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A ‘great cultural depression’ looms for legions of unemployed performers

December 26, 2020

With theaters and concert halls shuttered, unemployment in the arts has cut deeper than in restaurants and other hard-hit industries. — NYT: Top Stories

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Sailors stranded for months as China refuses to let coal ships unload

December 26, 2020

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

Cultural Corner, Health Care, News Now!, Travel & Venues

A pandemic Christmas: Churches shut, borders complicated

December 25, 2020

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

Cultural Corner, News Now!, Travel & Venues

Stateless, she became the face of a largely invisible plight

December 25, 2020

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

Cultural Corner, Entertainment News, News Now!

Meghan Markle wants Prince Harry’s Christmas away from the royal family to be ‘special’

December 25, 2020

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are celebrating their first Christmas in the United States since leaving their official royal duties behind.   — FOX News

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The ‘Trump bump’ for books has been significant. Can it continue?

December 25, 2020

As a new administration looms, publishers have snapped up another crop of forthcoming Trump books by prominent journalists and pundits. — NYT: Top Stories

Education, News Now!, Politics

Remote-learning issues multiply for disadvantaged American students

December 25, 2020

An analysis of school attendance shows the inequities. New England governors appealed for caution over the holidays. — NYT: Top Stories

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For the E.U., Brexit deal is a pretty good one

December 25, 2020

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

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Mali’s opposition leader and ex-hostage dies of COVID-19

December 25, 2020

FILE – In this Aug. 12, 2018 file photo released by the Union for the Republic and Democracy party shows then opposition Presidential candidate Soumaila Cisse casting his ballot during the presidential second round election in Niafunke, Mali. Malian opposition leader Soumaila

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