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Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Why I fear the introduction of Covid-19 vaccination cards will lead seamlessly to us being forced to carry ‘immunity passports’

Britain says it has no plans to introduce ‘immunity passports', but that's hardly reassuring while this virus continues to be a civil liberties game-changer. After all, national lockdowns seemed implausible...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Why should a teacher be FIRED for daring to question conventional thinking on toxic masculinity?

Will Knowland is appealing against his dismissal from elite British school Eton for an online lecture that encouraged critical thinking on masculinity. Whatever happened to the idea of listening to...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genres. Many of their names hold...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Grains mostly lower, livestock mixed

Grain futures were mixed on Monday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Dec. declined .162 cents at $5.60 a bushel; Dec. corn was off .024s...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Editorial Roundup: Texas

The Dallas Morning News. Dec. 6, 2020 Lawmakers can end Texas' dismal record on maternal mortality The lives of many mothers are at risk. When lawmakers return to Austin next...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Nationstar Mortgage to refund $73M to borrowers under order

Nationstar Mortgage was ordered to repay $73 million to approximately 40,000 homeowners for repeatedly failing to provide even the most basic operations as a mortgage servicing company over a period...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Breaking News
Arrest after break-in at Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen’s mansion

Police have arrested a man they say broke into a mansion owned by American footballer Tom Brady and model Gisele Bundchen and made himself at home.

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Years of research laid groundwork for speedy COVID-19 shots

How could scientists race out COVID-19 vaccines so fast without cutting corners? A head start helped -- over a decade of behind-the-scenes research that had new vaccine technology poised for...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Maduro’s socialist alliance victory in Venezuela’s National Assembly poll is a failure of US sanctions & regime change policy

The victory of Maduro's political alliance in Sunday's parliamentary election means that despite the Covid pandemic, economic hardships and sanctions by the US, Venezuelans voted for the continuation of the...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
McClatchy names Black woman executive editor of Miami Herald

McClatchy has named Monica R. Richardson to lead its newsrooms in Florida, becoming the Miami Herald's first Black executive editor in the newspaper's 117-year history, the company said Monday in...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Breaking News
Indonesia expects halal certificate for experimental Covid-19 vaccine

Indonesia's highest Muslim clerical body is expected to issue a halal certification for the experimental Covid-19 vaccine developed by China-based firm Sinovac Biotech.

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Former NFL player Urschel sells virtue of math to youngsters

John Urschel has found that a master's degree in mathematics, his stature as an accomplished author and his pending doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology isn't necessarily enough to...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
NY Philharmonic musicians agree to 4 years of wage cuts

The New York Philharmonic, silenced from performances at Lincoln Center since March by the coronavirus pandemic, has agreed to a four-year labor contract with its musicians through Sept. 20, 2024,...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
With traditional venues shut, Berlin artists take to streets

With theaters and concert halls shuttered to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, some Berlin artists are taking their performances to the streets of the German capital in an effort...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Advocates question Evergy’s plan for boosting clean energy

Advocates are pressing Kansas' largest electric utility on whether its plan to generate more renewable energy and cut greenhouse gas emissions is aggressive enough. Evergy faced more than six hours...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Mahomes’ fiancé part of NWSL expansion team ownership

The National Women's Soccer League is returning to Kansas City after an ownership group led by local businesspeople that includes the fiancé of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was awarded an...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Police say man broke into Tom Brady’s Boston-area home

Police on Monday arrested a man they allege broke into a mulitmillion dollar mansion owned by former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and his wife, Gisele Bundchen, then made...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Illinois funeral home sued for allegedly giving wrong ashes

Two people have sued a suburban Chicago funeral home after discovering that one of them was given the ashes of an elderly woman in a mix-up instead of those of...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Breaking News
US Supreme Court rejects appeal to limit transgender students

The US Supreme Court has declined to take up an appeal from parents in Oregon who want to prevent transgender students from using changing rooms and bathrooms of the gender...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Julius Chambers honored by renamed N. Carolina post office

A post office in North Carolina's largest city is now renamed for a late civil rights attorney. President Donald Trump signed into law a measure backed by North Carolina's congressional...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Why are some scientists turning away from brain scans?

Brain scans offer a tantalizing glimpse into the mind's mysteries, promising an almost X-ray-like vision into how we feel pain, interpret faces and wiggle fingers. Studies of brain images have...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Millions of hungry Americans turn to food banks for 1st time

The deadly pandemic that tore through the nation's heartland struck just as Aaron Crawford was in a moment of crisis. He was looking for work, his wife needed surgery, then...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Pandemic pushes newly hungry Americans to crowded food lines

The deadly pandemic that tore through the nation's heartland struck just as Aaron Crawford was in a moment of crisis. He was looking for work, his wife needed surgery, then...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Miami Herald names Monica Richardson first Black executive editor in paper’s history

The Miami Herald's parent company named a new executive editor on Monday to lead its newsrooms in Florida — a 30-year veteran of the news business, with expertise in Metro...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Breaking News
Energy firms ‘keeping customers on hold for longer than an episode of Corrie’

Some energy firms are keeping customers waiting on the phone for around the time it takes to watch an episode of Coronation Street, a snapshot investigation by Which? has found.

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Farming
France to help farmers to abandon glyphosate weedkiller

France will give financial aid to farmers who agree to halt use of glyphosate, the farm ministry said on Monday after President Macron said he had failed with efforts to...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Get lost 2020: Some things to leave behind, with caveats

Zoom, Zoom and Zoom. Masks, masks and masks. Sourdough starter and short-order cooking. In these “troubled times,” in our sweat pants and the isolation we endure “out of an abundance...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Breaking News
Nphet warns that festive holidays could send Ireland back to pre-lockdown levels of Covid infection

SKI and sun holiday getaways over Christmas and New Year need to be put on a hit list because of the risks of people picking up Covid-19 and bringing it...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Business
China’s forex reserves hit 4-year high on booming trade & strong yuan

China boosted its foreign exchange reserves, the world's largest, by over $50 billion in one month. The holdings rose to the highest in more than four years to reach $3.178...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Business
China’s forex reserves hit 4-year high on booming trade & strong yuan

China boosted its foreign exchange reserves, the world's largest, by over $50 billion in one month. The holdings rose to the highest in more than four years to reach $3.178...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Coronavirus takes toll on Black, Latino child care providers

When Mary De La Rosa closed her toddler and preschool program in March because of the coronavirus pandemic, she fully expected to serve the 14 children again some day. In...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Breaking News
Dog reunited with owners three years after going missing

A dog has been reunited with its owners in the United States after going missing for more than three years.

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
EXPLAINER: What has Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission accomplished?

A small capsule containing asteroid soil samples that was dropped from 220,000 kilometers (136,700 miles) in space by Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft landed successfully in the Australian Outback on Sunday. After...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Business
Honda recalled 118,000 off-road vehicles. A problem can send them out of control

Even more so than vehicles designed for roads, off-road vehicles need good steering control. That's why Honda recalled about 118,600 Pioneer 700 and Pioneer 1000 off-road vehicles. The problem, as...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Science & Tech
What happens when you pair esports with ‘Gladiator’ director Ridley Scott? Video game lovers may find out

A big Hollywood name is getting into esports: Ridley Scott. His Ridley Scott Creative Group will begin making esports-centric gaming content.

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Breaking News
Festive dig at Dominic Cummings voted number one new Christmas cracker joke

A festive dig at Dominic Cummings has been voted the winner of a national competition to come up with new Christmas cracker jokes.

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Spain: Ex-King Juan Carlos I won’t get special treatment

A Spanish government official said Monday that Juan Carlos I deserves no special treatment by the legal system, amid reports the former monarch is preparing to admit alleged undeclared income....

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Breaking News
‘It’s great not to have to look you in the eye … it’s great to be out exercising in the fresh air’ – Why walk-and-talk therapy might work for you

If the pandemic has taught us anything, it's that the great outdoors is good for the mind, body and soul. We've learned that the natural world has profound therapeutic benefits,...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Politics
Miami’s small fashion and beauty brands were hit hard by COVID. They pivoted fast

For nine years, Jaimie Nicole Scheiner had built up her namesake jewelry brand, operating out of a Coral Gables office/showroom. Although she had a functioning e-commerce channel, most of her...

Posted by The Analyst | December 7, 2020 | Business
Paris Air Show canceled amid Covid pandemic uncertainty

The organizers of the Paris Air Show, known as Le Bourget, announced on Monday the cancellation of next year's event due to “uncertainty” over the coronavirus pandemic. They called the...