When a cruise ship departs the dock and heads out to sea, it's like leaving everything behind and moving toward infinite possibilities. There's a slight rumble under the ship's hull,...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Farming
Shipments of meat, such as lamb, bacon and sausages, between Britain and the European Union will be disrupted next year even with a Brexit trade deal, as a shortage of...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Farming
Shipments of meat, such as lamb, bacon and sausages, between Britain and the European Union will be disrupted next year even with a Brexit trade deal, as a shortage of...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Farming
Shipments of meat, such as lamb, bacon and sausages, between Britain and the European Union will be disrupted next year even with a Brexit trade deal, as a shortage of...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Shares rose in Asia on Wednesday after revived hopes for more aid for the U.S. economy broke a four-day losing streak on Wall Street. Japan reported weaker than expected export...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Politics
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has reported another high in daily coronavirus increases as health officials face growing pressure to enforce stricter social distancing to slow the spread in...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
PUBLIC health teams have advised people to restrict their number of contacts in advance of Christmas – unless you happen to attend a small school in which there is an...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Farming
Love them or hate them, there's no denying that Brussels sprouts make for a growing business, especially for local producer Paudie Hanafin and his wife, Mary, who operate out of...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
With just over a week to go to Christmas, Kerry has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases with 19 reported in the county on Monday and a further eight on...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Three blocks from the White House, office space for more than 500 Biden transition staffers sits mostly idle. The government is shipping out laptops so staffers can work from home....
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Because of a dwindling oyster population, a Florida agency is expected to shut down oyster harvesting in Apalachicola Bay through the end of 2025, dealing a blow to an area...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
After living in a camp for three years, 70-year-old Merhi Hamed Abdullah returned to his village west of the city of Mosul to find it in ruins — his first...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Politics
As Congress bargains over more financial relief during the coronavirus pandemic, some of the hundreds of thousands of Georgians who are casting ballots for the Jan. 5 runoffs that will...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Month after dismal month, Americans have been inundated by an ever-rising tide of devastating numbers. Hundreds of thousands of deaths. Tens of million unemployed. By mid-December, five in every 100...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Politics
On the morning of Feb. 20, Dr. Annalisa Malara went to work at the public hospital in tiny Codogno, Italy, and broke protocol by ordering up a coronavirus test for...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Politics
President Donald Trump is considering pushing to have a special counsel appointed to advance a federal tax investigation into the son of President-elect Joe Biden, setting up a potential showdown...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Workers have returned to factories, students are back in the classroom and once again long lines form outside popular hot pot restaurants. In major cities, wearing a surgical mask —...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Top Capitol Hill Republicans labored Tuesday to keep the price tag for a long-delayed COVID-19 aid package in check, seeking to prevail in a battle over help for state and...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Politics
California's workplace safety agency has cited two companies for violations in connection with the death of a construction worker who fell from the roof at SoFi Stadium, the new home...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Almost no place has been spared — and no one. The virus that first emerged a year ago in Wuhan, China, swept across the world in 2020, leaving havoc in...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Hospitals are filling up so fast in California that officials are rolling out mobile field facilities and scrambling to hire more doctors and nurses to prepare for an expected surge...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
New Zealand this year pulled off a moonshot that remains the envy of most other nations – it eliminated the coronavirus.
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
New Zealand this year pulled off a moonshot that remains the envy of most other nations: It eliminated the coronavirus. But the goal was driven as much by fear as...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Science & Tech
Today's best Amazon sale finds include our favorite headphones, the Sony WH 1000XM4, the popular Oculus Rift VR headset and more—shop our top picks.
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
South Korea reported another high in daily coronavirus increases as health officials face growing pressure to enforce stricter social distancing to slow the spread in the capital area.
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Politics
MacKenzie Scott, philanthropist, author and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has announced that she has given away $4.1 billion in the past four months to hundreds of organizations...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Some of America's most deeply held secrets may have been stolen in a disciplined, monthslong operation being blamed on elite Russian government hackers. The possibilities of what might have been...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Business
South Korea has reported another high in daily coronavirus increases as health officials face growing pressure to enforce stricter social distancing to slow the spread in the capital area. The...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
President Donald Trump is considering pushing to have a special counsel appointed to advance a federal tax investigation into the son of President-elect Joe Biden.
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
President Donald Trump is considering pushing to have a special counsel appointed to advance a federal tax investigation into the son of President-elect Joe Biden.
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
We wring our hands about the frantic pace of Christmas; every year we promise ourselves that next year will be different – and, weirdly enough, this year it can be.
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
Vaccine certificates may be needed to attend social gatherings or sporting events once the majority of the population are vaccinated.
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
Two of the country's most senior Catholic bishops have warned parents their children's communions and confirmations may have to be called off next year due to the continuing uncertainty caused...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has, for the first time, acknowledged Joe Biden is the president-elect – becoming the most senior Republican official to break with Donald Trump's baseless election...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has, for the first time, acknowledged Joe Biden is the president-elect – becoming the most senior Republican official to break with Donald Trump's baseless election...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has, for the first time, acknowledged Joe Biden is the president-elect – becoming the most senior Republican official to break with Donald Trump's baseless election...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, the one-time girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, are urging a judge to free her to await trial, under a $28.5m (€23.4m) bail package that would include armed...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, the one-time girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, are urging a judge to free her to await trial, under a $28.5m (€23.4m) bail package that would include armed...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, the one-time girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, are urging a judge to free her to await trial, under a $28.5m (€23.4m) bail package that would include armed...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
Kangaroos can communicate with humans despite never being domesticated, according to a new study.
