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Most major US airlines ban guns in luggage for DC flights
Published On: January 15, 2021 09:08 AM NPT By: Associated Press
USA, Jan 15: Airlines and airports say they are stepping up security before next week’s presidential inauguration, with Delta and other major airlines saying they will prohibit passengers flying to the Washington area from putting guns in checked bags.
2020 sets yet another global temperature record
Published On: January 15, 2021 07:21 AM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, Jan 15: Earth’s rising fever hit or neared record hot temperature levels in 2020, global weather groups reported Thursday.
Biden unveils $1.9T plan to stem virus and steady economy
Published On: January 15, 2021 07:14 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WILMINGTON, Del. Jan 15: Saying the nation faces “a crisis of deep human suffering,” President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan Thursday to turn the tide on the pandemic, speeding up vaccines and pumping out financial help to those struggling with the prolonged economic fallout.
‘At 6 p.m., life stops’: Europe uses curfews to fight virus
Published On: January 14, 2021 07:34 PM NPT By: Associated Press
As the wan winter sun sets over France’s Champagne region, the countdown clock kicks in. Laborers stop pruning the vines as the light fades at about 4:30 p.m., leaving them 90 minutes to come in from the cold, change out of their work clothes, hop in their cars and zoom home before a 6 p.m. coronavirus curfew.
Doug Liman made the ultimate lockdown movie IN lockdown
Published On: January 14, 2021 02:20 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Director Doug Liman was on a call with screenwriter Steven Knight and producer PJ van Sandwijk in July when they started wondering what it would be like to make a movie about the current moment IN the current moment.
Shakira sells music publishing rights to UK company
Published On: January 14, 2021 12:48 PM NPT By: Associated Press
The Board of Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited, a U.K.-based investment company, has acquired 100% of Grammy-winning superstar Shakira’s music publishing rights.
Katie Couric, Mayim Bialik to be ‘Jeopardy!’ guest hosts
Published On: January 14, 2021 12:46 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Katie Couric, Mayim Bialik, Aaron Rodgers and journalist Bill Whitaker are among the future guest hosts who will fill in for the late Alex Trebek on “Jeopardy!”
WHO team arrives in Wuhan to investigate pandemic origins
Published On: January 14, 2021 12:13 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WUHAN, Jan 14: A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries.
Chuck Norris manager says actor was not at U.S. Capitol riot
Published On: January 13, 2021 03:40 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Chuck Norris’ manager says the “Walker, Texas Ranger” star was not present at last week’s deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol
Her past: Billie Eilish photo book coming in May
Published On: January 13, 2021 02:26 PM NPT By: Associated Press
At age 19, Billie Eilish is already looking back. The Grammy-winning star is releasing a collection of hundreds of rarely seen photos in May, Grand Central Publishing announced Tuesday.
Pandemic restrictions a business boon for some Iraqi women
Published On: January 13, 2021 11:38 AM NPT By: Associated Press
Fatima Ali was in her final year studying to become a medical analysis specialist when Iraq imposed a full lockdown in March. Forced by a raging pandemic to stay home, she spent her days on social media, looking for something to do with her time.
Indonesia starts COVID-19 vaccination campaign with Widodo
Published On: January 13, 2021 11:03 AM NPT By: Associated Press
JAKARTA, Jan 13: Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday received the first shot of a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine after Indonesia approved it for emergency use and began efforts to vaccine millions of people in the world’s fourth most populated country.
Chunky bootmaker Dr. Martens to sell shares to public
Published On: January 13, 2021 09:34 AM NPT By: Associated Press
The maker of Dr. Martens boots, the chunky-soled footwear once championed by rebellious young people but now favored by celebrities like Rihanna, plans to sell shares to the public as the existing owners seek to profit from growth of the iconic brand
House races to oust Trump; he blames accusers for US ‘anger’
Published On: January 13, 2021 07:13 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan 13: The U.S. House rushed ahead Tuesday toward impeaching President Donald Trump for the deadly Capitol attack, taking time only to try to persuade his vice president to push him out first. Trump showed no remorse, blaming impeachment itself for the “tremendous anger” in America.
This month’s Paris Fashion Week goes totally digital
Published On: January 12, 2021 04:57 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Ending the confusion over the fate of Paris Fashion Week, French fashion’s regulatory body has said that this month’s Paris men’s and haute couture shows will be strictly audience-free over coronavirus fears.
India’s top court suspends implementation of new farm laws
Published On: January 12, 2021 03:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW DELHI, Jan 12: India’s top court on Tuesday temporarily put on hold the implementation of new agricultural laws and ordered the formation of an independent committee of experts to negotiate with farmers who have been protesting against the legislation.
Harris team says it was blindsided by VP-elect’s Vogue cover
Published On: January 12, 2021 02:54 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has landed on the cover of the February issue of Vogue magazine, but her team says there’s a problem: the shot of the country’s soon-to-be No. 2 leader isn’t what both sides had agreed upon, her team says.
India starts shipping COVID-19 vaccine to cities
Published On: January 12, 2021 01:50 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW DELHI, Jan 12: India has started shipping COVID-19 vaccines to multiple cities, four days ahead of the nationwide inoculation drive.
26 missing, at least 13 dead in Indonesia landslides
Published On: January 12, 2021 11:06 AM NPT By: Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Jan 12: Rescuers are searching for 26 people still missing after two landslides hit a village in Indonesia’s West Java province over the weekend, officials said Tuesday.
Gorillas test positive for coronavirus at San Diego park
Published On: January 12, 2021 09:36 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SAN DIEGO, Jan 12: Several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park have tested positive for the coronavirus in what is believed to be the first known cases among such primates in the United States and possibly the world.
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