Storm Dudley hits UK with power cuts and travel disruption ahead of incoming Storm Eunice

Storm Dudley hits UK with power cuts and travel disruption ahead of incoming Storm Eunice

The UK faced strong winds and heavy rain as Storm Dudley arrived on Wednesday evening, causing power cuts and travel disruption – with Storm Eunice set to move in. The Met Office had issued an amber warning for strong winds covering central Scotland, parts of Northern Ireland and northern England above Hull over the evening, … Read more

New Zealand to ease quarantine rules for incoming travellers

New Zealand to ease quarantine rules for incoming travellers

New Zealand’s government has announced it will start to end quarantine requirements for incoming travelers and reopen its borders. Since the start of the pandemic, New Zealand has enacted some of the world’s strictest border controls. Most incoming travelers need to spend 10 days in a quarantine hotel room run by the military, a requirement … Read more

Georgetown law dean blasts tweets by incoming professor Ilya Shapiro about race, gender test for Biden SCOTUS pick

Georgetown law dean blasts tweets by incoming professor Ilya Shapiro about race, gender test for Biden SCOTUS pick

The dean of the Georgetown University Law Center described the tweets of a new faculty member who questioned the qualifications of President Biden’s potential new Supreme Court pick as “appalling.” Ilya Shapiro, who was the head of the conservative think tank Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., begins his new job as executive director and senior … Read more