Rishi Sunak is facing renewed pressure to U-Turn on a planned crackdown on VAT-free shopping for tourists as some of Britain’s best-known brands warned the move would prove to be a “hammer blow”. Fashion and luxury brands including Ted Baker, The White Company and Paul Smith have this weekend written to […]
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A blazing sun silhouettes power lines in North Long Beach ahead of this Labor Day weekend’s historic heatwave. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times) As California endured another day of record-breaking heat Sunday, officials warned that it in order to conserve energy it might be necessary to impose rolling blackouts across the […]
Waves of fresh furloughs are poised to hit American workers as companies wake up to the reality that the coronavirus is proving more intractable than they initially thought. “The ‘V-shaped’ recovery is a mirage,” said Nick Mazing, director of research at data provider Sentieo. “We are seeing a permanent reduction […]
Media Scotland More migrants without access to public funds are at risk of dying unless immigration policies change, charities have warned following the death of a mother who was receiving no financial support due to her immigration status. Mercy Baguma, a 34-year-old asylum seeker, was found dead in her flat […]
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Climate change poses a sweeping threat to New Hampshire’s winter sports and tourism industries, with shorter and warmer winters, muddier springs and “flash droughts” foreshadowing skiing conditions similar to those at resorts in the South, scientists say. “We’re losing the cold,” said Elizabeth Burakowski, a University of New Hampshire researcher, […]
As soon as lockdown lifted and states started reopening, the question on most people’s minds was the same: What are the riskiest places when it comes to potential COVID-19 infection? Nonprofit journalism outlet CivicMeter conducted a survey of 27 epidemiologists, asking them to rate the risk of contracting COVID-19 at […]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – Police are reporting there is a criminal pattern happening in both Colorado Springs and the Falcon targeting more than a dozen people. According to Colorado Springs Police, cases of “Card Cracking” have been occurring particularly through Snapchat. This is a type of identity theft and […]
Posted: Dec 18, 2020 / 05:51 PM MST / Updated: Dec 18, 2020 / 05:51 PM MST FILE- This Aug. 9, 2017, file photo shows the Snapchat app on a mobile device in New York. Snapchat is joining the online-games bandwagon with a new service that lets people play together […]
This isn’t the year to procrastinate on your online holiday shopping. Retailers are warning that orders could take longer than usual to arrive because consumers are increasingly buying everyday essentials and holiday gifts online. Shipping companies like UPS and FedEx say that for most of 2020 they have been handling […]
More than 200,000 COVID-19 cases were reported in the U.S. on Friday, an all-time high reached about three weeks after the nation first reported 100,000 daily cases on Nov. 4. That rapid doubling, as reported by Johns Hopkins University, is reminiscent of the virus’ growth this spring, when exponential spread […]
The reduction of the quarantine period from 14 days to five will offer a timely boost for holidaymakers – but tour operators have warned they will not be able to offer trips to “high-risk” destinations unless the Foreign Office (FCDO) changes its travel advice. Currently, countries not on the travel […]
Two of America’s major airlines are bracing for post-election violence, urging extra vigilance and relocating staff to hotels outside major metropolitan areas. In an internal memo, United Airlines announced it was taking “precautionary measures” to protect personnel from potential unrest, by moving flight crew into quieter airport hotels away from city […]