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You Should Get Drunk and Cause a Scene Today
Are you avoiding your family right now? So desperate to escape them that you’re sitting in the bathroom reading a productivity blog on Thanksgiving? Dreading the inevitable fight over Fox News or your lack of a plus-one or which kid hogged the college fund? Here’s your solution: Get drunk and cause a scene.A fight was…
Coronavirus: Renewable energy overtakes fossil fuels in powering Britain
Renewable energy has overtaken fossil fuels for the first time in providing Britain’s power, generating more than 40% in the first three months of the year, a study has found.Storms during the wettest and windiest February since records began helped make it the first month ever when more electricity was produced by wind farms than…
Mark Cuban lays out the path to get US economy back on track after coronavirus pandemic
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Billionaire entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban reacted Wednesday to President Trump’s belief that the U.S. economy is going to be “raging” next year, telling Fox News, “I think it’s all relative.” “Will we see increases from where we are now? Yes,”…
Politics this week
Italy’s general election resulted in a badly hung parliament, with none of the three main political groupings close to a majority. Populist parties did better than expected, winning more than half the vote. Weeks of uncertainty lie ahead, though either one of the two big populist parties—the Five Star Movement and the Northern League—looks sure…
Johnny Depp: Claims in the Sun he beat ex-wife ‘complete lies’, court told
Confirmed coronavirus cases around the world passed 5 million early Thursday as infections continue to accelerate in the Americas. Drugmaker AstraZeneca said it received more than $1 billion from the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to develop a vaccine in partnership with the University of Oxford. The company said it will begin first deliveries of…
Burberry shuns coronavirus furlough scheme
Burberry shuns coronavirus furlough scheme: Fashion giant says it won’t use taxpayer cash to pay its staffMany companies using the furlough scheme have paid their execs bumper payAt Burberry, bosses have taken a 20% pay cut while its shops stay closed Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published:…
Florida baseball stadium listed on Airbnb during coronavirus shutdown
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.This rental definitely comes with enough elbow space.A minor league baseball team’s stadium has been listed on Airbnb for $1,500 a night. The listing appears to be an attempt by the team to put the stadium to use while sports…
Analysis: Why Michigan is the next big Sanders-Biden battleground
(CNN)On Thursday morning, with much fanfare (and tweeting), former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign announced that Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer had endorsed his presidential bid.Within hours, Bernie Sanders’ campaign announced that the Vermont senator would cancel a planned trip to Mississippi on Friday and instead head directly to Michigan.These things are not a coincidence.Michigan, which…
Analysis: How John McCain’s legacy became a political football
(CNN)Over the weekend, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar told an Iowa crowd an anecdote about sitting next to the late Sen. John McCain during President Donald Trump’s inauguration.”John McCain kept reciting to me names of dictators during that speech because he knew more than any of us what we were facing as a nation, he understood…
How failed presidential candidates could be the key to Democratic Senate majority
(CNN)One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Never has that idiom been truer than right now for Democratic campaigns — both those for president and those tasked with trying to win back the Senate majority in 2020.See, candidates like former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock are…
The weird and wonderful Instagram life of Tiffany Trump
Tiffany Trump has it TOGETHER, y’all. Image: Getty Images By Marcus Gilmer2018-06-27 15:48:02 UTC What if I told you there was a place on the Internet that involved the Trump family but was filled with gaiety, glamour, and lots and lots of glitter? Welcome to the Instagram feed of Tiffany Trump, law student, fashion lover,…
These Celebrities Are Getting Behind March for Our Lives
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ONE-FIFTH of all global ocean cruise ships were infected with coronavirus
One-fifth of all global ocean cruise ships were infected with coronavirus, leaving at least 2,592 crew and passengers infected and killing at least 65, according to research. Shocking new data reveals that cases of the deadly virus can be directly linked to at least 54 cruise ships, as they continued to travel the waters while the…
Coronavirus: UK made serious mistake over border policy, say MPs
The spread of coronavirus in the UK could have been slowed with earlier quarantine restrictions on arrivals, a group of…
The Quick Read on Theresa May’s Pyrrhic Victory in a No-Confidence Vote
What Happened This Week: Theresa May pushed off the vote on her Brexit withdrawal deal that was to take place on Tuesday in the House of Commons… only to be subjected to a vote on confidence in her leadership by her own Conservative Party on Wednesday. She managed to survive (the final tally was 200…