Entertainment
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Washington zoo welcomes new baby panda
Washington zoo officials heralded the arrival of "a precious giant panda cub" Friday, following the much-watched birth of panda Mei Xiang's latest baby, four years after her last pregnancy.23 August 2020Read More... -
In Washington, bear hunts delight kids under lockdown
In a residential neighborhood of the US capital, children are hunting for bears. Not the ferocious ones, of course -- but stuffed animals peering out from neighbors'07 April 2020Read More... -
In the US, restaurants on the edge of failure over virus crisis
It was supposed to be a happy time for Will, a musician in the Washington area. He was planning a wedding reception at a local restaurant.27 March 2020Read More... -
Virtual Facebook currency faces real-world resistance
If Facebook's new cryptocurrency should resonate anywhere it should be India, where the social media giant has more than 300 million followers.21 June 2019Read More... -
UK opposition calls for election or second referendum on Brexit deal
The leader of Britain's main opposition Labour party Jeremy Corbyn -- criticised for failing to take a clear position on Brexit -- on Wednesday said the only way out of30 May 2019Read More... -
May to make MPs a final 'bold offer' on Brexit deal
British Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday she was preparing to make a "bold offer" to MPs in one final attempt to get them to back her Brexit deal.19 May 2019Read More... -
Beckham handed driving ban for using phone at the wheel
Former England footballer David Beckham was on Thursday disqualified from driving for six months after using his phone while behind the wheel.09 May 2019Read More...
Economics
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Energy Transition: European Commission announces three Energy Compacts at UN High-Level Dialogue in New York
At the UN High-Level Dialogue on Energy this week in New York, Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermans and Commissioner for Energy, Kadri SimsonRead More... -
Number of Open Jobs Jumps by 1 Million—America's Worker Shortage Crisis is Worsening, Urgent Need for National Workforce Solutions
New federal data released today illustrate the increasingly urgent need to address the country’s ever-worsening workforce crisis.Read More... -
U.S. Department of Commerce Announces First Biden-Harris Appointments
The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced new appointees to lead the agency under the Biden-Harris Administration. The appointments represent a diverse and accomplished groupRead More... -
US manufacturing contraction slows but still deep: survey
US manufacturers are seeing the first hints of a tentative recovery but conditions for the industry were nonetheless terrible in May, according to an industry survey released Monday.Read More... -
Grim and getting worse: US set for historic unemployment surge
Like a global tsunami, the coronavirus pandemic has caused a huge loss of life and taken a massive economic toll.Read More...
Fashion
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Diamond Prices Firm After Supply Declines
Diamond trading was seasonally slow in December as the industry’s focus shifted to retail and as diamantaires took their end-of-year break. Sentiment received a boost from strong holidayRead More... -
Protesters target Polanski film at cinemas in Brussels
Feminist activists defaced cinemas in Brussels with angry condemnations of director Roman Polanski's latest film overnight on Tuesday and Wednesday.Read More... -
London Latino heartlands struggle for survival
Whenever London's South Americans go looking for a job, a helping hand, the flavours of home or a party with their compatriots, they head to the Latino indoor marketRead More... -
Tutankhamun sculpture’s London auction sparks Egyptian outcry
A 3,000-year-old head sculpture of an eternally-young Tutankhamun — the Egyptian pharaoh known as King Tut — goes under the hammer this week in London despite an outcry from Cairo.Read More... -
Four top British authors in novel anti-Brexit European crusade
Ken Follett, Lee Child, Kate Mosse and Jojo Moyes, four heavyweights of British literature, are launching a "Friendship Tour" of Europe to represent the 48 percent whoRead More... -
Zombies and women: London Men's Fashion Week wraps up
Models in zombie make-up and a growing number of women on the catwalks were among the eye-catching features of Men's Fashion Week, which wrapped up inRead More... -
'Britain's Notre-Dame' tells fiery tale of restored glory
A bolt of lightning pierced its tower and flames licked across its thick oak roof. Thirty-five years ago it was York Minster in northern England that went up in flames.Read More... -
Elton John joins call for boycott of Brunei-owned hotels
British pop legend Elton John has joined "friend" George Clooney in calling for a boycott of nine Brunei-owned hotels over the sultanate's new death-penalty laws forRead More... -
Ed Sheeran marries girlfriend in 'tiny wedding': report
British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has married his girlfriend Cherry Seaborn in a "tiny winter wedding", The Sun newspaper reported on Thursday.Read More...
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Health
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The US capital is relaxing lockdown restrictions following a sustained period of decreased coronavirus infections, Washington's mayor said Wednesday, announcing that restaurants and other
The higher summer temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere are unlikely to significantly limit the growth of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Princeton University study published
Washington's mayor extended the US capital's lockdown Wednesday amid a stream of new coronavirus cases, even as many parts of the country gradually reopen in a push to prevent further
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said "enormous evidence" showed the new coronavirus originated in a lab in China, further fueling tensions with Beijing
The coronavirus pandemic may spark another "lost decade" in Latin America, the IMF said on Thursday.
President Donald Trump said Saturday he believed US sports leagues hit by the coronavirus pandemic would resume "sooner rather than later" but declined to set a
A limited emergency-use authorization for two antimalarial drugs touted as game-changers by President Donald Trump has been issued by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat
Digital surveillance and smartphone technology may prove helpful in containing the coronavirus pandemic -- but some activists fear this could mean lasting harm to