Pope Francis says the Christmas season provides reason for hope amid the difficulties of the coronavirus pandemic. During his Sunday blessing, Francis noted that the Vatican's Christmas tree had gone...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Politics
The first one-day international between South Africa and England was canceled Sunday and the second game postponed after two members of the England touring party returned “unconfirmed positive tests" for...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Japanese space officials said they are excited about the return of a capsule that landed safely in the Australian Outback on Sunday while carrying soil samples from a distant asteroid,...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Japanese space officials said they are excited about the return of a capsule that landed safely in the Australian Outback on Sunday while carrying soil samples from a distant asteroid,...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Politics
Sergio Perez stayed calm amid the chaos at a remarkable Sakhir Grand Prix to clinch his first Formula One career win Sunday in his 190th race. The Racing Point driver...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Ethiopia's month-long war in its northern Tigray region has severely hampered efforts to fight one of Africa's worst coronavirus outbreaks, as the fighting has displaced almost 1 million people and...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Ethiopia's month-long war in its northern Tigray region has severely hampered efforts to fight one of Africa's worst coronavirus outbreaks, as the fighting has displaced almost 1 million people and...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Provincial governments across China are placing orders for experimental, domestically made coronavirus vaccines, though health officials have yet to say how well they work or how they may reach the...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Provincial governments across China are placing orders for experimental, domestically made coronavirus vaccines, though health officials have yet to say how well they work or how they may reach the...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Soprano Lisette Oropesa was to be the first American to sing a title role in the gala season opener at La Scala since Maria Callas in the 1950s. Then Italy's...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Soprano Lisette Oropesa was to be the first American to sing a title role in the gala season opener at La Scala since Maria Callas in the 1950s. Then Italy's...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Breaking News
President Donald Trump has said that his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus.
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Breaking News
The McCallister family house from Home Alone has been recreated in gingerbread to celebrate the film's 30th anniversary.
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Breaking News
Japanese space officials said they were excited about the return of a capsule that landed safely in the Australian outback on Sunday carrying soil samples from a distant asteroid, and...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Breaking News
Top health officials in the US have warned Americans that with a Covid-19 vaccine perhaps just days away, and with most of California heading into another lockdown because of a...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Breaking News
Coronavirus vaccines have been hailed as the “beginning of the end” for the pandemic, but the Government has warned it is not the end of the virus.
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Breaking News
SpaceX launched a newer, bigger version of its Dragon supply ship to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, marking the first time the company has had two capsules in...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Breaking News
A FURTHER 301 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported to the Department of Health.
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Science & Tech
Cyber Monday 2020 may be over, but the deals aren't—all the best things you can still get on sale right now.
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Breaking News
Uruguay's first socialist president, Tabare Vazquez, a popular figure who was returned to office for a second term has died of cancer.
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Farming
I got my come-uppance earlier this year when I went to have a go at buying some mountainy land in the West.
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Breaking News
Indonesia's anti-corruption commission has formally detained the country's social affairs minister after he surrendered to authorities on Sunday to face charges of taking bribes related to the government's Covid-19 aid...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Breaking News
A “miracle” kitten feared dead after falling down a six-foot pipe has been rescued and is now on the road to recovery.
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Polling stations across Venezuela opened on Sunday to elect members of the National Assembly in a vote championed by President Nicolás Maduro but rejected as a fraud by the nation's...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Business
Self-driving cars may be available for sale between 2025 and 2030, Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess has predicted. His company, the leading global automaker by vehicle sales, is currently boosting its...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Breaking News
Several communities in the Austrian Alps have put mass coronavirus testing on hold and others were urged to do the same after a storm dumped huge amounts of snow, sending...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Farming
While the weather has been quite wet on Michael Duffy's farm in Kerrykeel, on Donegal's Fanad Peninsula, it has not dampened the mood.
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Business
Chinese telecom carriers have managed to build more than 600,000 new 5G base stations this year, in addition to about 100,000 5G stations built in 2019, said Wu Hequan, an...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Farming
I got my come-uppance earlier this year when I went to have a go at buying some mountainy land in the West.
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Breaking News
Kuwaitis have elected a new parliament in an election which saw two-thirds of politicians and the country's only woman legislator lose their seats, election results released on Sunday showed.
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Farming
Apparently many of us wake in the night and obsess over things we can do nothing about.
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Farming
Apparently many of us wake in the night and obsess over things we can do nothing about.
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Breaking News
US President Donald Trump is pressing his grievances over losing the presidential election, using a weekend rally to spread baseless allegations of misconduct in last month's voting in Georgia and...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Breaking News
US President Donald Trump is pressing his grievances over losing the presidential election, using a weekend rally to spread baseless allegations of misconduct in last month's voting in Georgia and...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Breaking News
US President Donald Trump is pressing his grievances over losing the presidential election, using a weekend rally to spread baseless allegations of misconduct in last month's voting in Georgia and...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Breaking News
US President Donald Trump is pressing his grievances over losing the presidential election, using a weekend rally to spread baseless allegations of misconduct in last month's voting in Georgia and...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Farming
I got my come-uppance earlier this year when I went to have a go at buying some mountainy land in Mayo.
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Farming
“I've a few lame ewes, what will I give them?” This seems like a simple question and most farmers asking it of their vet are looking for a simple answer:...
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Farming
The UK's Environment Secretary George Eustice has acknowledged there will be “some impact” on food prices if the UK fails to get a trade deal with the EU.
Posted by | December 6, 2020 | Breaking News
Public health guidance to avoid big parties in the age of the coronavirus is about to collide with what is typically one of America's biggest celebrations of all – the...
