Iceland was one of the first countries to open up to holidaymakers post-lockdown – Getty Iceland’s rising infection rate now exceeds the UK’s quarantine threshold figure, according to new data – while figures in mainland Greece, Denmark and other ‘travel corridor’ destinations continue to climb. In today’s figures, Iceland reported 40.3 […]
With human contact risky during the pandemic, an army of robots could be just what society needs. (Nicole Vas/Los Angeles Times) In 2016, I unpacked my luggage at a newly constructed New York hotel only to realize that I had forgotten my toothpaste. I called room service, and a chipper […]
Iceland was one of the first countries to open up to holidaymakers post-lockdown – Getty Iceland’s rising infection rate is edging closer to the UK’s quarantine threshold figure, according to new data – while figures in mainland Greece, Denmark and other ‘travel corridor’ destinations continue to climb. Yesterday, Iceland reported […]
United States 2020 census form Getty/liveslow As they scramble to complete the census count weeks earlier than originally planned, Census Bureau workers across the country say their task is being undermined by the technology that was supposed to revolutionize the national count. It’s the latest twist in a troubled count […]
“I am a disaster relief worker.” Those are six words I never thought I would say. What did it take to move me from empathy to action? Apparently, it took 2020. With the COVID-19 pandemic and multiple large-scale disasters impacting our country, this challenging year inspired me to find a […]
kayak thames 2020 has made a mockery of long-term planning for my partner and me. Our dream trip to New Zealand was cancelled with three days’ notice; a documentary that I have been developing for a decade was shelved; and our wedding was postponed until (hopefully) next year. Travel quarantine […]
(Getty Images) Jack Miller will return to his second year at the University of Newcastle this month. The 19-year-old says ahead of his arrival, after a summer of lockdown, his primary feeling is confusion over the new coronavirus measures, which stop gatherings of more than six people, but do allow […]
The first problem with interviewing Gillian Jacobs is her name: is it a hard or soft G? Looking up past interviews is no use because Jacobs, a perennial cool girl, seems hardly the type to kick up a fuss either way. And when the question does come up – there […]
Some evacuation orders have been lifted as of Saturday morning and officials are advising people how to get back to homes or cars abandoned during the Creek Fire. People in Fresno awoke to a second day of clean air Saturday, though crews continue to battle the fire, which has burned […]
On my wife’s suggestion, we visited a wildlife refuge just outside of Olympia, Washington. We were staying at a vacation rental just before Labor Day, trying to get one last little slice of family time together before the official end of summer and beginning of the school year. Naturally, my […]
This was a mixed week for cannabis stocks, with some ETFs in the green and others in the red. Over the five trading days of the week: The ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF (NYSE: MJ): lost 1.4% The AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF (NYSE: YOLO): was up 0.8% The Cannabis ETF (NYSE: […]
TikTok users in the US have been reacting to the news of a potential ban of the popular app for months. Photo Illustration by Andrea Ronchini/NurPhoto via Getty Images The US government on Friday announced that downloads of the popular social-media app TikTok would be banned starting Sunday, marking the […]
President Donald Trump has said he wants a new US Supreme Court judge to be sworn in “without delay”, following the death of the long serving liberal justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Ginsburg, 87, died on Friday, just six weeks before the presidential election. Mr Trump’s Democrat rival, Joe Biden, insists […]
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Staycations could be rendered impossible by a second nationwide lockdown – Getty The prospect of a half term getaway is looking increasingly unlikely for families across Britain, as a nationwide lockdown looms – and overseas countries tighten their own restrictions on UK holidaymakers. Yesterday, Downing Street admitted that a short-term “circuit […]
Cathay Pacific – Cathay Pacific In a post-COVID aviation first, Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific has announced a partnership with a local biotech firm, Prenetics, to introduce a digital health passport system which could significantly ease the way towards a safer form of air travel. The high-tech set-up […]
Photo credit: Elaine Chung From Esquire I watched Rocky for the first time last weekend, and if you’ve ever seen a truly iconic classic film in adulthood, you know how strange it can be. I’d never seen the movie before, and yet by osmosis, I had. I knew the broader […]
Photo credit: WRC9 From Autoweek Going to a stage rally to watch cars—with more aero than a jetliner—fly through the air on jumps and slide sideways on narrow mountain roads is fun. Now, driving one of these top-level WRC cars at this level is both financially and technically out of […]
Even staycations could be rendered impossible by a second nationwide lockdown – Getty The prospect of a half term getaway is looking increasingly unlikely for families across Britain, as a nationwide lockdown looms – and overseas countries tighten their own restrictions on UK holidaymakers. Yesterday, Downing Street admitted that a short-term […]
The thermometer at Calvary Church in Woodland Hills registers 117 degrees during a heat wave last month. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Despite scorching temperatures that shattered official records and led to deaths on the street, many chairs ended up sitting empty at the handful of city cooling centers […]
family holiday The pandemic has made me soppy, so I am on holiday with my parents. Mum is a semi-retired ophthalmologist and Dad is a semi-retired vicar (most retirement is semi these days, it seems) and they live in my home town of Belfast; in recent months, the Irish Sea […]
Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth (UK Parliament) Boris Johnson has one week to sort out the test and trace system or consign Britain to a “very bleak winter” of rising coronavirus infection and possible lockdown restrictions, Labour’s shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth has warned. Although the prime minister has promised […]