frank_peters / Shutterstock By the time you finish reading this article, at least one new case of child sexual abuse will have been reported. In the US, a child is sexually assaulted every nine minutes. In the UK, this figure is closer to one every seven minutes. The sexual abuseContinue Reading
I t does seem a bit incongruous at first. Why are two London grime artists – not to mention two Egyptian rappers – appearing in a work by a 62 year-old Canadian artist at the Venice Biennale? Douglas’s much-admired new two-part installation at the festival (he’s representing Canada) is aContinue Reading
The day after Russian troops crossed the border to begin their invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations Security Council drafted a resolution condemning the invasion and calling on Russia to withdraw unconditionally. What happened next was predictable enough: Russia vetoed the resolution. As one of five permanent members of theContinue Reading
Elon Musk’s “free speech” promise is igniting an extremist revival, but the “replatforming” has only just begun.Continue Reading
THE Punchestown Festival continues with another bumper day of action with Day Two on Wednesday. It was an opening day filled with plenty of thrills and spills at the Kildare festival which runs from Tuesday to Saturday. Action from the opening day at Punchestown Paul Townend after winning the ChampionContinue Reading
O asis legend ‘Bonehead’ Paul Arthurs has revealed he has been diagnosed with tonsil cancer. The Wonderwall guitarist and one of Oasis’s founding members announced he was forced to pull out of upcoming gigs with Liam Gallagher’s solo project to undergo treatment. He wrote on Twitter: “Just to let youContinue Reading
One in 20 UK women will now wait more than a year for an appointment. Elizaveta Galitckaia/ Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate and devastating impact on women’s health, according to a report from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. The report found that more than halfContinue Reading
The crew consisting of pilot Larry Connor of the United States, commander Michael López-Alegría of Spain and the United States, and mission specialists Mark Pathy and Eytan Stibbe from Canada and Israel. Axiom Space It’s not long since billionaires were competing to get to the “edge of space”. Now, theContinue Reading
MANCHESTER CITY return to Champions League action TONIGHT when they welcome Real Madrid in a mouth-watering semi-final clash at the Etihad. A goalless draw against Madrid’s bitter rivals Atletico was enough to scrape through the previous round having beaten Diego Simeone’s side 1-0 in Manchester. However, Real Madrid are noContinue Reading
Nearly 90 state-owned properties are almost ready to be used to house Ukrainian refugees. Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien, speaking after a Cabinet meeting, said that his department had identified 529 vacant or unused buildings that could be used to provide housing for arriving refugees from Ukraine. Mr O’Brien saidContinue Reading
