The nursing home industry has filed suit against Pennsylvania, claiming the state illegally withheld more than $150 million that was intended to help long-term care facilities shoulder the financial burden...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Politics
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Business
Apple has announced the release date of its new over-ear headphones, AirPods Max, that will cost you as much as a decent smartphone or a budget laptop. Music lovers who...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Ethiopia's government says its security forces shot at and detained United Nations staffers as they tried to reach part of the embattled Tigray region. Senior official Redwan Hussein told reporters...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Ethiopia's government says its security forces shot at and detained United Nations staffers as they tried to reach part of the embattled Tigray region. Senior official Redwan Hussein told reporters...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Science & Tech
Apple announced Tuesday it is launching AirPods Max, a pair of over-ear headphones, on Dec. 15 starting at $549.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Science & Tech
Apple announced Tuesday it is launching AirPods Max, a pair of over-ear headphones, on Dec. 15 starting at $549.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Business
The UK and the European Union are back in post-Brexit trade talks, with tensions still running high. UK PM Boris Johnson has warned that securing a deal will be “very...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Politics
There will be no butter sculpture at next month's annual Pennsylvania Farm Show, which had previously been converted to an all-virtual format because of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers said Tuesday....
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Politics
Will you be able to celebrate the holidays while enjoying a margarita on a cruise? It looks unlikely. Many cruise companies, including Florida-based Carnival Corp., Royal Caribbean Group, Norwegian Cruise...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
People aged over 65 who are living in long-term care facilities and frontline health workers are to be the first to be offered the Covid-19 vaccine, the Cabinet agreed today.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Politics
A British politician has been vilified, forced to resign & made to apologise for daring to suggest that we should respect people's deeply held views if they don't wish to...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Politics
Despite American troops packing their bags in Afghanistan, the death toll of innocent people is increasing at an alarming rate. The country has paid a heavy price for two decades...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
A 90-year-old grandmother and an 81-year-old man in the United Kingdom received the first Pfizer-developed COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday. Margaret Keenan, 90, was first in line at University Hospital Coventry...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
The Government has welcomed agreement in principle on Tuesday between Britain and the European Union on how the post-Brexit Northern Ireland protocol will implement checks, regulations and paperwork in the...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
The Government has welcomed agreement in principle on Tuesday between Britain and the European Union on how the post-Brexit Northern Ireland protocol will implement checks, regulations and paperwork in the...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
The Government has welcomed agreement in principle on Tuesday between Britain and the European Union on how the post-Brexit Northern Ireland protocol will implement checks, regulations and paperwork in the...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Politics
Students have returned to class in one of Alabama's largest school systems after a cyberattack shut down the system last week, but students in Huntsville are doing their work on...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
People who have experienced mental health problems are three times more likely to have fallen victim to an online scam than the wider population, according to a charity.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Science & Tech
We tested a lot of laptops this year. Here are the best of the best for 2020.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
China lashed out at the U.S. on Tuesday over new American sanctions against Chinese officials for their actions in Hong Kong, along with the sale of more U.S. military equipment...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Politics
As the busiest travel season approaches, American Airlines will begin offering pre-flight COVID-19 tests for people flying to states with travel restrictions on Dec. 12 — for a price. Starting...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
A key which opened the doors of an 11th Century tower has been returned almost 50 years after it disappeared.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Politics
Streaming giant Netflix is trying to spread holiday cheer in Natchez. The company is putting up Christmas decorations in Natchez and four other cities in the country, including Augusta, Georgia,...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Business
Danish investment bank Saxo Bank has released its annual list of “outrageous predictions,” trying to assess some unlikely – but not impossible – events that could shake up the global...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
Australia finalised plans on Tuesday to make Facebook and Google pay its media outlets for news content, a world-first move aimed at protecting independent journalism that has been strongly opposed...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Impatience is rising as humanitarian officials say they still don't have access to Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region more than a week after Ethiopia's government and the United Nations signed a...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Health officials and experts are still baffled by a mysterious illness that has left over 500 people hospitalized and one person dead in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh....
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
NHS ambulance staff have starred in a video to send Christmas wishes “from the faces behind the masks”.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
A national train tour by Prince William and his wife Kate has received a frosty welcome from leaders in Wales and Scotland, with one Welsh official saying he would rather...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
More than a quarter of UK businesses are not sure they will be ready for Brexit before the end of the year, new data has shown.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Farming
A planned new study into Covid outbreaks at meat plants has been 'cautiously' welcomed.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
The typical premium to buy a home with a sea view has surged by more than £19,000 over the past year, as demand for coastal properties has been boosted during...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
The nurse who administered the world's first Covid-19 vaccination said she was “very proud to say to everyone I am a Filipino-Briton making history”.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Politics
Morocco is gearing up for an ambitious COVID-19 vaccination program, aiming to vaccinate 80% of its adults in an operation starting this month that's relying initially on a Chinese vaccine...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Business
The value of US electric car maker Tesla reached $608 billion on Monday for the first time, as its shares continued their epic 2020 run. The firm thus joins the...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Politics
Joe Biden's possible new secretary of defense pick may be celebrated by the MSM, but his nomination only serves to underline the grim truth: corporations are running America's war machine,...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
Mortgages to the value of around £78.9 billion were agreed in the third quarter of 2020 – the highest total since 2007, according to the Bank of England.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Politics
Germany's Europe minister said Tuesday that further delaying the European Union's landmark 1.82 trillion-euro ($2.21 trillion) long-term budget and coronavirus recovery package would be “irresponsible" as diplomats envisage a solution...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
Welsh Health Minister Vaughan Gething has criticised the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's decision to travel to Wales as Covid cases rise, saying he would prefer it if “no-one was...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
China and Nepal jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest on Tuesday, ending a discrepancy between the two nations. The new height of the world's highest peak is...
