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BORIS JOHNSON urged Britons to limit their contacts to a bare minimum from this Friday, in a bid to prevent further spreading of the coronavirus during the five days restrictions will be relaxed for Christmas celebrations.

It’s completely understandable if you’ve written off New England Patriots rookie tight ends Devin Asiasi and Dalton Keene for the season after they’ve combined for one catch on two targets for 8 yards through 14 weeks. But if you’re looking for one more glimmer of hope that Asiasi or Keene could break out before the […]

Coronavirus-related deaths dipped to 85 on Wednesday from 98 the day before that, but new infections were still quite high at 1,190, while the number of intubated patients inched up to 552 from Tuesday’s 550.

Stephen King rips the 1993 TV miniseries adaptation of his novel The Tommyknockers, saying it felt "kind of cheap and thrown together."

Prince William and Kate, both 38, who share their photographs on the Kensington Royal page, secured the two top liked snaps in 2020, according to Twitter account Gert's Royals.

Subbarao noted that though governments and central banks of the world are presently operating from the playbook of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008-09, the coronavirus crisis is quite different. "While GFC was an asset crisis that hit the financial sector first, the coronavirus crisis first impacted the real sector," he pointed out. The former RBI Governor said there were certain key elements to the central bank's monetary policy response so far.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - A university in South Carolina is teaming up with the U.S. Army to create models for self-driving military vehicles.

In this week's episode of "What Comes Next?," SE Cupp discusses how the new administration can start to foster unity among Americans with former Obama administration official Van Jones and Republican strategist Alice Stewart.

TMC is a banyan tree, one or two may leave: Mamata Banerjee after Suvendu Adhikari resigns as MLA

Prosecutors indicted a 42-year-old man Wednesday over an arson attack in July last year on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio that killed 36 people and ...

Sets Nifty50 year-end target at 13,500; Sensex at 46,000

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Reed says he will always believe the 2020 election was stolen from President Donald Trump. The retired police officer-turned-construction worker believes fraud marred the vote, no matter how many courts rejected that claim. Still, a day after the Electoral College made Joe Biden's win official, the ardent Trump supporter from the suburbs of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was ready to move on.

The Cape Cobras' search for an elusive first 4-Day Domestic Series victory of the season continued after they fell to an 80-run defeat to the Warriors on Wednesday.

Almost from the moment Titus Hopper donned the red suit, Hop, the Black Santa Claus has been a rousing hit. He even has his own championship belt.

Watch Joe Masi and Luke Hatfield discuss Slaven Bilic's sacking as West Brom boss.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Sioux Falls police say they're looking for a 17-year-old boy believed to be involved in the fatal shooting of another teenager during a drug deal.

HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut woman has been arrested after authorities found three dead animals in her home and seized more than two dozen cats along with dogs, squirrels and an owl, police said Wednesday.

Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) on Wednesday blasted Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) for holding a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing with unproven allegations about voter fraud in the 2020 election. “The president and many of his supporters are unfortunately continuing to undermine the will of the people, disenfranchise voters and sow the seeds of distrust and […]

This came as thousands of farmers from western Uttar Pradesh, led by Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait, continued with their sit-in against the new farm laws at the Delhi-UP border in Ghazipur and again blocked the Noida-Delhi route at Chilla border on Wednesday.

(Telecompaper) Russian state-owned corporation Rostec plans to launch commercial production of 5G equipment in 2023, reports Comnews.ru citing CEO Sergey Chemezov...

Panel on defence on Wednesday discussed soldiers' rank badges and uniforms for over an hour, over the objections of several members who demanded the committee focus on matters of strategic importance

Boris Johnson has urged the public to have a “smaller Christmas” than the Covid rules allow. 

When a mysterious illness blinded him at age 25, British naval officer James Holman took up a new pursuit: travel. For the next 40 years he roamed the world alone, describing his adventures in a series of popular books. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast, we'll describe Holman's remarkable career and his unique perspective on his experiences. — Read the rest