Two months after the November election s, Georgia voters have unfinished business. The outcome will determine partisan control of the U.S. Senate and how lawmakers deal with a new White House. ( read original story ...)
EXPLAINER: As Georgia awaits, GOP still has Senate control
The consequences of Georgia’s twin Senate runoffs are well known: They’ll determine which party controls the Senate in the new Congress. Right? Long term, yes, that’s the case. But the circumstances ... ( read original story ...)
Live updates: No. 8 Cincinnati Bearcats face No. 9 Georgia Bulldogs in the Peach Bowl
The Bearcats are playing in their first New Year's Six bowl game since 2010, and they're facing No. 9 Georgia in Atlanta. ( read original story ...)
Lincoln Project Video Attacks David Perdue, Kelly Loeffler for Trying to Suppress Georgia Voters
The Lincoln Project released a new ad on Thursday criticizing Republican Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue and endorsing their Democratic opponents in the upcoming U.S. Senate runoff elections ... ( read original story ...)
8,143 expats deported from Kuwait in 2020
A total of 8,143 expatriates were deported from Kuwait in 2020, a security report showed today. The deportees included 6,003 handed over by the residency affairs police and 2,140 others by other ... ( read original story ...)
Archaeology news: The ‘real-life Indiana Jones’ who uncovered an ancient Biblical artefact
ARCHAEOLOGISTS come in all shapes and sizes but Sir Charles Warren, the 19th-century British explorer, is one of a few lucky archaeologists to have been branded a "real-life Indiana Jones." A ... ( read original story ...)
Oman looks to borrow $4.2bn in 2021 to cover budget shortfall
Oman’s government will finance most of its budget shortfall in 2021 by borrowing to plug a fiscal gap battered by a decline in oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic. The Persian Gulf state is ... ( read original story ...)
Oman plans $5.7 billion budget deficit in 2021 -state news agency
Oman expects to have a 2021 budget deficit of about 2.2 billion rials ($5.7 billion), and plans to borrow from domestic and international markets to help plug the gap, according to a Twitter posting ... ( read original story ...)
New Year’s Eve celebratory gunfire kills 1 in Lebanon
Lebanon’s official news agency says a Syrian woman living as a refugee in eastern Lebanon was killed and an airplane parked at Beirut's airport was hit by stray bullets in separate incidents of celebr ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon New Year Celebratory Gunfire Kills Syrian, Damages Plane
Celebratory gunshots to mark the New Year killed a Syrian woman in eastern Lebanon and damaged a parked aeroplane at Beirut airport Friday, state media and a company source said. ( read original story ...)