ATLANTA — With control of the Senate at stake, Georgians are turning out to vote in significant numbers in advance of the crucial Jan. 5 runoff elections. As of Monday morning, 2.13 million voters, representing 27.5 percent of all registered voters in the state, had already cast their ballots in the races that pit Republican […]
A masked family walks past Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom, at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. Disney’s Florida parks are currently operating at 35% capacity due to the Covid-19 pandemic (AP) A Disney employee in California bragged that she got a shot of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 […]
BEIJING (AP) — Trials for 10 people accused of attempting to flee Hong Kong by speedboat during a government crackdown on dissent began in China on Monday, a court official said. The defendants face charges of illegally crossing the border, while two face additional charges of organizing the attempt, according to an indictment issued in […]
US president Donald Trump (REUTERS) President Donald Trump is reportedly back playing golf as Republican anger continues to grow over his refusal to sign off on a $900bn Covid relief package. It comes just hours after unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic expired, plunging the livelihoods of […]
One of the officers on the scene during the explosion in Nashville, Tennessee, on Christmas Day credited God with his last-minute decision to walk away from the recreational vehicle just seconds before it exploded. The blast, which police called an “intentional act,” injured at least three people and destroyed 41 businesses and other buildings nearby. […]
A vehicle burns near the site of an explosion in the downtown Nashville, Tennessee – Andrew Nelles/Tennessean.com/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS/Andrew Nelles/Tennessean.com/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS A reward of more than a quarter of a million dollars has been offered to anyone who helps find the person behind the mysterious Christmas Day bombing in Nashville, […]
The Conversation How the Nazis co-opted Christmas In 1921, in a Munich beer hall, newly appointed Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler gave a Christmas speech to an excited crowd. According to undercover police observers, 4,000 supporters cheered when Hitler condemned “the cowardly Jews for breaking the world-liberator on the cross” and swore “not to rest […]
TOKYO — Japan’s government will temporarily ban entry of all nonresident foreign nationals as a precaution against a new and potentially more contagious coronavirus variant that has spread across Britain. The entry ban will start Monday and last through Jan. 31 for the time being, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement late Saturday. Japan […]
Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, and a colleague in festive garb – POOL EPA/Olivier Hoslet Ambassadors from European member states have raised “no objections” to the UK’s Brexit deal with the EU, with the agreement set to be implemented in the New Year before it is formally ratified. Ambassadors from the member states […]
CAIRO (AP) — A sea mine planted by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck a cargo ship in the southern Red Sea on Friday, Saudi Arabia’s state-owned television channel reported, without providing further details. Al-Ekhbariya quoted the Saudi-led coalition, which has been fighting Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen since 2015. The coalition did not identify the vessel or […]