Douglas Ross: Independence support has surged thanks to Scots 'alienated' by Brexit handling
Merkel urges Germans to heed curbs for virus 'turnaround'
Chancellor Angela Merkel pleaded with Germans on Monday to comply with new restrictions to achieve a "turnaround" in the fight against the pandemic, and held out hope that families would be able to spend Christmas together.
U.S. Supreme Court lets inmate confined to filthy prison cells sue guards
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed a Texas inmate to pursue his claim against prison officials that his civil rights were violated by being locked up in cells with extremely filthy conditions. The justices, in an unsigned opinion, set aside a lo…
Belgium's second COVID wave shows first signs of slowing
The rate of increase in new COVID-19 infections in Belgium has slowed but it is too early to say that the country’s second wave has peaked, the government said on Monday as new restrictions to avert a breakdown of the health system went into effect. “…
Who's Logan today? Teen dons costumes to cheer classmates
Logan Houghtelling turned into all of them, in class, and way before Halloween — all to bring some cheer to his own life and the lives of his friends. Life was difficult for the San Francisco Bay area teenager. One day, he popped up on screen in a to…
U.S. surpasses 95 million early ballots on eve of Election Day
More than 95 million Americans had cast their votes in the 2020 presidential election by Monday, according to a tally by the U.S. Elections Project at the University of Florida, a harbinger of what is expected to be the highest turnout of modern times….
In solidarity, Poles buy flowers to help struggling vendors
Driven by new solidarity, Poles have been buying armloads of chrysanthemums to help out flower vendors who unexpectedly faced bankruptcy when the government ordered all cemeteries locked due to COVID-19 during a traditional memorial weekend. The first…
U.S. Supreme Court hands narrow win to Black Lives Matter activist over protest incident
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with Black Lives Matter activist DeRay McKesson in his ongoing effort to avoid a lawsuit filed by a police officer injured during a 2016 protest in Louisiana triggered by the police killing of a Black man. The ju…
Factbox: What a second Trump term would mean for U.S. financial policy
A victory by U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday would continue his administration’s four-year deregulatory streak, which has delivered at least $40 billion in gains to banks and other financial firms, according to industry estimates. Here are some…
Iran postpones new trial of Zaghari-Ratcliffe: UK
Iran on Monday adjourned a new trial of British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, according to her husband and the UK government, which condemned what it said was her "appalling" treatment by Tehran.
Twitter outlines how it will label tweets claiming early U.S. election victory
Beginning on election night through the inauguration, Twitter said it would place warning labels such as “official sources called this election differently”, or “official sources may not have called the race when this was tweeted”. U.S.-based accounts…
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