Новости за 31.12.2020

Exposure to the coronavirus has forced Georgia Sen. David Perdue into quarantine just five days before the state's high-stakes Senate runoff elections

Microsoft said Thursday in a blog post that hackers tied to a massive intrusion of dozens of U.S. government agencies and private companies snuck farther into its systems than previously thought, although the intrusion doesn’t appear to have caused any additional harm

The research vessel has spent the past year exploring the oceans around Australia, discovering 50 new species 

France’s government is pledging to pick up the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations after being criticized for a glacially slow rollout

President Donald Trump has delivered a year-end video message after returning early from vacation, highlighting his administration’s work to rapidly develop a vaccine against COVID-19 and rebuild the economy

The motive behind the killing is currently unknown

As law enforcement investigated the Christmas Day bombing in Nashville, false theories about it spread online

The U.S. Census Bureau says less than a half percent of census takers interviewing households for the 2020 head count may have falsified their work, suggesting it was few and far between

Personal feelings about WikiLeaks founder are not the point, Alan Rusbridger tells Andrew Buncombe 

The senator says that the vast majority of Senate Republicans oppose increasing direct payments to Americans to $2,000

Detectives believe pensioner was killed in targeted attack

US officials promised 20 million vaccines by the end of 2020, but fewer than 3 million Americans have received their first dose, as local health systems are stretched thin during a growing health crisis  

Is it time to give up burpees?

Is it time to give up burpees?

'This thing is not moving the way it needs to in the United States of America,' NYC Mayor De Blasio says of vaccine distribution

Holding a plank for longer than a minute is unnecessary 

Holding a plank for longer than a minute is unnecessary 

The American faces a huge step up in quality against the former Olympic champion

There will be different priorities for those that come after us, writes Mary Dejevsky

Editorial: Seen in historical perspective, Britain will always be a close partner of the EU, whatever shape it takes

Just before the RV exploded on Christmas Day, the vehicle played a chilling warning telling anyone who could hear it to evacuate

‘Tragic incidents like these affect us all,’ says Montrose County Sheriff’s Office patrol lieutenant Ty Cox 

Two major London hospitals warn they lack the staff to look after patients with one describing it as ‘disaster medicine mode’

‘Immunity passports’ could allow society to open up but questions are being asked about privacy and inequality concerns 

Our writers and editors discuss their aspirations for the next 12 months