Nicaraguans go to the polls on Sunday November 7 with former revolutionary leader, Daniel Ortega, hoping to win a fourth consecutive term in office. He’s not leaving much to chance, though. Prominent opposition figures (including presidential candidates) and critics have been imprisoned or forced into exile and newspaper offices haveContinue Reading
Rockprincess, tackling six furlongs for first time, bolted up on a ‘good to soft’ Redcar surface eleven days ago and I’m confident of a follow-up in the Nursery Handicap over a similar distance on Newcastle tapeta this afternoon when stable-jockey Kevin Stott replaces ‘number 2’ Tony Eaves on the BelardoContinue Reading
SON HEUNG-MIN launched the Antonio Conte era at Spurs last night, continuing his amazing record under new managers. The South Korean took just 14 minutes to score against Vitesse Arnhem on Conte’s debut, setting Tottenham on their way to a 3-2 victory. 5 Son Heung-min got Spurs off to aContinue Reading
EDINSON CAVANI phoned Boca Juniors to beg for a transfer in January, Juan Roman Riquelme revealed. The Manchester United striker was desperate to leave because of a lack of game time under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. 2 Edinson Cavani personally called Boca Juniors to try and force through a transfer inContinue Reading
The HSE is not calling for the reintroduction of restrictions, but there is a need for everyone to look at their own behaviour, HSE chief executive Paul Reid has said. Speaking on RTÉ Radio’s Today with Claire Byrne show, Mr Reid said he was concerned about rising numbers. He saidContinue Reading
Internally displaced people in Tigray in April 2021. UNICEF Ethiopia/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND A year since war broke out in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, conflict in the country is intensifying. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we talk to two experts about the worsening humanitarian situation in TigrayContinue Reading
Most of us probably know – more or less – how to resuscitate one of our fellow human beings. Even if you haven’t taken a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), you’ve probably seen the technique many times on television or in the movies. The early history of resuscitation was inContinue Reading
Flouride is created by Wolf–Rayet stars, here seen in the Milky Way by the Hubble Space Telescope. Nasa/Judy Schmidt, CC BY-SA Look at the ingredients on a tube of toothpaste and you will probably read something like “contains sodium fluoride”. Fluoride, as you probably know, is important for healthy teeth.Continue Reading
A quarter of a century since the end of the Bosnian war, Bosnia and Herzegovina is in a perilous position. People who live there are worried. After all, in the conflict that engulfed the country between 1992 and 1995, more than 100,000 people were killed or went missing. Among themContinue Reading
A furious backlash in relation to the case of Conservative MP and former government minister Owen Paterson has prompted the UK government to U-turn on plans to overhaul the process through which MPs are held to account for lobbying. Even the Daily Mail branded the episode a “sink back intoContinue Reading
