All day schools will shut their doors following a weather warning issued by the Hong Kong Observatory. The weather organisation issued a tropical cyclone warning signal No.8. The storm is set to hit Hong Kong on Tuesday morning. The weather warning is expected to be in place for the whole […]
Daily Archives: October 12, 2020
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic challenger Amy McGrath sparred Monday evening over the federal response to the coronavirus crisis, the Supreme Court nomination fight and the Republican incumbent’s decades-long record in a hard-hitting televised debate in Kentucky. McGrath, a retired Marine combat pilot, was aggressive from the outset […]
Climate change is largely to blame for a near doubling of natural disasters in the past 20 years, the United Nations said on Monday. The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction said 7,348 major disaster events had occurred between 2000 and 2019, claiming 1.23 lives, affecting 4.2 billion people and […]
Premiership Rugby is at the centre of another row, this time over television coverage of the Twickenham final between Exeter and Wasps on Saturday week. Until last week the BBC, having initially been approached by PRL’s chief executive, Darren Childs, had been preparing to show the game live to a […]
By Adam Vaughan A digital twin of Earth could help inform policy-makers EDUARD MUZHEVSKYI / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images Work is set to begin within months on building “digital twins” of Earth to better predict the future of climate change, extreme weather and the environment. The Destination Earth project aims […]
It’s happening, people! We may still be a day out from the highly anticipated premiere of The Bachelorette, but you can now watch the first two minutes of the first episode and we promise that you will not be disappointed. It’s a truly juicy two-minute supertease that may actually begin to […]
Amazon’s Prime Day is officially kicking off on October 13 this year, and the two-day event is now less than 24 hours away, but there are already some Prime Day deals and other offers to be had. We’ll be digging through what’s on offer to bring you the best bargains […]
“Goodnight Beautiful” is the second mystery thriller by author Aimee Molloy, after her debut, “The Perfect Mother.” By JULIA RUBIN Associated Press October 12, 2020, 1:24 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article “Goodnight Beautiful,” by Aimee Molloy (Harper) Early on in the deliciously twisty […]