Issued on: 21/11/2020 – 19:32Modified: 21/11/2020 – 19:30 Advertising Read more Twickenham (United Kingdom) (AFP) Andy Farrell says Ireland will be capable of beating England when they play them in the Six Nations next March despite suffering a second bruising defeat to them this year on Saturday. England recorded an 18-7 victory in their Autumn […]
New figures from ABTA suggest nine in ten holidays were either cancelled or rearranged in July and August, as the Covid-19 pandemic caused havoc in the travel sector. The new findings are from a survey of members carried out at the end of October before the latest lockdown measures were announced. They also reveal that […]
Belarus has begun operating its first nuclear power plant despite strong objections from Lithuania, which immediately cut off electricity imports from its neighbor. Unit 1 of the plant near the town of Astravets in Belarus’s western Hrodna region “was connected to the country’s unified power grid at 12:03,” the Belarusian Energy Ministry said in a […]
BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew took issue with this in 2018, asking Lineker to “observe BBC editorial guidelines” and keep his views on politics to himself. BBC News – Entertainment & Arts
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Both Zoom and Twitter found themselves under fire this weekend for their respective issues with algorithmic bias. On Zoom, it’s an issue with the video conferencing service’s virtual backgrounds and on Twitter, it’s an issue with the site’s photo cropping tool. It started when Ph.D. student Colin Madland tweeted about a Black faculty member’s issues […]
KABUL — Afghan negotiators have postponed a scheduled trip to Doha for long-awaited peace talks with the Taliban because of logistical issues at the venue of the talks in the Qatari capital. A date for the start of the negotiations has not been set, but both sides have indicated that talks could begin soon after […]
A delegation from the Taliban has arrived in the Qatari capital Doha to begin talks with delegates from the Afghan republic in Kabul. The goal is to reach a peace accord to end the world’s deadliest war. The long-delayed talks come after an agreement in February between the US and the Taliban, which included a […]
Several staff will be replaced on Ellen DeGeneres’ daytime chat show after an investigation uncovered “deficiencies” in “the show’s day-to-day management”. The inquiry was prompted by a widely-circulated story on Buzzfeed news, in which employees made allegations of racism and intimidation on the show. The accusers claimed the workplace was toxic and “dominated by fear”. […]
Singapore has issued multiple correction orders to opposition political parties and online news sites over statements made this past week, as candidates begin their campaign trail for the country’s upcoming July 10 General Elections. These included claims the government had discouraged COVID-19 testing of migrant workers and was targeting to increase the local population to […]