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Brexit: 'We welcomed the trade deal like a Christmas present'
India's love affair with classic British motorbikes
Why 2021 could be turning point for tackling climate change
Australia-China row: 'I'm Australian - why do I need to prove my loyalty?'
Ten African music stars to look out for in 2021
New top story on Hacker News: The Design of the Roland Juno Syntheziser's Oscillators
New top story on Hacker News: When Nintendo fought a device that gave Mario 'new superpowers'
New top story on Hacker News: Shigeru Miyamoto Wants to Create a Kinder World
Resolving to live a lot better than in 2020.
New Year’s Eve in Dakar, Senegal
Grapes, yellow underwear and a scarecrow: Colombia preserves its traditions.
Macron promises to speed up France’s vaccine rollout after frustration over sluggish start.
Moscow train carriage helps rehome stray pets
New top story on Hacker News: Tesla Short Sellers Lost $38B in 2020 as Stock Surged
New top story on Hacker News: UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years
In Montreal, at least there is still (takeout) poutine, a hangover antidote of choice.
Minneapolis Police Release Body Camera Video of First Killing Since George Floyd
Israel could become the first country to vaccinate all of its citizens.
Things Will Get Better. Seriously.
For a grieving family, 2020 cannot end soon enough.
The Morning
Citing pandemic, prosecutors in case against officers in George Floyd’s death want trial delay.
Georgia Republicans Deliver Persistent Message: Fear the Democrats
Deepening divisions: Venezuela's haves and have nots
Remembering the entertainment and arts figures we lost in 2020
India's most uplifting social media moments in 2020
After Breonna Taylor Case, Louisville Police Face Precarious Next Chapter
PM-covid-update
Critics Say Nashville Police Could Have Done More With Tip About Bomber
The Small Colorado Town Shrugged Off the Pandemic. Then Came the Coronavirus Variant.
A Dallas-Fort Worth air traffic control center was closed for disinfection, and big flight delays soon followed.
Closing of Air Traffic Control Center for Virus Cleaning Halts Flights in Dallas
Syria attack: At least 28 killed in ambush on bus
Penn Station: New train hall returns beauty to New York station
2020 through the lens of a photojournalist
Four protests that triggered change - and one that didn't
New top story on Hacker News: HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash
New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Diffgram – Human Supervision of AI Data
New top story on Hacker News: Uber will charge 25% starting Jan. 1 in Seattle as per minimum wage law
New top story on Hacker News: Talk Less, Listen More
The Morning
The Bomb That Struck the Heart of Nashville
Life went on as it always had in Simla, Colo., until the virus came to town. And then the variant.
‘No Realistic Path’ for Quick Vote on $2,000 Stimulus Checks, McConnell Says
To get young students back in classrooms, California plans to offer a financial incentive to districts to reopen.
This New Year’s Eve, Times Square Will Be Filled With Hope. But Not People.
McConnell Blocks Vote on $2,000 Checks Despite G.O.P. Pressure
Biden Criticizes Trump on Vaccine Distribution and Pledges to Pick Up Pace
Alaska Airlines Clamps Down on Emotional Support Animals on Flights
Howard J. Rubenstein, Public Relations Impresario, Dies at 88
New top story on Hacker News: Messengers of hope: two mRNA Covid-19 vaccines herald a new era for vaccinology
New top story on Hacker News: Apple loses copyright claims in lawsuit against U.S. security bug startup
New top story on Hacker News: Learn 3D Computer Graphics Programming from Scratch
2020 and me: 'We need to learn life lessons from this'
Belarus protests: The demonstrators speaking out in new and creative ways
Quarantine meals: The 2020 food trend no-one predicted
Iraqi interpreters 'stalked by death squads' for helping the British
Fashion lookahead: Eight major 2021 looks from tie-dye to pastels
What my grandfather's life taught me about China and America
Notable African deaths of 2020: From jazz legends to football heroes
New top story on Hacker News: Visa Advertising Solutions (VAS) Opt Out
Moderna will give its Covid-19 vaccine to its workers, board members and some relatives.
Nursing Home Patients Are Dying of Loneliness
More Contagious Coronavirus Variant Found in Colorado
Treasury will begin sending the $600 stimulus checks.
China Has All It Needs to Vaccinate Millions, Except Proof Its Vaccines Work
Pompeo Weighs Plan to Place Cuba on U.S. Terrorism Sponsor List
When Nashville Bombing Hit a Telecom Hub, the Ripples Reached Far Beyond
Stimulus Checks, Virus Variant, Breonna Taylor: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing
Vaccinations begin at the nursing home where 46 died in the pandemic’s first days.
A Tornado, a Pandemic and Now a Bombing: ‘Nashville Strong’ Is Tested
Coronavirus: Spain to keep registry of those who refuse Covid vaccine
Zoom: All the times virtual meetings didn't go as planned this year
Australian man and child saved after friends walk 12 hours for help
India migrants: The tragedy of the tuk-tuk driver who fled Covid
Will concerts come back in 2021? And other music stories to look out for
China Covid-19: How state media and censorship took on coronavirus
Seeking justice for Lion Sleeps Tonight composer
Covid in prison: 'We should be treated like humans'
When Greta Thunberg met Margaret Atwood... on Zoom
The big tech questions for 2021
New top story on Hacker News: The Philosophy of Anger
New top story on Hacker News: Teaching the Unfortunate Parts (Of Programming Languages)
New top story on Hacker News: Architecture of the Game Boy Advance
Biden Admonishes Trump Administration Over ‘Obstruction’
Green Beret Charged in Shooting Spree Was Visiting Family, Prosecutor Says
House Votes to Override Trump’s Veto of Military Bill
2020 Was the Year Reaganism Died
Coronavirus
Relief Package Grows as Campaign Issue in Georgia Senate Races
The Morning
California’s governor says it’s ‘self-evident’ that stay-at-home orders will be extended.
Chinese games billionaire poisoned to death
New top story on Hacker News: 90% of Waking Hours Spent Staring at Glowing Rectangles (2009)
Seahawks Defense Is an Asset Again in Division-Clinching Win
7 Wonderful Non-Covid Things We Learned in 2020
Covid: Trump signs relief and spending package into law
Maestro Dudamel takes virtual reality Symphony on tour
New top story on Hacker News: Sirum (YC W15 Nonprofit) hiring many roles to make medicine more affordable
New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Cygnus-X1 – A Thrust Vectoring Model Rocket Flight Computer
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Are we in tech-stock bubble?
Trump Signs Pandemic Relief Bill After Unemployment Aid Lapses
A Quiet Life, a Thunderous Death, and a Nightmare That Shook Nashville
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