The future of about 25,000 retailing jobs in the United Kingdom hangs in the balance after the failure of two long-established companies laid bare the fragility of much of the sector during the coronavirus pandemic. Long-suffering Debenhams, the 242-year-old department store chain, on Tuesday said […]
The administration of United States President Donald Trump has invited vaccine manufacturers, drug distributors and government officials to a COVID-19 Vaccine Summit next week at the White House, Stat News reported on Tuesday, citing an invitation obtained by the news organisation. It is scheduled for […]
US Attorney General William Barr said on Tuesday the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. His comments come despite President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that the election was stolen, and his […]
United States President-elect Joe Biden formally introduced his top economic policy advisers on Tuesday, including his nominee for Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen. The announcement comes as Biden prepares to take power amid a reeling economy undercut by the coronavirus pandemic. “I know times are tough […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief governing partner Benny Gantz said on Tuesday that his party will vote for an opposition bill to dissolve parliament – a move that could force a fourth election in under two years. Gantz’s centrist Blue and White party is […]
Oscar-nominated actor Elliot Page, the star of Juno, Inception and The Umbrella Academy, has come out as transgender in an announcement greeted as a watershed moment for the trans community in Hollywood. “I love that I am trans. And I love that I am queer,” […]
The massive telescope on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico – located at the Arecibo Observatory and deteriorating since August – collapsed on Tuesday, officials said, after 57 years of astronomical discoveries. The radio telescope’s 900-tonne instrument platform, suspended by cables 137m (450 feet) above […]
NATO must significantly broaden its scope to help deal with climate change, future pandemics and “terrorism” while focusing on new security threats from China, a new high-level report commissioned by the military alliance said on Tuesday. Seen by some as a Cold War relic until […]
India’s government and farmers fail to find a common ground over new laws that could affect grain prices. Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2020/12/1/how-will-narendra-modi-deal-with-angry-farmers/
Relations between China and Australia are fast unravelling. The growing diplomatic dispute – the culmination of a series of defence, trade and foreign policy disputes – took a nasty turn on Monday when a spokesman for the Chinese government tweeted a doctored image of an […]
