Royal family spends Christmas apart as tumultuous year comes to end
CBS News December 28, 2020, 8:57 AM Royal family spends Christmas apart as tumultuous year comes to end New reports suggest Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are looking to extend …
UK expected to approve Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine this week
A laboratory technician supervises filling and packaging tests for the large-scale production and supply of the University of Oxfords COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222, conducted on a high-performance aseptic vial filling …
Archaeologists unearth ancient “snack bar” in Pompeii
Pompeii brought back to life The city of Pompeii was buried in a devastating volcanic eruption in 79 AD, but archaeologists are still uncovering extraordinary structures in the region. On …
Zoom’s Eric Yuan became one of the world’s richest people in 2020 as Covid sent people rushing to meet on video
Nearly one year after the World Health Organization discovered the coronavirus, many people are still staying home from offices, schools, movie theaters, stadiums, churches and restaurants. A lot of the …
Pope Francis gives Christmas blessing in empty square
Pope Francis gives Christmas blessing in empty square There were no crowds in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square on Christmas Day, where normally they gather in their tens of thousands …
Notre Dame choir back for first time since fire for Christmas Eve
Paris — Wearing hard hats and protective suits, members of the choir of Notre Dame Cathedral sang inside the medieval Paris landmark for the first time since last year’s devastating …
Stocks ready to close out powerful 2020 as risks loom in January
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE At the close of trading next Thursday, the bull market will be ready to run into 2021 but …
Covid resurgence in some parts of Asia could threaten the region’s economic recovery
Snow falls as people wearing face masks walk through the Asakusa district on March 29, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images SINGAPORE — As 2020 draws to …
China’s massive “Eye of Heaven” telescope now open to international scientists
China’s massive “Eye of Heaven” telescope now open to international scientists Nestled shining and silent in the forested limestone hills of remote southwest China, the world’s biggest single-dish radio telescope …
Sterling nears 2020 peak as investors anticipate a Brexit breakthrough
LONDON — The British pound jumped close to levels not seen for 31 months Thursday as investors bet the U.K. and the European Union would strike a long-awaited Brexit trade …