Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, more than 8 million Ukrainians have been displaced across Europe. The vast majority – 86% – are women and children. The most popular destination countries in the UN refugee response plan are Poland with more than 1.5 million refugees and theContinue Reading
David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pfizer‘s vaccine that protects infants from respiratory could receive Food and Drug Administration approval by the end of this summer. Pfizer on Tuesday said the FDA is reviewing the vaccine on an expedited basis. The agency is expected to make a decisionContinue Reading
The recent bout of shuttle diplomacy around the capitals of Europe by Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, appears to be yielding results. Zelensky’s appearances in the UK, France and Brussels had two main aims. The first has been constant since the war begin a year ago: to maintain western focus onContinue Reading
Mark Zuckerberg has a new subscription service for Instagram and Facebook. That blue check mark looks awfully familiar.Continue Reading
TOTTENHAM have joined the race to sign Marcus Thuram when he becomes a free agent in the summer. The forward’s club Borussia Monchengladbach have begrudgingly confirmed he will leave when his contract expires at the end of the season. 1 Marcus Thuram is wanted to by a host of topContinue Reading
MANCHESTER UNITED have reportedly set their asking price for midfielder Scott McTominay. It’s claimed the Red Devils are willing to cash in on the 26-year-old for the right figure. 1 Manchester United are reportedly willing to sell Scott McTominay in the summerCredit: Rex Scott McTominay has played 16 Prem gamesContinue Reading
I was standing in a forest at night, by a dark lake taking part in a Mother Earth ritual. Shaman drums echoed between the cliffs. The witch leading the ritual suddenly encouraged us to sound like wild animals. The other women seemed to greet this as something predictable and expected.Continue Reading
Gardai increasingly fear that a fatality could occur within their members when they are called out to manage anti-social behaviour amongst large groups of people, according to Antoinette Cunningham, General Secretary of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI). Ms Cunningham told Today with Claire Byrne, on RTE RadioContinue Reading
Record numbers of Cubans are fleeing their country as the island suffers its worst socio-economic crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The number of Cubans seeking entry to the US, mostly at the Mexican border, leapt from 39,000 in 2021 to more than 224,000 in 2022. Many haveContinue Reading
V erbatim theatre – where every word spoken onstage is taken from the testimony of real people – can be a powerful extension of journalism. Verbatim theatre allows people to speak for themselves to a live audience, and as a result can have a stronger impact than conventional media. OverContinue Reading
