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Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
‘We held on to him but fell asleep – when we woke he was dead in the sea’ – Covid forces desperate migrants to target Europe

It is a balmy night under the boardwalk at Playa de las Alcaravaneras, in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. A floodlit game of volleyball is in full swing on the beach....

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
Endangered-species decision expected on beloved butterfly

Trump administration officials are expected to say this week whether the monarch butterfly, a colorful and familiar backyard visitor now caught in a global extinction crisis, should receive federal designation...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
With his star dimmed, California’s Newsom could face recall

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has had a rough year. The next one might be even tougher as a recall effort appears to be gaining momentum, fueled partly by outrage over...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
‘Panic buying’ of Christmas trees hits NC amid tree shortage

A cold drizzle fell on Boyd's Christmas Trees, but the holiday spirit hummed along apace at the Swannanoa River Road tree lot, where Rhonda Heath said she's had the best...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
‘External source’ causes oil tanker blast off Saudi Arabia

An oil tanker off Saudi Arabia's port city of Jiddah suffered an explosion early Monday after being hit by “an external source,” a shipping company said, suggesting another vessel has...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
Asia Today: South Korea to open more virus testing sites

South Korea was opening dozens of free COVID-19 testing sites in the greater Seoul area, as the country registered additional 718 new cases Monday amid a surge in infections. The...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
US agencies hacked in monthslong global cyberspying campaign

Hackers broke into the networks of the Treasury and Commerce departments as part of a monthslong global cyberespionage campaign revealed Sunday, just days after the prominent cybersecurity firm FireEye said...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
Asia shares up as strong Japan data offsets Wall St losses

Shares rose in Asia on Monday, shrugging off a weak close last week on Wall Street after Japan's central bank reported a strong improvement in business sentiment. Tokyo's Nikkei 225...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
Experts name Russia a possible culprit after US government agencies hacked

Hackers have broken into the networks of the US Treasury and Commerce departments just days after a leading global cybersecurity firm announced it had been breached in an attack that...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
Report: Cleveland Indians changing name after 105 years

The Cleveland Indians are changing their name after 105 years. Citing three people familiar with the decision, The New York Times reported Sunday night that the team is moving away...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Politics
Report: Cleveland Indians changing name after 105 years

The Cleveland Indians are changing their name after 105 years. Citing three people familiar with the decision, The New York Times reported Sunday night that the team is moving away...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
Violent clashes as thousands march to support Trump

Four people were stabbed and one shot in the stomach as violence flared in the early hours of yesterday following protests against the US election result.

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
Violent clashes as thousands march to support Trump

Four people were stabbed and one shot in the stomach as violence flared in the early hours of yesterday following protests against the US election result.

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
Thousands protest in Poland amid unrest at civil liberties crackdown

Thousands of people marched through Warsaw and other Polish cities to protest about the country's right-wing government in the latest demonstrations after a high court ruled to tighten the country's...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
Thousands protest in Poland amid unrest at civil liberties crackdown

Thousands of people marched through Warsaw and other Polish cities to protest about the country's right-wing government in the latest demonstrations after a high court ruled to tighten the country's...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
Taliban fighters killed during Afghan assault on heartland

Dozens of Taliban fighters have been killed by Afghan forces while launching a multi-pronged assault on the symbolically important city of Kandahar.

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
Taliban fighters killed during Afghan assault on heartland

Dozens of Taliban fighters have been killed by Afghan forces while launching a multi-pronged assault on the symbolically important city of Kandahar.

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
Rollout of US vaccine gets going after week that saw record death toll recorded

The first US shipments of Covid-19 vaccine left a Michigan manufacturing plant early yesterday, kicking off a massive immunisation effort on the weekend the country recorded 3,300 deaths in a...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
Rollout of US vaccine gets going after week that saw record death toll recorded

The first US shipments of Covid-19 vaccine left a Michigan manufacturing plant early yesterday, kicking off a massive immunisation effort on the weekend the country recorded 3,300 deaths in a...

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
Kidnappers take hundreds of children for ransom in Nigerian school attack

Hundreds of Nigerian students are missing after gunmen attacked a secondary school in the country's northwestern Katsina state.

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
Kidnappers take hundreds of children for ransom in Nigerian school attack

Hundreds of Nigerian students are missing after gunmen attacked a secondary school in the country's northwestern Katsina state.

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
Germany closes shops and schools with tighter lockdown in bid to rein in cases

Germany is to shut schools and shops as part of a strict new lockdown from Wednesday after recording an “exponential growth” in coronavirus infections.

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
Germany closes shops and schools with tighter lockdown in bid to rein in cases

Germany is to shut schools and shops as part of a strict new lockdown from Wednesday after recording an “exponential growth” in coronavirus infections.

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
Covid forces new wave of desperate migrants to target Europe

It is a balmy night under the boardwalk at Playa de las Alcaravaneras, in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. A floodlit game of volleyball is in full swing on the beach....

Posted by The Analyst | December 14, 2020 | Breaking News
Covid forces new wave of desperate migrants to target Europe

It is a balmy night under the boardwalk at Playa de las Alcaravaneras, in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. A floodlit game of volleyball is in full swing on the beach....

Posted by The Analyst | December 13, 2020 | Politics
White House, other top officials to get early vaccine access

Senior U.S. government officials, including some White House officials who work in close proximity to President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, will be offered coronavirus vaccines as soon...

Posted by The Analyst | December 13, 2020 | Politics
Body recovered from Ohio power plant collapse identified

A worker whose body was recovered from the debris of a collapsed power plant in southern Ohio was identified Sunday as a 42-year-old northeastern Kentucky man. Doug Gray was killed...

Posted by The Analyst | December 13, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Agent: Master spy writer John le Carre dies at 89

John le Carre, a spy turned novelist who became the preeminent writer of espionage fiction in English, has died at age 89. Le Carre's literary agency, Curtis Brown, said Sunday...

Posted by The Analyst | December 13, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Agent: Master spy writer John le Carre dies at 89

John le Carre, a spy turned novelist who became the preeminent writer of espionage fiction in English, has died at age 89. Le Carre's literary agency, Curtis Brown, said Sunday...

Posted by The Analyst | December 13, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Agent: Master spy writer John le Carre dies at 89

John le Carre, a spy turned novelist who became the preeminent writer of espionage fiction in English, has died at age 89. Le Carre's literary agency, Curtis Brown, said Sunday...

Posted by The Analyst | December 13, 2020 | Politics
US looking into possible computer hacks of federal agencies

Hackers got into computers at the U.S. Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, touching off a government response involving the National Security Council. Security Council spokesperson John Ullyot said...

Posted by The Analyst | December 13, 2020 | Breaking News
Gunman shot by police at NYC cathedral Christmas concert

A man was shot by police after an incident involving a gun at the end of a Christmas choral concert on the steps of a Manhattan cathedral in New York.

Posted by The Analyst | December 13, 2020 | Breaking News
Man shot by police after incident at Manhattan cathedral

A man was shot by police after an incident involving a gun at the end of a Christmas choral concert on the steps of a Manhattan cathedral in New York.

Posted by The Analyst | December 13, 2020 | Breaking News
Man shot by police after incident at Manhattan cathedral

A man was shot by police after an incident involving a gun at the end of a Christmas choral concert on the steps of a Manhattan cathedral in New York.

Posted by The Analyst | December 13, 2020 | Breaking News
Man shot by police after incident at Manhattan cathedral

A man was shot by police after an incident involving a gun at the end of a Christmas choral concert on the steps of a Manhattan cathedral in New York.

Posted by The Analyst | December 13, 2020 | Politics
Mets make it official, hire Porter as GM with 4-year deal

Jared Porter and the New York Mets have finalized a four-year contract that makes him the 14th general manager in franchise history. The team announced the move on Sunday. The...

Posted by The Analyst | December 13, 2020 | Breaking News
US looking into possible Treasury Department computer hack

Hackers have reportedly accessed computers at the US Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, setting off a government response involving the National Security Council.

Posted by The Analyst | December 13, 2020 | Breaking News
US looking into possible Treasury Department computer hack

Hackers have reportedly accessed computers at the US Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, setting off a government response involving the National Security Council.

Posted by The Analyst | December 13, 2020 | Breaking News
US looking into possible Treasury Department computer hack

Hackers have reportedly accessed computers at the US Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, setting off a government response involving the National Security Council.

Posted by The Analyst | December 13, 2020 | Politics
Inslee: Virus vaccination could begin Tuesday in Washington

Gov. Jay Inslee says the first COVID-19 vaccinations in Washington state could be administered by Tuesday. “We are ready to go,” Inslee said at a news conference Sunday. On Sunday...