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Hallmark under fire for claiming 'all the best mums get promoted to grandmas'

Hallmark came under fire today after claiming ‘all the best mums really do get promoted to grandmas’ in a social media post that was blasted as ‘enormously insensitive’. The greeting card company has apologised after being criticised online for a tweet designed to advertise Mother’s Day products. A now-deleted post from the UK and Ireland […]

Condolence book remembering Captain Sir Tom flooded with hundreds of messages

An online condolence book set up to celebrate the life of Captain Sir Tom Moore has been filled with touching messages within hours. The 100-year-old Second World War veteran died in hospital on February 2 after contracting pneumonia and Covid-19. Sir Tom’s funeral is set to take place this weekend but only his close family […]

A royal shame! School close to Queen’s heart forced to shut despite ‘best efforts’

Prince Philip: Expert on Queen's reaction to hospitalisation When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer.Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights.You can unsubscribe at any time. Princess Helena College, […]

A royal shame! School close to Queen’s heart forced to shut despite ‘best efforts’

Prince Philip: Expert on Queen's reaction to hospitalisation When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer.Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights.You can unsubscribe at any time. Princess Helena College, […]

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny moved from jail to unknown location, says lawyer

MOSCOW (AFP) – Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been transferred from a Moscow jail to an unknown location, his aides said on Thursday (Feb 25), suggesting he may be beginning a prison sentence condemned as politically motivated. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent opponent was this month sentenced to more than two years in a […]

Dutch parliament: China's treatment of Uighurs is genocide

AMSTERDAM (REUTERS) – The Netherlands’ parliament on Thursday (Feb 25) passed a non-binding motion saying that the treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority in China amounts to genocide, the first European country to make such a statement. “A genocide on the Uighur minority is occurring in China,”the motion said, stopping short of directly saying that […]

Britons welcome to holiday in Greece with or without coronavirus vaccine, minister says

ATHENS (REUTERS) – Greece is ready to welcome British tourists this summer regardless of whether they have had a coronavirus vaccine, Tourism Minister Harry Theocharis was quoted as saying on Thursday (Feb 25). Greece, which has led calls for a European Union-wide certificate of vaccination to help open up summer tourism, reached an accord with […]

Armenia in an Uproar, as Its Prime Minister Warns of an ‘Attempted Military Coup’

MOSCOW — Armenia, which lost a bloody war with its neighbor Azerbaijan last fall, slipped on Thursday into a political crisis after what its prime minister called an “attempted military coup.” The instability came on top of what has already been a bitter winter for Armenia, a tiny south Caucasus nation squeezed between countries it […]