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Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Franco Manca owner reveals heavy hit from Covid-19 closures

The restaurant owner behind Franco Manca and The Real Greek has revealed the devastation to the sector during the Covid-19 pandemic, sinking to a loss.

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
UN secretary general calls for ‘people’s vaccine’

The secretary general of the United Nations has stressed that as wealthy nations roll out the coronavirus vaccine for their citizens the world also needs to ensure it is available...

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Politics
Winter travel raises more fears of viral spread

Tens of millions of people are expected to travel to family gatherings or winter vacations over Christmas, despite pleas by public health experts who fear the result could be another...

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Politics
Winter travel raises more fears of viral spread

Tens of millions of people are expected to travel to family gatherings or winter vacations over Christmas, despite pleas by public health experts who fear the result could be another...

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
UK agency agrees not to photograph Duchess of Sussex, family

A news and photography agency has agreed not to take pictures of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their son, Archie, the High Court in London was told at...

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
UK agency agrees not to photograph Duchess of Sussex, family

A news and photography agency has agreed not to take pictures of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their son, Archie, the High Court in London was told at...

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Politics
1 in 5 prisoners in the US has had COVID-19, 1,700 have died

One in very five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times higher than the general population. In...

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Business
US stock market MOST overvalued in history, strategist tells Boom Bust

As the US Congress is nearing a deal on a $900 billion stimulus bill, the S&P and the Nasdaq are heading to record highs despite growing claims of joblessness. RT's...

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Politics
The Latest: Half of Belgium’s COVID-19 deaths in rest homes

BRUSSELS — More than 10,000 elderly people living in Belgian rest homes have died from COVID-19 since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Yves Van Laethem, a spokesman at Belgium's...

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Shopping centre owner Hammerson seeks Dublin listing to keep EU foothold

Shopping centre giant Hammerson has said it is seeking a secondary listing in Dublin ahead of the UK's looming exit from the EU.

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Politics
Changing portfolios without doing anything | Opinion

The stocks owned by millions of investors will change in the week ahead without those investors buying or selling anything. If you own mutual funds, index funds or exchange traded...

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Man charged with attempted murder after car driven into crowd at carnival

A German man has been charged with 91 counts of attempted murder for allegedly driving his car into a crowd at a carnival parade earlier this year.

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Man charged with attempted murder after car driven into crowd at carnival

A German man has been charged with 91 counts of attempted murder for allegedly driving his car into a crowd at a carnival parade earlier this year.

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Business
US backs EastMed pipeline to supply gas to Europe

The US has given its support to the EastMed pipeline project that is expected to deliver natural gas from offshore Israel via Greece and Cyprus to the wider European market....

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
‘The virus loves alcohol, and we have a challenge with alcohol in this country’ – CMO on new recommended restrictions

CMO Dr Tony Holohan said that irrespective of setting, we have a challenge with alcohol in this country and that it's really difficult for people to maintain public health guidelines...

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
‘The virus loves alcohol, and we have a challenge with alcohol in this country’ – CMO on new recommended restrictions

CMO Dr Tony Holohan said that irrespective of setting, we have a challenge with alcohol in this country and that it's really difficult for people to maintain public health guidelines...

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Sir Ian Cheshire quits as Barclays UK chairman

Sir Ian Cheshire has quit as the chairman of Barclays UK bank after four years.

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Sir Ian Cheshire quits as Barclays UK chairman

Sir Ian Cheshire has quit as the chairman of Barclays UK bank after four years.

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Sir Ian Cheshire quits as Barclays UK chairman

Sir Ian Cheshire has quit as the chairman of Barclays UK bank after four years.

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Freed Nigerian schoolboys welcomed after week of captivity

More than 300 Nigerian schoolboys, freed after being kidnapped last week in an attack on their school, have arrived in the capital of Katsina state to celebrations of their release....

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Politics
Liz Truss’s right-wing equality plan deserves a chance, because weak woke politicians have got the UK nowhere

The Conservative equalities minister has laid out her new approach for delivering equality, but it's already been attacked by virtue-signalling lefties accusing her of whitewashing British history and implicit racism....

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Politics
Liz Truss’s right-wing equality plan deserves a chance, because weak woke politicians have got the UK nowhere

The Conservative equalities minister has laid out her new approach for delivering equality, but it's already been attacked by virtue-signalling lefties accusing her of whitewashing British history and implicit racism....

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Shut by Covid, Berlin restaurant reopens for homeless

The coronavirus pandemic has not made life on the streets of Berlin any easier for Kaspars Breidaks.

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Shut by Covid, Berlin restaurant reopens for homeless

The coronavirus pandemic has not made life on the streets of Berlin any easier for Kaspars Breidaks.

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Politics
This capitalist commune is trying to cure LA’s loneliness. Plus there’s free coffee

On a Sunday evening in late September, with wildfire smoke hanging in the air, a few dozen people gathered in the rooftop kitchen of a Hollywood apartment building called Treehouse...

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Politics
This capitalist commune is trying to cure LA’s loneliness. Plus there’s free coffee

On a Sunday evening in late September, with wildfire smoke hanging in the air, a few dozen people gathered in the rooftop kitchen of a Hollywood apartment building called Treehouse...

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Politics
GMC dealers have to spend thousands to sell new Hummer all-electric pickup

About half of General Motors' 1,900 GMC dealers in the United States have agreed to invest up to $140,000 to sell the 2022 Hummer all-electric pickup truck. The dealers are...

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Politics
GMC dealers have to spend thousands to sell new Hummer all-electric pickup

About half of General Motors' 1,900 GMC dealers in the United States have agreed to invest up to $140,000 to sell the 2022 Hummer all-electric pickup truck. The dealers are...

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Politics
Amazon has turned a middle-class warehouse career into a McJob

Amazon.com Inc. job ads are everywhere. Plastered on city buses, displayed on career web sites, slotted between songs on classic rock stations. They promise a quick start, $15 an hour...

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Politics
Amazon has turned a middle-class warehouse career into a McJob

Amazon.com Inc. job ads are everywhere. Plastered on city buses, displayed on career web sites, slotted between songs on classic rock stations. They promise a quick start, $15 an hour...

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
‘We need to take action now in order to protect our society’ – Holohan sends Covid warning as earlier clampdown on pubs, restaurants and home visits likely

Christmas and New Year festivities will be curtailed as pubs, restaurants and home visits face an earlier clampdown due to alarm over rising levels of Covid-19.

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
‘We need to take action now in order to protect our society’ – Holohan sends Covid warning as earlier clampdown on pubs, restaurants and home visits likely

Christmas and New Year festivities will be curtailed as pubs, restaurants and home visits face an earlier clampdown due to alarm over rising levels of Covid-19.

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Politics
Pilot project aims to help at home learners without internet

Kentucky Educational Television has partnered with the Kentucky Department of Education to launch a pilot project that aims to give stronger support to at home learners without internet access, officials...

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Virus-stricken Macron at presidential retreat with fever

As French President Emmanuel Macron rides out the coronavirus in a presidential retreat at Versailles, French doctors are warning families who are heading for the holidays to remain cautious because...

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Virus-stricken Macron at presidential retreat with fever

As French President Emmanuel Macron rides out the coronavirus in a presidential retreat at Versailles, French doctors are warning families who are heading for the holidays to remain cautious because...

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Politics
States making bold new legal claims in 2 Google lawsuits

As a wave of antitrust actions surges against Google and Facebook, states in two lawsuits are stretching beyond the cases made by federal competition enforcers to level bold new claims....

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Iran builds underground nuclear facility amid US tensions

Iran has begun construction on a site at its underground nuclear facility at Fordo amid tensions with the US over its atomic programme, new satellite photos show.

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
‘A platform for conspiracy theories and lies’ – Democrats push back against Republican election claims

Senate Republicans may be acknowledging president-elect Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump, but the politically charged fight over Mr Trump's claims about voter fraud rages on – and threatens to...

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Stars of 2020: The 13 movers and shakers who defied the pandemic to hit new heights of success

There are no two ways about it — 2020 has been one of the worst and most challenging years in living memory.

Posted by The Analyst | December 18, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Shut down by corona, Berlin restaurant opens for homeless

The coronavirus pandemic hasn't made life on the streets of Berlin any easier for Kaspars Breidaks. For three months, the 43-year-old Latvian has faced homeless shelters operating at reduced capacity...