In her second “state of the European Union” speech, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen used the political momentum generated by a series of crises to announce a batch of new initiatives and funding. Von der Leyen is confident she’s steered the EU successfully through the challenges of COVID,Continue Reading
Raising the pension age and linking the State pension to life expectancy will be given “full consideration” following the findings of a new report, according to Taoiseach Micheál Martin. Mr Martin said a “menu of options and decisions” flow from that report in terms of the pension age, and alsoContinue Reading
Recent tit-for-tat missile tests on the Korean peninsula have ratcheted up tensions in the region. On September 15, North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, just two days after it tested a new long-range cruise missile capable of reaching targets in Japan and South Korea. HoursContinue Reading
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Russia goes to the polls on September 19 to elect a new Duma – the country’s legislature. Russian elections are not known for their unpredictability – United Russia, the party linked to the president, Vladimir Putin, tends to come away with more than half of the vote. The remainder isContinue Reading
Azure Blue, one of two Michael Dods declarations, is just about good enough to go one better and make it third time lucky in the class 4 fourteen-runner Novice Stakes over seven furlongs of ‘good to firm’ Ayr today, trip is my only concern. On my time-handicap Azure Blue isContinue Reading
2020’s reports of large alpine resorts being super-spreader venues will leave many wondering if we will ever safely return to the slopes. But fortunately, there is a great alternative! Now I’m a very average holiday skier and way beyond the first flush of youth. Black runs were always aspirational andContinue Reading
Canadians head to the polls on September 20 in an early parliamentary election. In this week’s episode of The Conversation Weekly, two experts on Canadian politics profile the current prime minister, Justin Trudeau, and explore why he’s so much more popular abroad than at home. And we talk to aContinue Reading
VEGAN boxer Cheavon Clarke has told promoters ‘show me the money’ before he cooks up a storm in the professional ranks. The Team GB star got to the quarter-finals in the delayed Tokyo Olympics but was knocked out on a split-decision by Russian Muslim Gadzhimagomedov. 3 The vegan diet ofContinue Reading
T here were times when it didn’t look like it would happen, but the UK’s festival summer finally arrived – and what a blast it’s been. Here, we’ve rounded up the major UK festivals to have confirmed their dates for 2022, split into those with line-ups already announced, and thoseContinue Reading
