Virus keeps Black Friday crowds thin, shoppers shift online
The raging coronavirus pandemic kept crowds thin at malls and stores across the country on Black Friday, but a surge in online shopping offered a beacon of hope for struggling retailers after months of slumping sales and businesses toppling into bankruptcy. In normal times, Black Friday is the busiest shopping day...
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UK appoints vaccines minister to oversee Covid inoculations
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US imposes sanctions on Russian, Chinese companies for supporting Iranian missile programme
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UK, EU resume face-to-face trade talks with time running out
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Iran’s supreme leader vows revenge over slain scientist
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Biden will be a President who represents the best in us: Kamala
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Biden to let health experts decide who will get a Covid-19 vaccine first: Gounder
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US court rejects Pennsylvania lawsuit
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Indonesian police move transgender Instagram celebrity to private cell
Indonesian police have moved a female transgender Instagram celebrity, Millen Cyrus, to a special cell following public outrage over her initial placement in a male detention cell after she was arrested as a suspect in a drug case.
Another week gone, Brexit trade talks remain stuck
The European Union said on Friday that another week of talks with Britain on a new trade deal has gone with barely any progress. Its chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, is heading to London for ever-more pressing weekend negotiations to avoid chaos when Britain’s trade agreements with the EU end at...
Iran scientist linked to military nuclear project killed
An Iranian scientist that Israel alleged led the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear program until its disbanding in the early 2000s was killed in a targeted attack that saw gunmen use explosives and machine gun fire Friday, state television said. Israel declined to immediately comment on the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who...
Biden’s win hides a dire warning for Dems in rural US
Democrats once dominated Koochiching County in the blue-collar Iron Range of northern Minnesota. But in this month’s presidential election, President Donald Trump won it with 60 per cent of the vote. That’s not because voters there are suddenly shifting to the right, said Tom Bakk, who represents the area in the...
Lawmakers throw pig guts, punches on Taiwan Parl floor
Lawmakers in Taiwan got into a fist fight and threw pig guts at each other Friday over a soon-to-be enacted policy that would allow imports of US pork and beef. Premier Su Tseng-chang was due to give a regularly scheduled policy report to lawmakers on Friday morning about the pork policy...
Putin foe Navalny urges EU to be ready for Russian election
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny urged the European Union to reject the results of Russia’s parliamentary election next year if any candidates are blocked from taking part and he called Friday on the EU to impose sanctions on oligarchs close to President Vladimir Putin. Navalny, a corruption investigator and longtime foe...
Pakistan Cabinet approves chemical castration of rapists, special courts for rape trials
Pakistan’s Cabinet has approved two anti-rape ordinances which called for the chemical castration of rapists with the consent of the convict and setting up of special courts for rape trials, according to a media report on Friday. A meeting of the Cabinet committee on legislative cases chaired by federal Law Minister...
