LONDON: Britain on Thursday finally severed its turbulent half-century partnership with Europe, quitting the EU single market and customs union and going its own way four-and-a-half years after its shock vote to leave the bloc. Source: Business

If 2020 was wretched for tourists and the flying public, 2021 looks to be a year full of calibrated plans for recovery for both the tourism and aviation sectors that are desperate for the year-long Covid-19 crisis to bottom out. Source: Business

It’s long been the bane of traveling New Yorkers’ lives, and incoming president Joe Biden once described it as “third world.” Source: Travel

Media was one of many sectors that suffered because of the pandemic in 2020, experiencing an estimated 20% year-on-year decline in ad spending to 71.8 billion baht. Source: Business

The past 12 months were billed as the year when a flood of new entrants would force streaming services to wage an all-out war for subscribers. Instead, incumbents and rookies alike feasted on a base of shut-in customers eager for more things to watch. Source: Business

Manchester United forward Edinson Cavani has been handed a three-match ban and fined £100,000 ($136,594) by the English Football Association in relation to a social media post. Source: Sports

Often referred to as the “beautiful game,” football delivered a rather more wacky ending to 2020 thanks to a excitable dog in South America and a group of disgruntled fans in France greeting a new manager with a clown song. Source: Sports

As if there was any doubt, LeBron James celebrated his 36th birthday in style. Source: Sports

Backpacking trips have been something of a rite of passage for young people for almost 70 years. Source: Travel

Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton capped a remarkable year on and off the track after he was awarded a knighthood in the UK’s New Year’s Honours List which was announced on Wednesday. Source: Sports