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Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Purplebricks enjoys boost from stamp duty holiday and pent-up demand

Online estate agent Purplebricks enjoyed a boost in fees as more home-owners took advantage of the stamp duty holiday introduced at the height of the pandemic.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Purplebricks enjoys boost from stamp duty holiday and pent-up demand

Online estate agent Purplebricks enjoyed a boost in fees as more home-owners took advantage of the stamp duty holiday introduced at the height of the pandemic.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Zara owner Inditex and H&M sales hit by second wave of pandemic

Fashion giants H&M and Zara owner Inditex have revealed fresh sales slowdowns due to restrictions to curb the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
West End landlord Shaftesbury plunges to £699m loss as virus hits valuations

West End landlord Shaftesbury has plummeted to a £699 million annual loss after the pandemic battered rental income and caused property values to plunge.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
West End landlord Shaftesbury plunges to £699m loss as virus hits valuations

West End landlord Shaftesbury has plummeted to a £699 million annual loss after the pandemic battered rental income and caused property values to plunge.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Science & Tech
Google think tank’s report on white supremacy says little about YouTube, blamed for its role in driving people to extremism

A new report from Google's Jigsaw on online extremism has again drawn attention to the role YouTube plays in radicalizing Americans.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Science & Tech
Google think tank’s report on white supremacy says little about YouTube, blamed for its role in driving people to extremism

A new report from Google's Jigsaw on online extremism has again drawn attention to the role YouTube plays in radicalizing Americans.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Asia Today: Maldives considers burying Sri Lankan Muslims

The Maldives president's office says it is discussing how to provide a “humane response” to a request from neighboring Sri Lanka to allow burials for Muslims who die of COVID-19....

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Asia Today: Maldives considers burying Sri Lankan Muslims

The Maldives president's office says it is discussing how to provide a “humane response” to a request from neighboring Sri Lanka to allow burials for Muslims who die of COVID-19....

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Government to unveil vaccine plan involving 14 million jabs, 5 different vaccines and mass vaccination centres

More than 14 million Covid-19 vaccines will be administered in care homes, hospitals, GP clinics, pharmacies and in regional vaccination centres under the Government's plan to stop the spread of...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Russian president Vladimir Putin congratulates Joe Biden on winning US election

Russian president Vladimir Putin has congratulated Joe Biden on winning the US presidential election after weeks of holding out.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
The Latest: Germany pushes for quick EU vaccine approval

BERLIN — Germany's health minister has increased his pressure on the European Union's regulatory agency and demanded that a coronavirus vaccine will be approved before Christmas. The news agency dpa...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
German police make 4th arrest over Dresden jewelry heist

German police have arrested one of two fugitive twins wanted in connection with the spectacular theft of 18th-century jewels from a Dresden museum last year A spokesman for Dresden police,...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Russia’s Putin congratulates Biden on winning U.S. election

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday congratulated Joe Biden on winning the U.S. presidential election after weeks of holding out. Putin's message to Biden came a day after the Electoral...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Russia’s Putin congratulates Biden on winning U.S. election

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday congratulated Joe Biden on winning the U.S. presidential election after weeks of holding out. Putin's message to Biden came a day after the Electoral...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
JD Sports snaps up US trainer retailer Shoe Palace in £243 million deal

Sportswear giant JD Sports has snapped up US trainer retailer Shoe Palace for 325 million dollars (£243.8 million).

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
JD Sports snaps up US trainer retailer Shoe Palace in £243 million deal

Sportswear giant JD Sports has snapped up US trainer retailer Shoe Palace for 325 million dollars (£243.8 million).

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Tokyo Games relay opens in 100 days with 10,000 torchbearers

The torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics is to start in just over three months, and it faces the same questions as the Olympics about being held safely during...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Expert pleads for patience as bulk of Covid-19 vaccines may be delayed until next summer

The rollout of a Covid-19 vaccine to the general population is unlikely to happen until well into the middle of next year, a leading scientist has said.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Germany demands EU agency approve vaccine before Christmas

Germany's health minister further increased the pressure on the European Union's regulatory agency, demanding that it approve a coronavirus vaccine before Christmas, the dpa news agency reported Tuesday. “Our goal...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Student nurses should be paid higher allowances for working during Covid-19 – Simon Harris

Student nurses should be paid higher allowances for working during Covid-19, Higher and Further Education Minister Simon Harris has said.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Three killed in bomb and shooting attacks in Kabul, say Afghan officials

A bombing and a shooting attack on Tuesday in the Afghan capital of Kabul killed at least three people, including a deputy provincial governor, officials said.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Senior Tory MP says Boris Johnson should quit as Prime Minister if he does not get a trade deal

A veteran Tory MP has called for Boris Johnson to stand down as Prime Minister if he fails to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Asian shares decline following lackluster day on Wall Street

Asian shares sank on Tuesday after a lackluster day on Wall Street as investors wait to see if Congress can break a logjam on delivering more aid to people, businesses...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Poor countries face long wait for vaccines despite promises

With Americans, Britons and Canadians rolling up their sleeves to receive coronavirus vaccines, the route out of the pandemic now seems clear to many in the West, even if the...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
David Peckham! Chickens given footballs during bird flu lockdown

A farmer has given his chickens footballs to play with while they are stuck indoors during the bird flu lockdown.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
David Peckham! Chickens given footballs during bird flu lockdown

A farmer has given his chickens footballs to play with while they are stuck indoors during the bird flu lockdown.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Fears new strain of Covid-19 could lead to Christmas surge in infections

Ireland is at risk of being struck by a new strain of Covid-19 which can spread rapidly amid fears it could drive a Christmas and new year surge in infection.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
After Arab Spring, a decade of upheaval and lost hopes

Was it real? It's all been erased so completely, so much blood has been shed and destruction wreaked over the past decade. The idea that there was a moment when...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
US vaccinations ramp up as feds weigh 2nd COVID-19 shot

Hundreds more U.S. hospitals will begin vaccinating their workers Tuesday as federal health officials review a second COVID-19 shot needed to boost the nation's largest vaccination campaign. Packed in dry...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Democrats squeezed as COVID-19 relief talks continue

Top Washington negotiators continued to reach for a long-delayed agreement on COVID-19 relief on Monday, but rank-and-file Democrats appeared increasingly resigned to having to drop, for now, a scaled-back demand...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Former Neighbours actor Craig McLachlan cleared of stage indecency

Australian actor Craig McLachlan has been cleared in court of allegations he indecently assaulted his stage co-stars in 2014.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Australian actor Craig McLachlan cleared of stage indecency

Australian actor Craig McLachlan was cleared in court Tuesday of allegations he indecently assaulted his stage co-stars in 2014. The 55-year-old had been charged with seven counts of indecent assault...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Science & Tech
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Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Canada administers first doses of Covid-19 vaccine

Canada administered its first doses of a Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, becoming one of the first countries to do so in the effort to beat back the pandemic.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Canada administers first doses of Covid-19 vaccine

Canada administered its first doses of a Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, becoming one of the first countries to do so in the effort to beat back the pandemic.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Canada administers first doses of Covid-19 vaccine

Canada administered its first doses of a Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, becoming one of the first countries to do so in the effort to beat back the pandemic.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Electoral College certifies Joe Biden as president-elect with 306 votes

The Electoral College decisively confirmed Joe Biden as the next US president on Monday, ratifying his November victory in an authoritative state-by-state repudiation of President Donald Trump's refusal to concede...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Electoral College certifies Joe Biden as president-elect with 306 votes

The Electoral College decisively confirmed Joe Biden as the next US president on Monday, ratifying his November victory in an authoritative state-by-state repudiation of President Donald Trump's refusal to concede...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Ukraine wants Chernobyl power plant to be UNESCO world heritage site

KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine wants the Chernobyl power plant, destroyed by one of history's worst nuclear disasters, to be listed as a world heritage site by the United Nations' cultural...