More than two million travelers passed through U.S. airport security checkpoints on Friday, the first time since March 2020 that such a milestone had been reached, according to the Transportation Security Administration. “The growing number of travelers demonstrates this country’s resilience and the high level of confidence in Covid-19 countermeasures,” Darby LaJoye, a T.S.A. official, […]
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Four teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man died in suspicious circumstances in Shropshire. A man in his 20s was rushed to hospital on Friday evening after being ‘seriously injured’ on a footpath. He died later that evening. Officers were called to the footpath near Stonebridge Close in Telford, a […]
“It is time for the country to unite. Full stop!” Gareth Southgate said, with added purpose as Euro 2020 finally got under way in Rome. He is steadfast in his support for his England players choosing to still “take the knee” before kick-off – despite booing from some sections of the limited number of England […]
Business
(NYTIMES) – It’s probably never been easier to acknowledge that a lot of us work too much and too hard, and should take more time off. Indeed, the very idea of burnout seems to be having a cultural moment. “If you think you’re burned out, you’re burned out. And if you don’t think you’re burned […]
U.S. President Joe Biden walks with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, France’s President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after posing for the G-7 family photo with guests at the G-7 summit, in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, Britain June 11, 2021. Patrick Semansky/Pool via REUTERSWASHINGTON (Reuters) – G7 leaders meeting in Britain […]
World News
More than 100 staff have left one of the country’s biggest charities in the past 18 months amid claims of bullying and service cuts. Two former staff say many of their colleagues left due to poor culture at the Blind and Low Vision NZ. Another former staff member said he had never experienced such a […]
Politics
Prosecutors’ approach to unauthorized disclosures of government secrets has undergone a sea change in the 21st century. By Charlie Savage WASHINGTON — Government leak hunters have been ratcheting up pressure on the ability of journalists to do their jobs for a generation — a push fueled by changing technology and fraught national-security issues that arose […]
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SINGAPORE – The recovery of Changi’s aviation hub remains a work in progress, though cargo traffic has picked up and more flight connections are available for passengers. Passenger flights to 70 cities are now available at the airport, up from a low of 24 in mid-April last year at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
NEW DELHI – Battle rap artistes thrive on offence, irreverence and braggadocio, using language skilfully as weapons to beat their opponent. Their terrain is a free speech zone, where everything is fair game amid deft usage of homophones, similes and metaphors, among other arms. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. […]
