US president-elect Joe Biden is poised to nominate retired four-star army general Lloyd J Austin to be secretary of defence, making him the first black leader of the Pentagon.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
US president-elect Joe Biden is poised to nominate retired four-star army general Lloyd J Austin to be secretary of defence, making him the first black leader of the Pentagon.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Politics
BERLIN — Germany's eastern state of Saxony has become the country's hotspot for coronavirus infections, with the number of newly confirmed cases per 100,000 inhabitants reaching almost 320 in a...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
Charles “Chuck” Yeager, the Second World War fighter pilot ace and test pilot who became the first person to fly faster than sound in 1947, has died aged 97.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Politics
Britain and the European Union warned Tuesday that talks on a post-Brexit free-trade deal are teetering on the brink of collapse, with just over three weeks until an economic rupture...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
The owners of McCarthy and Stone have voted for a plan which would see the company taken over by a US private equity firm.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
China on Tuesday lashed out at the U.S. over new sanctions against Chinese officials and the sale of more military equipment to Taiwan. The U.S. actions are part of what...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Science & Tech
The battery seems to go on and on with Apple's M1 chip MacBook Pro, but there aren't enough ports and the webcam is super low resolution.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Business
Covid-19 has forced the World Economic Forum (WEF) to move from Davos to Singapore next year. The event will mark only the second time in two decades the key annual...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
China and Nepal have jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
China and Nepal have jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
China and Nepal have jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
China and Nepal have jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
China and Nepal have jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
China and Nepal have jointly announced a new height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Business
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert look at the statement from Larry Fink, chairman and CEO of the world's biggest money-management firm BlackRock, who says the US dollar could be less...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
Plumbing and heating giant Ferguson has said its plans to spin off UK arm Wolseley into a separate listed company are still uncertain because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Politics
It's time to accept that the pandemic has changed the way we exist forever. Now the human race has to embark on the profoundly difficult and painful process of deciding...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Politics
It's time to accept that the pandemic has changed the way we exist forever. Now the human race has to embark on the profoundly difficult and painful process of deciding...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Politics
It's time to accept that the pandemic has changed the way we exist forever. Now the human race has to embark on the profoundly difficult and painful process of deciding...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
An online shopping firm that counts Mike Ashley's Frasers Group empire as its biggest shareholder has put itself up for sale as part of a strategic review.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Chatting before they go under the knife, the two women picture their lives after surgery. Caroline Erganian hopes to be rid of her pain. Lolita Andela imagines being able to...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Politics
Happy Safe Harbor Day, America. Other than Wisconsin, every state appears to have met a deadline in federal law that essentially means Congress has to accept the electoral votes that...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
U.K. health authorities rolled out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, starting a global immunization program that is expected to gain momentum as...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
A 90-year-old grandmother born in Enniskillen is first in the world to receive Pfizer coronavirus vaccine
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
A 90-year-old grandmother born in Enniskillen is first in the world to receive Pfizer coronavirus vaccine
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
The NHS in the UK has become the first health service in the world to begin rolling out Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Politics
An extraordinary, concerted establishment campaign to rehabilitate the reputation of White Helmets founder James Le Mesurier has unfolded over recent months. First, in late October, came a 6,000-word hagiography in...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Politics
An extraordinary, concerted establishment campaign to rehabilitate the reputation of White Helmets founder James Le Mesurier has unfolded over recent months. First, in late October, came a 6,000-word hagiography in...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Politics
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia is extending its ban on international cruise ships and on Australians leaving the country except under exceptional circumstances for another three months until March. The extension...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
Under normal circumstances, the fact a 79-year-old pensioner had decided to get the flu jab would hardly be front page news.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
A comprehensive report into the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings in which 51 Muslim worshippers died sheds new light on how the gunman was able to elude detection by authorities as...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
A comprehensive report into the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings in which 51 Muslim worshippers died sheds new light on how the gunman was able to elude detection by authorities as...
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
Older people in nursing homes will get Covid-19 vaccinations first, followed by frontline health workers and then the wider over-70s population, under plans to be discussed by Government today.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Science & Tech
We've rounded up the 30 best gifts under $30 for everyone on your shopping list, with products like candles, fuzzy socks, and Kindles.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Science & Tech
We've rounded up the 30 best gifts under $30 for everyone on your shopping list, with products like candles, fuzzy socks, and Kindles.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
A New Year lockdown may be inevitable as heavy festive socialising looks set to lead to a January surge in Covid-19 cases.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Farming
The price of a no-deal Brexit for Irish shoppers will be spelled out today with a warning that they face an immediate rise in the cost of many staples.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Farming
The price of a no-deal Brexit for Irish shoppers will be spelled out today with a warning that they face an immediate rise in the cost of many staples.
Posted by | December 8, 2020 | Breaking News
President Donald Trump has declared he has the “absolute right” to issue a pardon to himself, yet the law is much murkier than his confidence suggests.
