Japan has most powerful passport in 2021 with USA and UK seventh
Citizens of Japan can visit 191 countries around the world visa-free, according to the 2021 Henley Passport Index. The Singaporean passport is in second place on 190 countries. Read more...
Hank Aaron, home-run-hitting baseball great, dead at 86
Aaron wrapped up his 23-year career in the majors in 1976 with a raft of records that still stand. Read more...
Missing One Black Hole With 10 Billion Solar Masses
One of the biggest galaxies in the universe seems to lack its dark centerpiece. Read more...
PIERS MORGAN The Archbishop Of Canterbury prays for me! How bad did I have to get for that?
Comedian and actor John Sessions has died, aged 67, and Stephen Fry led the tributes, calling him as 'warm, vulnerable, lovable and loving as anyone can be'. My experience of him was slightly less euphoric. Read more...
This fire has been burning for 4,000 years
"This fire has burned 4,000 years and never stopped," says Aliyeva Rahila. "Even the rain coming here, snow, wind -- it never stops burning." Read more...
Early Biden Climate Test Groups Demand Tougher Rules on Building
A new push for stricter rules in flood zones could force Bidens team to choose Increase construction costs, or leave people exposed to climate change. Read more...
A Decade On, Silence Fills Egypts Field of Broken Dreams
In 2011, Tahrir Square was at the vanguard of popular uprisings known as the Arab Spring. But hopes for a democratic Egypt were crushed and the historic square given a sterile new look. Read more...
Frontline workers at Covid testing centres are NOT being offered vaccine yet
EXCLUSIVE Workers at drive-through testing centres aren't being offered tests, despite routinely leaning into cars to take swabs from people's throats and noses. Read more...
Tatiana Calderon, the driver leading the way for an all-female team
The Le Mans 24hrs race made history with two all-female teams taking part in the iconic competition. The last time that happened was in 1977. Tatiana Calderon was part of the Richard Mille Racing Team alongside other recognizable names in the world of motorsport. Read more...
The COVID-19 pandemic led to at least 16,000 extra US heart disease deaths
Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) found that for every person killed by heart disease in the US in 2019, about 1.25 died amid the spring peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
FDA clears first handheld blood test to evaluate mild concussions
Known as iSTAT, the test requires drawing a blood sample from a patient and looking for two blood biomarkers, and can deliver results within 15 minutes and 95% accuracy. Read more...
Pfizer Will Ship Fewer Covid-19 Vaccine Vials to Account for Extra Doses
After the surprise discovery of an extra dose in every vial, Pfizer executives successfully lobbied the F.D.A. to change the vaccines formal authorization language. The company charges by the dose. Read more...
For Those Behind Corporate Events, Parties Are on Pause
As companies cancel their year-end events, the 2020 holiday season has made a terrible year even worse for those in the events business. Read more...
Selina Scott describes the joys of walking in the Yorkshire Dales and a scary helicopter flight
TV presenter Selina Scott checks into our travel QA and talks walks, pubs, hotels, Fiji, scary flights, mare's milk and how a cosy cashmere wrap is the one travel item she can't do without. Read more...
How to Knit Bernie39;s Mittens and More
Crafters in search of Harry Styless colorful cardigan and Bernie Sanderss inauguration mittens are designing their own patterns. Read more...
MARKET REPORTRemote learning helps Pearson chalk up growth
In a trading update, the company revealed total sales had increased by 4 per cent in the final three months of 2020 - its first positive figure of the year after three consecutive quarters of decline. Read more...