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Poppy box stolen from butcher's shop on Remembrance weekend

A man is being hunted after a poppy collection box was stolen over Remembrance weekend. The suspect walked into a butchers on Mill Lane in West Derby, Liverpool, on Saturday morning and took the fundraising pot. Officers probing the theft have now released a photo of a man they believe could help with their enquiries. […]

Trump’s Fury Feeds Moscow and Beijing Accounts of U.S. Chaos

MOSCOW — For years, state propaganda in both Russia and China has painted Western democracy as dangerously chaotic compared to what it described as the safety and stability of the countries’ authoritarian systems. With President Trump’s unfounded allegations that Democrats stole last week’s presidential election, Moscow and Beijing got a fresh chance to claim vindication. […]

Coronavirus: UK records 194 COVID-related deaths in latest daily figures

Another 194 people with coronavirus have died across the UK in the latest 24-hour period – compared to 156 a day earlier, government figures show. It brings the UK total deaths to to 49,238, the figures show. However, separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death […]

British Peer Criticized for Calling Kamala Harris ‘the Indian’

LONDON — A peer in the House of Lords, Britain’s unelected second chamber of Parliament, drew heavy criticism from lawmakers on Monday for referring on Twitter to Kamala Harris, the United States vice president-elect, simply as “the Indian.” The peer, Lord Kilclooney, a former elected member of Parliament from Northern Ireland, said on Twitter on […]

You’ve Got (Century-Old) Mail: Soldier’s Note Is Echo of World War I Era

PARIS — It was an unusual object to spot in the flat grassy fields of eastern France: A small aluminum capsule found in the middle of nowhere near Ingersheim, a town in Alsace. Inside was another surprise: a message written in ink in Gothic-looking script on a thin slip of paper. Jade Halaoui, who discovered […]

British Peer Criticized for Calling Kamala Harris ‘the Indian’

LONDON — A peer in the House of Lords, Britain’s unelected second chamber of Parliament, drew heavy criticism from lawmakers on Monday for referring on Twitter to Kamala Harris, the United States vice president-elect, simply as “the Indian.” The peer, Lord Kilclooney, a former elected member of Parliament from Northern Ireland, said on Twitter on […]