J amie Lee Curtis has revealed the poignant name she has given to her first ever Oscar in a touching nod to her transgender daughter. The actress, 64, was awarded the gong for best supporting actress at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday for her portrayal of Deirdre Beaubeirdre inContinue Reading
Sacrificial dilemmas are popular among philosophers. Should you divert a train from five people strapped to the tracks to a side-track with only one person strapped to it? What if that one person were a renowned cancer researcher? What if there were only a 70% chance the five people wouldContinue Reading
Citing death threats and harassing phone calls, the federal judge who is presiding over a pivotal case that could decide the future of the abortion pill in the U.S. asked attorneys not to publicize the date of a key hearing, telling them “less advertisement is better.” Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ofContinue Reading
The theatricality of the warmth on show between British prime minister Rishi Sunak and French president Emmanuel Macron during their summit in Paris should not detract from how important it is that Franco-British cooperation has been renewed. Relations reached rock bottom under Boris Johnson and his successor Liz Truss. TheContinue Reading
FORMER Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg has opened up on his frosty relationship with Craig Bellamy. The official revealed that the former Wales striker never forgave him for handing him a second yellow card for diving when, in fact, he should have been awarded a penalty. 2 Mark Clattenburg incorrectlyContinue Reading
A local drama group in south Belfast turned its weekly meeting into a celebration after the success of member James Martin at the Oscars. The star of An Irish Goodbye has become the first person with Down’s syndrome to win at the Academy Awards. While Martin celebrated in LA, BaboshContinue Reading
One of the consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine is the fact that the Kremlin has lost a lot of its influence in former Soviet countries. This creates opportunities to limit Moscow’s ability to leverage its once dominant role to further its war aims. However, it also means that RussiaContinue Reading
After more than four decades as seemingly implacable enemies on either side of a deep political-religious divide in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia and Iran have agreed to restore diplomatic relations and reopen embassies. The deal, which was signed in Beijing, comes seven years after diplomatic relations were severed inContinue Reading
SERIE A star Andrea Pinamonti’s girlfriend has been branded the “world’s most beautiful Wag” after she stripped down to lingerie. Dasha Lapushka is an artist and the Sassuolo man’s partner. 5 Dasha Lapushka is dating Andrea PinamontiCredit: INSTAGRAM 5 Dasha is an artistCredit: INSTAGRAM 5 She often stuns on InstagramContinue Reading
mepstock/Shutterstock In Britain, people imagine poverty as mainly an urban phenomenon. We think of poverty as rundown housing estates or tower blocks, far from the idyllic countryside scenes of shows like Escape to the Country. But this is only part of the picture. Poverty in rural areas is more widespreadContinue Reading
