The UK government has unveiled a plan to do away with key aspects of the Northern Ireland protocol. This is the legal instrument that governs trade in goods in relation to Northern Ireland post-Brexit. The Northern Ireland protocol bill proposes setting up a “dual regulatory system” that lets businesses chooseContinue Reading
Quilts are a repository of memory, personal and collective. The Conversation Tuesday Greenidge is a multimedia artist based in North Kensington, London. When Grenfell tower caught alight on the night of June 14, 2017, her daughter was in the lift. She managed to escape. She came to her mother’s homeContinue Reading
A young man receives his Covid-19 vaccination at a vaccination clinic. People receive the Moderna vaccine in Milford, Pennsylvania. Preston Ehrler | LightRocket | Getty Images Moderna’s two-dose Covid-19 vaccine for kids ages 6 through 17 received the endorsement from the Food and Drug Administration’s committee of independent immunization expertsContinue Reading
Residents have long bemoaned measures taken to make buildings look better, but not safer. Ajit Wick | Shutterstock Five years after 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire, which broke out on June 14, 2017, the UK government has announced plans to ban the type of claddingContinue Reading
The ninth Summit of the Americas, hosted by the Joe Biden in Los Angeles from June 6 to 10, was overshadowed by US president’s decision not to invite the presidents of Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua. The reason given for this was antidemocratic leadership and disrespect for human rights in thoseContinue Reading
TOMMY FURY and Jake Paul are once again in negotiations to fight one another in the boxing ring, John Fury has confirmed. In an interview with Free Bets, John Fury, the father of Tyson and Tommy, revealed Paul and Fury were back in talks to arrange a fight between theContinue Reading
A mber Heard has said to her “dying day” she will “stand by every word” of her testimony against Johnny Depp, in an explosive first interview since the highly publicised defamation case. The actress, 36, says she does not blame the jury for the result in the high-profile case, whichContinue Reading
Retailers bamboozled by the pandemic now find themselves staring at mountains of unwanted stock. Here’s what happened and how it can be fixed.Continue Reading
When you invade a neighbouring country, armed resistance is to be expected. In addition to having to deal with Ukraine’s conventional forces, Russia is likely to find itself struggling to pacify the territory it has so far seized. Continued resistance in occupied regions – both violent and nonviolent – challengesContinue Reading
In 2020, we saw windows pasted with rainbows, hospitals flooded with donations and NHS workers regularly described as heroes. While linked to heightened risks faced by health workers during the pandemic, notions of self-sacrifice in nursing are not new. In fact, they have long underpinned the very nature of theContinue Reading
