After weeks of sometimes violent protests, often hinging on slogans denouncing Emmanuel Macron as “president of the rich”, it may not have been the best choice to have him address the nation this week from behind a gilded desk in one of the Elysée palace’s most opulent rooms. After weeks of sometimes violent protests, often […]
The 16-year-old, who cannot be named because of his age, remained composed in the dock as he was unanimously convicted of murdering Viktorija Sokolova at Wolverhampton Crown Court. Police believe the boy used a hammer, which has never been found, to carry out a “ferocious and sustained” attack on the 14-year-old victim, whose skull and […]
Officers from Ashton Hurst had been on their way to join local residents at a festive community dinner when they spotted the man leaving a shop in Oldham with the chocolate. A PCSO gave chase and after a short time, the suspected shoplifter was arrested with around £200 of Twirls. It is not clear how […]
A Government TD’s office has been vandalised with anti-abortion slogans including ‘Fine Gael baby killers’. Sligo-Leitrim TD Tony McLoughlin has said gardaí are investigating after his constituency office was defaced last night. It comes as legislation allowing abortion services in Ireland passed all stages of the Oireachtas. The words ‘Baby killers’, ‘Herod’s killers’ and ‘skumbags’ […]
In 1918 the vote was finally granted to women in Britain and Ireland. The Representation of the People Act was passed into law on February 6, 1918. While not enfranchising all women on the same terms as men, it nevertheless gave the parliamentary vote to all women over 30 who were householders, the wives of […]
GENEVA — The director of the United Nations agency that combats AIDS said Thursday he will step down next year, an announcement that came days after a panel of experts issued a damning review of a leadership style it said had enabled harassment and bullying. Michel Sidibé, the executive director of the agency, UNAIDS, was […]
VAULX-EN-VELIN, France (NYTIMES) – A group of teenagers recently swarmed into a room at College Henri Barbusse near Lyon, France, for a class typically dedicated to learning Spanish. But on that Wednesday, an unusual lesson awaited them. Five posts from Twitter were up on the board. The assignment: Decipher whether they were trustworthy or suspect. […]
KATOWICE, POLAND – South-east Asia would likely be spared the scourge of haze in 2019, despite predictions of a developing El Nino that could bring drier-than-usual conditions to the region next year, said an Indonesian official this week. “We are very convinced… that we can handle this,” Mr Nazir Foead, chief of Indonesia’s Peatland Restoration Agency, […]
Research commissioned by the charity Crisis shows that the number of homeless people has risen sharply in England and Wales between 2012 and 2017. It has gone up by 120% in England and 63% in Wales, compared to a fall of 6% in Scotland, and charities have blamed welfare cuts and a lack of affordable […]
The taoiseach (Irish prime minister) and President of the European Commission spoke by phone on Wednesday evening. Leo Varadkar and Jean Claude Juncker both agreed the withdrawal agreement is “the best outcome available”. They agreed that the proposed deal “cannot be reopened or contradicted”. It comes as Mr Varadkar’s party agreed to extend their confidence […]