The number of vegetarians in Brazil doubled over a six-year period, which has given rise to a booming plant-based industry that is seeking to turn meatpacking plants obsolete. — NYT: Top Stories
With theaters and concert halls shuttered, unemployment in the arts has cut deeper than in restaurants and other hard-hit industries. — NYT: Top Stories
China is vague about why vessels that carried Australian coal to its ports can’t unload their cargo. “We’re all depressed; our mental health is deteriorating,” one sailor said. — NYT: Top Stories
Christians on the screen attend an online Christmas service for social distancing and a precaution against the coronavirus at the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) ROME (AP) — Curfews, quarantines and even
Maha Mamo had no citizenship. Born in Lebanon of Syrian parents, she was ineligible for either nationality. It took her years of perseverance and some lucky breaks to find a homeland — in Brazil. — NYT: Top Stories
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are celebrating their first Christmas in the United States since leaving their official royal duties behind. — FOX News
As a new administration looms, publishers have snapped up another crop of forthcoming Trump books by prominent journalists and pundits. — NYT: Top Stories
An analysis of school attendance shows the inequities. New England governors appealed for caution over the holidays. — NYT: Top Stories
The Brexit pact preserves crucial E.U. principles like the single market, and lets the bloc look ahead to its future without Britain. — NYT: Top Stories