Netflix Announces 2021 Film Slate
The streaming services movies feature Oscars winners and box office stars and are a reminder of its power in a Hollywood that has been irrevocably changed during the pandemic. Read more...
In Australia and Taiwan's fight against Covid, flight crews are proving to be their Achilles heel
Countries around the Asia-Pacific region have closed borders and imposed strict quarantine requirements, essentially sealing themselves off from the world. Read more...
DEBORAH ROSS Accused is a superbly told tale of a baby, a dingo and a cruel stitch-up
Something strange has happened at Channel 5 lately, by which I mean it isn't as obsessed with, say, endlessly showing 'the human face' of bailiffs. Read more...
Dua Lipa rocks a silk scarf dress and pink crocodile boots in dreamy balcony snaps
Dua Lipa, 25, shares some dreamy photos in a silk scarf dress and bubblegum pink boots as she poses on a balcony ahead of Jimmy Kimmel Live performance Read more...
Record number of buy-to-let landlord companies set up in 2020 - beaten only by online shopping firms
A total of 41,700 new holding companies for buy-to-let properties were formed in 2020, according to estate agent Hamptons International - and more than a third of them were based in London. Read more...
Coronavirus UK Matt Hancock says 3m vaccines have been administered
Matt Hancock tweeted that he was 'delighted' with the news 'We're accelerating the Covid vaccine roll-out across the UK.' Read more...
Covid UK Big Fat Gypsy Wedding star Paddy Doherty, 61, is discharged from hospital
Paddy Doherty shared his latest video from home where he continues his recovery. He thanked fans for their well wishes and praised doctors and nurses as 'true angels' who saved his life. Read more...
California dog groomer shears off pooch's matted fur in one piece
Catalina Herrera, a dog groomer in Burbank, California, said the dog's matting was some of the worst she had ever seen. Read more...
Behind a Secret Deal Between Google and Facebook
Facebook was going to compete with Google for some advertising sales but backed away from the plan after the companies cut a preferential deal, according to court documents. Read more...
Doncaster Rovers bossDarren Moore linked with vacant manager's job at Sheffield Wednesday
The 46-year-old has guided Doncaster Rovers to fourth in League One despite losing influential midfielder Ben Whiteman to Preston North End last week. Read more...
French Soccer Faces Reckoning After TV Deal Collapses
The sudden collapse of a billion-dollar television contract has created a serious cash crisis for French clubs as the January transfer window nears. Read more...
Knicks Set to Acquire Anthony
To acquire Carmelo Anthony, the Knicks will give up Danilo Gallinari, Raymond Felton, Wilson Chandler and Timofey Mozgov along with the Knicks' first-round pick in 2014. The Knicks are also giving up two second-round picks acquired from Golden State, in 2012 and 2013, and will send million cash to Denver. Read more...
Darwin fisherman shocks onloolers by swimming in croc-infested waters to his boat
Shocked tourists watched on in horror as a fisherman chanced his luck offCrab Claw Island in the NT, just days after a four metre saltwater crocodile relocated to the same Bynoe Harbour waters. Read more...
Experts Debate How To Prepare For the Next Pandemic
A group of experts gathered to debate vaccines, inequality and repairing the nations battered institutions. Read more...
With Positive Tests, Australias Summer of Pro Tennis Has a Rocky Start
After some passengers on charter flights tested positive for the coronavirus, 72 players will not be allowed to practice for two weeks. Read more...
Can Mexico force the US to vaccinate migrant workers against Covid-19?
Mexico wants the US to vaccinate all Mexican migrant workers currently working in the United States and it says Trump's own signature trade deal requires it. Read more...
New Hikes in Sonoma
A new trail in California will give hikers access to parts of Sonoma Mountain for the first time. Read more...
COVID cases are down 11% across the US, deaths are dropping in 18 states
A total 35 states have seen a decline in the number of people testing positive in the last seven days. The number of deaths is dropping in 18 states, CNN reports. Read more...
Two Additional Virus Variants Could Drive California39;s Caseload Even Higher
At least two new variants of the virus one discovered in Britain and another first detected in Denmark are now showing up in California. Read more...
Top Prospects Take an Unconventional Path to the World Juniors
The ice hockey tournament has featured the first N.C.A.A. players on Team Russia, a Canadian who went to an unheralded prep school and four Californians who benefited from a 1990s hockey boom. Read more...