LONDON: The United Kingdom left the European Union’s orbit on Thursday, turning its back on a tempestuous 48-year liaison with the European project for an uncertain post-Brexit future in its most significant geopolitical shift since the loss of empire. Brexit, in essence, took place at the strike of midnight in Brussels, or 2300 London time […]
Month: December 2020
The Biggest Trends of TikTok 2020
It’s been well over two years since TikTok arrived in the United States in August 2018, offering a rejoinder to anyone who thought social media had lost its way. The app had everything: social commentary, comedy, crafting, memes, challenges, makeup tutorials and, of course, dances. Even those who weren’t totally sold on it couldn’t avoid […]
Indiana Pacers’ T.J. Warren out indefinitely, will have surgery, sources say
Indiana Pacers forward T.J. Warren will undergo surgery to repair a stress fracture in his left foot and will be out indefinitely, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday. Warren has averaged 15.5 points and 3.5 rebounds in four games this season after a breakout performance in the Orlando, Florida, restart. He had a similar […]
Brexit marked by the chimes of Big Ben
The bongs of Big Ben at at 23:00 GMT at the Palace of Westminster in London have signalled the UK’s departure from EU trading rules. The trade deal was agreed by the two sides on Christmas Eve, and passed by MPs on Wednesday. It means changes to UK rules on travel, trade, immigration and security. […]
Senator David Perdue goes into quarantine five days before Georgia’s runoff elections.
Senator David Perdue, Republican of Georgia, is set to quarantine, five days before a pivotal runoff election that will determine not just whether he keeps his seat but also whether Republicans maintain control of the Senate. Mr. Perdue’s campaign announced on Thursday that a member of the senator’s campaign staff had tested positive for the […]
Brexit Becomes Reality As UK Leaves European Union’s Single Market
Britain formally quit the European Union’s single market and customs union. (File) London: Britain on Thursday finally severed its turbulent half-century partnership with Europe, quitting the EU single market and customs union and going its own way four-and-a-half years after its shock vote to leave the bloc. Brexit, which has dominated politics on both sides […]
Daniel M. Tellep, Engineer Who Steered Lockheed’s Growth, Dies at 89
Daniel M. Tellep, an aerospace engineer who initiated a merger between Lockheed and Martin Marietta to form the world’s largest military contractor, then became its first chief executive, died on Nov. 26 at his home in Saratoga, Calif. He was 89. His death was confirmed by his daughter Susan Tellep. Mr. Tellep was at Lockheed’s […]
In appreciation of Frank Gore, an ageless back at the sunset of his career
Editor’s note: This story originally ran on Nov. 7. We are republishing after the news that Frank Gore has been ruled out for the Jets’ finale, the last game on his contract with New York. THE MAN APPEARING in the doorway of Adam Gase’s office late on an October Wednesday night looks like a character […]
Brexit: New era for UK as it completes separation from European Union
Boris Johnson celebrates the “freedom in our hands” as the long Brexit process comes to a conclusion. Source link
A locked-down Europe bids a subdued good riddance to an awful year.
To ring out a year the world wishes had been an illusion, the biggest event in Paris really is one. It is called, perhaps optimistically, “Welcome to the Other Side.” From within a virtual Notre-Dame Cathedral — a resurrected, reimagined version of the fire-gutted treasure — the city will livestream a computer-generated concert and light […]