JANUARY 1, 2021
Brexit won't just change how people live and work in the UK and EU -- but it will change travel, too. - KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images
After four years of confusion, it has finally happened.
The United Kingdom officially severed ties with the European Union last night, as the Brexit transition period ended at 11 p.m. UK time.
Brexit hasn't been...
JANUARY 1, 2020
MUMBAI, INDIA: Markets regulator Sebi on Friday fined Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani and two other entities a total of Rs 70 crore for alleged manipulative trading in the shares of Reliance Petroleum — which was merged with RIL in 2009— in a case that dates back to 2007.
Sebi, in its 95-page order, said in November 2007, RIL...
JANUARY 1, 2021
New Delhi, INDIA: Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has opened up on his controversial walk-off with batting partner Chetan Chauhan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1981 after being wrongly adjudged out by the umpire. In an interaction with former Australian fast bowler Damien Fleming at 7Cricket, Gavaskar cleared it was not the poor umpiring but an...
JANUARY 1, 2021
A couple walks among graves at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery on Veterans Day in San Diego. In California, deaths from COVID-19 have recently passed 25,000. (Gregory Bull/Associated Press)
I've never been much of a numbers person. When they get too big, they blur.
I've stopped relying on them to process our coronavirus losses. Each time I try to...
DECEMBER 31. 2020
Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge during downsized New Year's Eve celebrations due to an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sydney, Australia, January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
Fireworks soared into the sky above the Sydney Opera House, but the harbour below was a deserted ghost town, a fittingly creepy send-off for...
DECEMBER 31, 2020
Brief Scorecard: New Zealand 431 (Williamson 129, Watling 73, Taylor 70, Nicholls 56, Afridi 4-109, Yasir 3-113) and 180 for 5 dec (Blundell 64, Latham 53, Naseem 3-55) beat Pakistan 239 (Ashraf 91, Rizwan 71, Jamieson 3-35) and 271 (Alam 102, Rizwan 60, Southee 2-33, Jamieson 2-35, Santner 2-52, Wagner 2-55, Boult 2-72) by 101 runs
The New...
DECEMBER 30, 2020
The Indian men's hockey team's stellar start to their FIH Pro League campaign this year has gone a long way in helping them finish 2020 at fourth spot in the world rankings -- their highest ranking since the system was introduced in 2003.
India played six games in the Pro League before the hockey calendar ground to a...
DECEMBER 30, 2020
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will quarantine for 10 days after a staffer tested positive for the coronaivrus. - Renée C. Byer/AP
SAN DIEGO – California has reported its first case of a more contagious COVID-19 variant first identified in the United Kingdom – the second confirmed case in the U.S.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, speaking in an online conversation with Dr. Anthony...
DECEMBER 30, 2020
Confetti testing on Tuesday in Times Square in New York City, which will be off limits to most people on New Year’s Eve because of the coronavirus pandemic. - James Estrin/NY Times
In most cities this New Year’s Eve, there will be no roaring crowds, no gatherings for fireworks shows and, let’s hope, no strangers kissing at...
DECEMBER 30, 2020
Sen. Josh Hawley asks questions during a Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to discuss election security and the 2020 election process on Dec. 16. - Greg Nash/Pool via AP
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on Wednesday pledged to challenge President-elect Joe Biden's victory in Pennsylvania and possibly other states on Jan. 6, when Congress is...
