UK health minister suggests tougher COVID-19 measures may last for some time
Author: Reuters ID: 1608457162732379500 Sun, 2020-12-20 09:08 LONDON: British health minister Matt Hancock suggested on Sunday that new tighter restrictions in London and southeast...
Concern among Muslims over halal status of COVID-19 vaccine
Author: Sun, 2020-12-20 12:44 JAKARTA: In October, Indonesian diplomats and Muslim clerics stepped off a plane in China. While the diplomats were there to...
Germany may suspend UK, South Africa flights over virus fears
Sun, 2020-12-20 13:42 Germany is considering banning flights from Britain and South Africa to prevent the spread of new, more infectious coronavirus strain circulating...
Large car bomb kills several in Afghan capital
Author: AP ID: 1608460932482523500 Sun, 2020-12-20 10:34 KABUL: A car bomb blast that rocked Afghanistan’s capital Sunday morning killed at least nine people, according...
UK banks face pressure over loans to Myanmar military-linked firms
Author: Zaynab Khojji ID: 1608475648393550500 Sun, 2020-12-20 17:47 LONDON: Human rights groups have criticized two of the UK’s largest banks after they granted tens...
An angry customer threw his drink at a fast-food worker. The next customer responded in the most amazing way
Feroza Syed couldn’t believe what she saw happen in front of her: a man threw a large drink directly at the woman working in...
This retired couple made 1,400 toys to give away this Christmas
A real-life Santa’s workshop is churning out toys in Desert Hot Springs, California.
SpaceX launches classified US spy satellite, sticks rocket landing to cap record year
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched a clandestine U.S. spy satellite into space for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Saturday (Dec. 19) , marking...
How wild was the Wild West?
While officially lawless, settlers usually weren’t all that wild.
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine begins rollout as US races to broaden injection campaign
Author: Reuters ID: 1608435388851852100 Sun, 2020-12-20 05:01 DETROIT/LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK: US distribution of Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine began on Saturday, with more than 3,700...
Nairobi Biodiversity Talks Set the Stage for Key COP17 Decisions 
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What Spider-Man gets right — and wrong — about turning off superpowers 
Yemen: Türk alarmed by rising civilian toll, urges restraint