Spanish holidaymaker explains exactly what to expect abroad

Spanish holidaymaker explains exactly what to expect abroad

Face masks, no excess soft furnishings, ornaments and pictures ditched and every single item cleaned and disinfected before your visit. This is what a British expat who runs a hotel in Spain says you can expect if you’re flying out for a lockdown holiday in the country. Robert Webster, 52, originally from Cheltenham, his wife … Read more

Portuguese police 'have already ruled out McCann suspect in rape of Irish woman'

Portuguese police 'have already ruled out McCann suspect in rape of Irish woman'

The Portuguese police excluded pedophile Christian Brueckner as a suspect of violent rape of an Irish woman in the Algarve more than 15 years ago. The 43-year-old Brueckner is suspected of kidnapping and murdering Madeleine McCann in Praia da Luz about three years after Hazel Behan’s attack in 2004. Ms. Behan told her this week … Read more

Heartbroken dog 'waits by bridge for 4 days' after watching owner's death

Heartbroken dog 'waits by bridge for 4 days' after watching owner's death

Heartbreaking images show a loyal dog waiting for its owner on a bridge four days after his death. The loyal puppy was photographed on a sidewalk at the Yangtze River Bridge in Wuhan, China. The pet is believed to have followed its owner on the evening of May 30 to the place where they sadly … Read more

The shopping trolley problem will tell you if you're good or bad

The shopping trolley problem will tell you if you're good or bad

Moral philosophers have been trying to find out what makes a person good or bad by nature for thousands of years. Each religion has its own rules that determine which side of the scales you will fall on. However, the whole problem was reduced to the simplest form by a scenario that is shared hundreds … Read more

Horrific injuries of farmer mauled to death by pet hippo who was 'like a son'

Horrific injuries of farmer mauled to death by pet hippo who was 'like a son'

Humphrey, the hippopotamus, had been raised “like a son” by farmer Marius Els since he was five months old. The devoted animal lover from South Africa devoted so much to his unusual pet that he even built him a huge lake on his farm so that he could swim in its natural habitat. Humphrey was … Read more

Teachers union: 'Scream bloody murder' if schools reopen against medical advice

Teachers union: 'Scream bloody murder' if schools reopen against medical advice

Teachers agree on more government funding after more than two years of strikes and have “tremendous power” as child safety advocates, said Lily Eskelsen García, president of the National Education Association. She didn’t rule out strikes when heads of state move prematurely when schools reopen, and she said she believed parents would protest too. “They … Read more

Fauci calls for at least doubling virus testing before reopening country

Coronavirus will be ‘imprinted on the personality of our nation for a very long time,’ Fauci warns

  Public health experts called for more testing to provide a clearer picture of the magnitude of the pandemic and to identify, isolate and track contacts for infected patients. High rates of positive results could mean that there are not enough tests, Fauci said, adding that they should be “maybe less than 10 percent”. In … Read more

Fox News regular Douglas Macgregor in the running for State Department post

State report: Russian, Chinese, and Iranian disinformation narratives echoing each other

The State Department referred press inquiries to the White House. The White House declined to comment, as did Macgregor. The retired colonel in the army is a divisive figure who is venerated by some former officers and analysts for questioning the orthodoxy of the army and criticized by some as an opportunist who is still … Read more

Dems find a rallying cry: Trump tanked the economy

Dems find a rallying cry: Trump tanked the economy

Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor of the Clinton era, said that the crisis offered Biden a unique opportunity to make policy changes that he would otherwise find difficult to explain. “Even if he wants to be perceived as cautious and prudent on issues such as income support and health care, the pandemic gives him more … Read more

Plastics industry goes after bag bans during pandemic

Plastics industry goes after bag bans during pandemic

A person who carries plastic bags. | AP photo NEW YORK – Advocates of plastic bags see an opportunity in the pandemic that is turning almost every American into a germaphobe that eats hand sanitizers. POLITICO received a copy of a letter that the Plastics Industry Association sent the U.S. Department of Health last week … Read more