Month: December 2021

Last minute scramble to get a lateral flow test for New Year’s Eve: Brits make final dash to get rapid swabs and bars open early to offer tests to revellers … Read More

Hello 2022! China, North Korea and Thailand are the latest to see in the New Year with fireworks following Australia’s traditional Sydney Harbour extravaganza Many countries have scaled down celebrations … Read More

Conservationists and tribal leaders are suing the U.S. government to try to block construction of two geothermal plants in northern Nevada’s high desert By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press December 31, … Read More

Sen. Bernie Sanders wrote a letter to the Berkshire Hathaway CEO, requesting that he intervene in a United Steelworkers union strike at the Special Metals plant in Huntington, West Virginia. … Read More

Flight cancellations surged again on the last day of 2021, with airlines blaming it on crew shortages related to the spike in COVID-19 infections By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer … Read More

Boisterous New Year’s Eve celebrations have kicked off in Serbia’s capital of Belgrade, where mass gatherings have been allowed despite fears of the fast-spreading omicron variant By DARKO VOJINOVIC Associated … Read More

But there will come a day when it’s no longer a pandemic, when cases are no longer out of control and hospitals aren’t at great risk of overflowing with patients. … Read More

Boisterous New Year’s Eve celebrations have kicked off in Serbia’s capital of Belgrade, where mass gatherings have been allowed despite fears of the fast-spreading omicron variant By DARKO VOJINOVIC Associated … Read More

Legendary comedic actress Betty White, ‘the First Lady of Television’ dies at the age of 99 – days short of her 100th birthday – after an eight-decade long career in … Read More