Goodbye Columbus: Vikings crossed the Atlantic 1,000 years ago
Long before Columbus crossed the Atlantic, eight timber-framed buildings covered in sod stood on a terrace above a peat bog and stream at the northern tip of Canada’s island ...
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Covid cases surge, cause for concern in many countries
In recent days the number of Covid-19 cases has surged in many countries causing
Polish COVID cases surge above 8,000 for first time since April
Poland reported 8,361 daily COVID-19 cases and 133 ...
Britain’s Sunak tries to move on from pandemic with new spending
Finance minister Rishi Sunak will try to show that he is moving Britain on from the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday when he announces multi-billion-pound investments to help Prime Minister Boris ...
TikTok tells US lawmakers it does not give information to China’s government
An executive at TikTok faced tough questions on Tuesday during the video-sharing app’s first appearance at a US congressional hearing, saying it does not give information to the Chinese ...
Gas crisis helps to land BP $500 million windfall
BP’s trading team made at least $500 million in the third quarter of 2021, two sources with knowledge of the company’s trading results said, as the energy major benefitted from ...
Glasgow climate summit: Which countries and blocs are major players
The diverse interests among the 197 signatories to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) make for a tough challenge reaching consensus on the next steps to stem global ...
US lawmakers confident of blocking potential Turkey F-16 purchase
Democratic and Republican U.S. lawmakers urged President Joe Biden’s administration not to sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey and said they were confident Congress would block any such ...
Poland to upgrade army using funding methods first deployed to fight COVID
Poland will use a mode of financing employed to fight the economic consequences of COVID-19 to help fund a large increase in military spending, the defence minister said on Tuesday, ...
UK’s Queen Elizabeth pulls out of COP26 following advice to rest
By Paul Sandle and Michael Holden
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has pulled out of the COP26 conference in Glasgow next week after she was advised by doctors to rest, Buckingham ...
Pope to visit Cyprus and Greece, including Lesbos island, on December 2 to 6
Pope Francis will visit Cyprus and Greece, including the Greek island of Lesbos to meet migrants, from December 2 to 6, a Vatican source said on Tuesday.
Francis will stay in Cyprus ...
Fierce cyclonic storm turns squares into lakes in southern Italy
A powerful cyclonic storm hit the southern Italian island of Sicily on Tuesday causing widespread flooding around the city of Catania, turning streets and squares into rivers and lakes and ...
Internet infrastructure company RightForge to host Trump’s TRUTH Social- Axios
Internet infrastructure firm RightForge will host former U.S. President Donald Trump’s new social media platform, the hosting company’s Chief Executive Officer Martin Avila told Axios.
Trump is ...
HSBC joins investors reckoning worst is over in China
Analysts at Europe’s biggest bank HSBC (HSBA.L) have turned bullish on Chinese stocks, arguing the worst of a regulatory storm has passed and that Beijing will provide policy ...
Liverpool’s Milner faces spell out with hamstring injury, Keita bruised
Liverpool midfielder James Milner will be out until next month’s international break after picking up a hamstring injury in last weekend’s 5-0 victory at Manchester United, assistant manager ...
EU countries fail to agree on joint response to energy price spike
European Union countries failed to agree on a bloc-wide response to surging energy prices in an emergency meeting of government ministers on Tuesday, with some countries seeking a regulatory overhaul ...
Eurozone banks raised bar for mortgages in third quarter, ECB says
Eurozone banks tightened access to mortgages in the three months to September and expect to continue doing so in the final quarter of the year, a European Central Bank survey ...
It’s bloom time in Chile’s ‘flowering desert’, despite drought
The sand dunes of Chile‘s Atacama are once again bathed in vibrant colors following the sprouting of flowers in recent weeks in the world’s most arid desert despite ...
Merkel looks on as new-era parliament convenes
German lawmakers gathered on Tuesday, as a new parliament featuring more women and members from ethnic minorities than ever before met for the first time while outgoing chancellor Angela Merkel ...
Activists disrupt Paris climate finance meeting before COP26
Activists disrupted a green finance summit in Paris on Tuesday, saying that French President Emmanuel Macron had failed to get serious on investing in combating climate change.
Macron’s government ...
IKEA buys former Topshop store in London’s Oxford Circus for £378 mln
IKEA, the world’s biggest furniture brand, has agreed to buy the iconic former flagship store of British fashion chain Topshop in London’s Oxford Circus from the administrators of ...
UK’s Sunak to unfreeze public sector wages, Treasury says
British finance minister Rishi Sunak will unfreeze public sector pay when he presents his budget in two days’ time, the finance ministry said on Monday.
The fact he would do ...
Solskjaer survives storm of criticism after Liverpool crushing
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been given a chance to turn things around at the club and sort out the aftermath of Sunday’s 5-0 hammering at home ...
Former Scotland, Rangers and Everton manager Smith dies at 73
Walter Smith, the former Scotland, Rangers and Everton manager, has died at the age of 73.
Rangers, with whom the former Dundee United defender had two spells as manager from 1991-98 ...
Australian Open tiptoes around vaccination minefield
Torn between a love of sport, public health fears and Novak Djokovic’s Grand Slam record bid, Australia is suffering a bout of hesitancy as it considers whether unvaccinated players ...