A customer left a $3,000 tip for a single beer as a restaurant voluntarily closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Cleveland, Ohio. The man walked into Nighttown on Sunday, ordered the beer and asked for the check, which came to $7.02, owner Brendan Ring wrote on Facebook. Ring said the man wished him well […]
The WHO said Monday that avoiding family gatherings would be “the safest bet” over Christmas, insisting there is no zero-risk option for traditional holiday merry-making during the coronavirus pandemic. World Health Organization officials said it was down to governments to weigh up the economic and social benefits of loosening pandemic restrictions over the festive period, […]
The federal government recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election on Monday, formally starting the transition of power after President Donald Trump spent weeks testing the boundaries of American democracy. The incumbent then relented after suffering back to back legal and procedural defeats in his seemingly futile effort to […]
The UAE community will unite in harmony as they lend their voices to a unique performance of the UAE National Anthem for the 49th UAE National Day. The emirates is seeking to bring people together by inviting them to record their own vocal performances of the anthem, in a campaign titled “Eishy Bilady” – the […]
On a darkened residential street in Paris, a gate left partly open signals the entrance to an abandoned train tunnel — and an illegal rave party for 300 people looking for an escape from France’s Covid-19 lockdown. The attendees poured into the venue in the dark, the cobbled tracks lit only by their phones. The […]
Three prominent Hong Kong activists are facing jail after pleading guilty on Monday to inciting an “illegal assembly” outside the city’s main police station during last year’s revolutionary pro-democracy protests. Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam have spent years campaigning for democracy, becoming activists when they were just teens. Joshua Wong Arguably the most […]
The Undertaker has now officially retired from the WWE, and fans are distraught to see him go. The ‘undead’ entertainment wrestler officially gave his final farewell following the end of the pay-per-view WWE Survivor Series. With his final farewell, several of his old compatriots paid their final tribute to the cherished fan favourite. In a […]
Dubai is set to host a grand total of 19 retail festivals over the course of 2021, officials unveiled earlier this month, including a range of distinctive events, activities and experiences across the emirate to revitalise its economic and tourism sectors. The annual calendar will pan out to support businesses operating in retail and tourism, […]
When confectioner Laszlo Rimoczi decided to put masks on his chocolate Santas in his small workshop in rural Hungary, he intended it as a light-hearted joke to raise people’s spirits amid a worsening coronavirus pandemic. But it turned out to be shrewd business move as orders surged online, and now he can hardly keep pace […]
China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon this week to bring back lunar rocks in the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from Earth’s natural satellite since the 1970s. The Chang’e-5 probe, named after the ancient Chinese goddess of the moon, will seek to collect material that can help scientists […]
The UAE government has announced three consecutive holidays from December 1st to 3rd to celebrate its Commemoration Day alongside the 49th National Day. The first, is an annual holiday honouring the sacrifice and dedication of Emirati soldiers who lost their lives in the defence of the nation. This year, the occasion falls on a Tuesday, […]
