MARKET REPORT JD Sports sees sales boom
Even though many of its bricks-and-mortar stores around the world were closed, the chain said revenues were up 5 per cent in the 22 weeks to January 2 as customers flocked to its online shop. Read more...
Even ,400 checks aren't exciting Wall Street
News that President-elect Joe Biden is asking Congress to pass a .9 trillion stimulus package would normally give markets a big boost. Not this time. Read more...
A Referee Pursues Her Calling in the Mens Game
Last season, Crystal Hogan was the only woman officiating games in the top level of college basketball. The question is Why? Read more...
Mother-of-five who feeds her family for just 20.21 a week reveals her shopping list
Mother-of-five Lorna Cooper, 44, from Glasgow, revealed it's possible to feed a family for just 20.21 a week.She learned to shop on a budget and batch cook after her mother died. Read more...
Miami mayor demands 'residents-only' vaccine rules and asks city to stop tourists from getting shots
Miami MayorFrancis Suarez says he wants to limit vaccine doses to people living within city limits and asked for 'all legal steps necessary' to precent nonresidents from getting jabs. Read more...
These 6 happy and heartwarming stories helped us survive this week
Need to smile? We have some to share. Read more...
An audiobooks app will tell unheard African stories
African countries have a longstanding tradition of oral storytelling, used to entertain and educate younger generations about culture and history. Now, tech entrepreneur Herman Chinery-Hesse, known for establishing SOFTtribe, Ghana's largest software company, wants to to keep this tradition alive through a new audiobooks app. Read more...
SPAL set up Juventus showdown as Atalanta also move into Italian Cup quarter-finals
SPAL will face Juventus in the Italian Cup quarter-finals after winning 2-0 at 10-man Sassuolo, while Atalanta beat Cagliari 3-1 to advance to a quarter-final against either Lazio or Parma. Read more...
HHS announces billion for 50 states to expand testing, contact tracing and vaccine distribution
About billion is being directing to increase coronavirus testing, contract tracing, surveillance and containment measures and billion will be directed for vaccines. Read more...
Architects complete two-month stay in a collapsible Moon shelter
Sebastian Aristotelis and Karl-Johan Srensen camped out in the'Lunark' shelter, amid -28F (-16C) conditions on the island's northwithout any access to smartphones or the internet. Read more...
Helga Weyhe, Germanys Oldest Bookseller, Dies at 98
She died above the bookstore, founded in 1840, where she had worked since the waning months of World War II. She locked it up for the last time in December. Read more...
Facebook claims its AI can predict four if a coronavirus patient's condition will deteriorate
Researchers at Facebook and NYU say they have built AI that can predict if a coronavirs patient's condition will become worse and if they will need supplemental oxygen - just by looking at a chest X-ray. Read more...
Thousands at risk of blindness set to benefit from a new eye drug
Brolucizumab, has now been approved by NHS chiefs for patients with wet age-related macular deterioration - a painless yet incurable eye disease that's the leading cause of blindness in over-55s. Read more...
Andy Murray's Covid-19 battle is latest drama in his rocky relationship with the Australian Open
MIKE DICKSON After his diagnosis for Covid-19, yet another chapter is set to be written in Andy Murray's extraordinary, sometimes torturous relationship with the Australian Open. Read more...
Can Conservative Media Still Return to Business as Usual?
President Biden ought to be good for ratings. But its impossible to imagine small-bore scandals satisfying an audience that thinks the presidency was stolen. Read more...
Teen pedestrian, 16, is killed on a major NSW highway
The young teenager was with a 16-year-old boy at the time when they were struck by the caron the Old Hume Highway at Mittagong in NSW on Friday night. Read more...
Tottenham 'unlikely to extend Gareth Bale's loan for a second season'
Gareth Bale completed a stunning return to north London on loan in September but has struggled to maintain a consistent level of fitness. Therefore, Spurs are not considering a second loan. Read more...
Biden Plans Covid Vaccine Push
The president-elects vaccination push is colliding with the reality of limited supplies, a scarcity that has hurt hopes for a federal stockpile. Read more...
Woodpeckers move their beaks 'like a drill bit' at a speed of seven metres a second
Biologists at the University of Antwerp in Belgium found that the woodpecker gets its beak stuck in tree trunks and then detaches itself by flicking its head at breakneck speeds. Read more...
Bloody Hell Review An Acrid Thriller Bites Off Too Much
Cannibals and comedy are mixed in this deranged ride from the director Alister Grierson. Read more...
UK rocket firm creates space tug to move satellites and clear debris
The upper stage of the Skyrora XL rocket successfully completed a crucial static fire test at the engine development complex in Fife Scotland just before Christmas. Read more...