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Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
‘Every night at sea is a night on the town’ – what I’ve missed about cruising in 2020

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Farming
ANALYSIS-Brexit deal or no deal, meat supply lines will choke on red tape

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Farming
ANALYSIS-Brexit deal or no deal, meat supply lines will choke on red tape

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Farming
ANALYSIS-Brexit deal or no deal, meat supply lines will choke on red tape

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Asian stocks advance after stimulus talks lift Wall St

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
The Latest: S. Korea reports new daily high, mulls new steps

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
Row over Mayo school’s closure highlights lack of clarity over how outbreaks are handled

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Farming
It’s raining sprouts!

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
Covid cases on rise as 15 test positive in one classroom

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Biden’s challenge: Creating a COVID-19-free White House

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Florida might shut down bay known nationally for its oysters

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Camp closures force Iraqi families back to shattered homes

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Democratic push on COVID-19 aid welcomed by some in Georgia

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
A pandemic atlas: USA by the numbers, telling and horrifying

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
A pandemic atlas: Italy becomes Europe’s viral epicenter

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Trump asking about special prosecutor for Hunter Biden

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
A pandemic atlas: China’s state power crushes COVID-19

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Negotiators report progress on long-delayed COVID aid bill

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
California cites 2 firms in SoFi Stadium construction death

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
A pandemic atlas: How COVID-19 took over the world in 2020

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
California virus surge brings field hospitals, body bags

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
Jacinda Ardern says flattening the curve was ‘not sufficient’ for New Zealand

New Zealand this year pulled off a moonshot that remains the envy of most other nations – it eliminated the coronavirus.

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
AP Interview: Flattening curve wasn’t enough for New Zealand

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Science & Tech
The 5 best Amazon deals you can get this Tuesday

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
South Korea mulls new restrictions after reporting a new high in daily cases

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
MacKenzie Scott says she has given $4.1 billion to charity

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Hack may have exposed deep US secrets; damage yet unknown

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Business
Asia Today: S. Korea reports new daily high, mulls new steps

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
President Trump asking about special prosecutor for Hunter Biden

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
President Trump asking about special prosecutor for Hunter Biden

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
This Christmas, the cautious and the risk-takers will have to meet in the middle

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
People with vaccine certificates to face fewer restrictions on life

Vaccine certificates may be needed to attend social gatherings or sporting events once the majority of the population are vaccinated.

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
Bishops cast doubt over communions and confirmations happening in 2021

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
McConnell breaks ranks with Trump over election result

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
McConnell breaks ranks with Trump over election result

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
McConnell breaks ranks with Trump over election result

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
Maxwell asks for armed guards as part of $28.5m bail package ahead of trial

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
Maxwell asks for armed guards as part of $28.5m bail package ahead of trial

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
Maxwell asks for armed guards as part of $28.5m bail package ahead of trial

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 The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
Kangaroos use ‘gazes’ to communicate with humans

Kangaroos can communicate with humans despite never being domesticated, according to a new study.