BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union and British negotiators worked to put a final touch on a trade deal tonight and the eve of Christmas, which will avoid a chaotic economic standoff between the two sides next week. Trade will change when the UK leaves Blockchain’s single market and customs union …
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U.S. In 2009, the couple apologized for the dominance of ‘Balloon Boy’ Colorado
The Colorado governor has pardoned a couple convicted of criminal mischief for making a “balloon boy” out of 200, in which they created a global media sensation by temporarily destabilizing their son with a false report. Approving Richard and Mayumi Hee as executives, Governor Jared Police said the 59- and …
Read More »Christmas 1918: How Americans Celebrated the Holidays During the Last Epidemic
Americans celebrated Christmas a century ago, during a previous epidemic, with similar concerns to the modern day, including whether to reunite with loved ones and the risk of a fatal infection. But, in 1918, World War I ended and many soldiers went home for the holidays to see the family. …
Read More »Gift of Japanese spacecraft: charcoal-like asteroid chips
TOKYO (AP) – It looks like small pieces of charcoal, but clay samples collected from a planet on Earth by a Japanese spacecraft and returned to Earth were hardly disappointing. The specimens described on Thursday by Japanese space officials are as large as 1 centimeter (0.4 inches) and are hard …
Read More »Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Baby Archie presented their Christmas cards
The Celebrity Christmas Card is an annual opportunity to let the world know who you really are and to master the art of telegraphing their al-Shahi identity through their annual cheerful greetings from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. In the year 2018, they annoyed almost everyone by sending a black …
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