Traditionally, the only people left in central London on Christmas Day are dozens of enterprising photographers waiting for each other to move out of the way so they can get the perfect shot of an “eerily deserted” Oxford Street. http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/techugees-in-crimbo-limbo-the-startup-workers-and-assorted-media-mates-who-wont-be-home-for-christmas-9943901.html
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (AP) — The last two Americans being held captive by North Korea have returned home. http://news.yahoo.com/kenneth-bae-just-want-thank-091110468.html
The French reacted with anger today after a senior John Lewis executive described their country as “hopeless and downbeat”, saying that even the food and wine was better in London. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/the-french-hit-back-after-john-lewis-chief-said-their-country-was-hopeless-9772469.html
New Zealand comedian and Variety NZ Ambassador Ewen Gilmour died suddenly overnight. – New Zealand Herald http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11336247
DALLAS (AP) — Worries over Ebola kept some Dallas schoolchildren home Thursday after school officials identified five students who may have come into contact with the first person in the U.S. to be diagnosed with the virus. http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-worries-could-keep-dallas-students-home-051137929.html
Pretoria (AFP) – Twenty-six injured survivors of a Nigerian church collapse were repatriated home Monday, after a tragedy that claimed 86 lives, most of them South Africans. http://news.yahoo.com/26-african-survivors-nigeria-church-collapse-back-home-100436782.html
U.S. officials warned their citizens in Uganda to stay indoors or go to a safe location Saturday as authorities raided a suspected terror cell. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/13/world/africa/uganda-us-embassy-warning/index.html?hpt=iaf_c2
Hackers might not have as many Home Depot credit and debit cards than previously thought http://money.cnn.com/2014/09/18/technology/security/home-depot-hack/index.html
By Peter Rudegeair NEW YORK (Reuters) – Getting a mortgage in the United States may be easier than many borrowers think, according to a survey released Monday by Wells Fargo & Co , the largest U.S. Nearly two-thirds of respondents thought that a very good credit score was necessary to buy a home, and more than 40 percent […]