...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Breaking News
At least nine killed in car bomb blast in Afghanistan’s capital

A car bomb blast that rocked Afghanistan's capital killed at least nine people, according to the Afghan interior ministry.

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Breaking News
At least nine killed in car bomb blast in Afghanistan’s capital

A car bomb blast that rocked Afghanistan's capital killed at least nine people, according to the Afghan interior ministry.

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Breaking News
At least eight killed in car bomb blast in Afghanistan’s capital

A car bomb blast that rocked Afghanistan's capital killed at least eight people, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry.

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Politics
Pandemic exposes the vulnerability of Italy’s ‘new poor’

The coronavirus pandemic did not produce Elena Simone's first budgetary rough patch. The 49-year-old single mother found herself out of the job market when the 2008 global financial crisis hit...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Breaking News
Mexico’s president discusses migration in phone call with Joe Biden

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he spoke with US president-elect Joe Biden by phone, five days after he sent a tardy and somewhat chilly letter of congratulations to...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Business
China’s share of global luxury spending doubles amid coronavirus lockdown

China's luxury goods market has nearly doubled this year, as consumers had to spend cash inside the country due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The market is set to expand further...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Breaking News
Israel launches vaccination drive as coronavirus cases surge

Israel began its coronavirus inoculation drive, aiming to vaccinate some 60,000 people a day in a bid to stamp out the illness that is once again surging among its population.

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Politics
Trump downplays Russia in first comments on hacking campaign

Contradicting his secretary of state and other top officials, President Donald Trump suggested without evidence that China — not Russia — may be behind the cyber espionage operation against the...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Business
The Latest: Cases surge in Thailand, Sydney’s beach suburbs

BANGKOK — Thailand on Sunday reported two new local infections, a day after identifying more than 500 cases south of Bangkok in a country that had largely brought the pandemic...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Business
The Latest: Cases surge in Thailand, Sydney’s beach suburbs

BANGKOK — Thailand on Sunday reported two new local infections, a day after identifying more than 500 cases south of Bangkok in a country that had largely brought the pandemic...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Business
The Latest: Cases surge in Thailand, Sydney’s beach suburbs

BANGKOK — Thailand on Sunday reported two new local infections, a day after identifying more than 500 cases south of Bangkok in a country that had largely brought the pandemic...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Politics
Deal on Fed removes obstacle to agreement on COVID relief

Top congressional lawmakers struck a late-night agreement on the last major obstacle to a COVID-19 economic relief package costing nearly $1 trillion, clearing the way for votes as early as...

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Politics
Rebuilt organ, Mighty Mo, returns to Atlanta’s Fox Theatre

After a $500,000 renovation, the fabulously ornate console of the Fox Theatre's Möller theatrical organ is back home, ready to rise out of the orchestra pit and shine once more....

Posted by The Analyst | December 20, 2020 | Politics
Pastor, barber sees spiritual, financial impact of pandemic

Since first opening its doors nearly 17 years ago, Robert Jackson's barbershop, Bo-Lee's Styles & Cuts, has never been quieter. Before COVID-19, Jackson, known to most as Bobby or Bo-Lee,...