By Gabriel Crossley, Stella Qiu BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s manufacturing recovery, fuelled in part by demand from COVID-constrained consumers abroad, has soared past expectations this year, so much so that factories are now struggling to fill a shortage of blue-collar workers to clear mounting orders. FILE PHOTO: Employees, wearing masks, […]
Daily Archives: December 20, 2020
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Lawmakers continue negotiations on a bill to extend benefits. Angela Lang/CNET A new stimulus package worth $900 billion is expected to come to its first Congressional vote on Monday in the House of Representatives. The bipartisan COVID-19 relief bill, which was solidified on Sunday after months of fruitless negotiations, includes a […]
WWE It’s been a tough year for everyone, WWE included. Thanks to losing live crowds and a few too many months of sub-average TV, WWE’s Raw’s ratings hit an all-time low this past week. It hopes to turn things around on Sunday with the TLC pay-per-view, which features two Tables, […]
The group of aircraft carriers sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Sunday – one day after a US warship passed through the waterway. Six warships and eight air force aircraft were deployed to monitor the Chinese vessels, Reuters reports. The group, led by China’s newest carrier the Shandong, stirred […]
Comedian Eddie Izzard has received praise and support after explaining on a British show that her pronouns are she/her. Izzard was featured as the portrait subject for an episode of Sky Arts’ “Portrait Artist of the Year,” during which she explained that from now on she’d be using she/her pronouns. […]
More news on the massive cyberattack that hit the U.S. this year is likely to come out in the week ahead. Today, more senators have come out to say Russia was behind the attack. Here’s a recap of what has transpired so far. What Happened: On Dec. 13, the New York […]
Hollie Doyle had to settle for a place in the frame at the Sports Personality of the Year Awards on Sunday evening, but in some respects she was still the biggest winner of the night, both in terms of raising her public and professional profile, and also on behalf of […]
“The whole time I was with him, I could have bought myself a business-flight plane ticket back to my four-story townhouse in Hackney,” the actress told The New York Times in a separate interview that was published on Dec. 11. “He brought me so low, below myself, that the idea of leaving him and […]