Results of the five-yearly Cuban national assembly elections on March 26 will have disappointed opposition figures, who had called for a boycott to signal unhappiness with the government’s performance. Two-thirds of the electorate submitted valid votes (that were not spoiled nor blank) despite opposition calls for people to stay away.Continue Reading
Over the past few weeks there have been a growing number of reports that Russia is recruiting workers and – according to some sources, using forced labour – to dig trenches and build fortifications in Crimea across areas they would be forced to defend were Ukraine to make the peninsulaContinue Reading
FGC/Shutterstock The way a person speaks is an intrinsic part of their identity. It’s tribal, marking a speaker as being from one social group or another. Accents are a sign of belonging as much as something that separates communities. Yet we can probably all think of examples of people whoContinue Reading
Grail’s Galleri aims to screen for many more types of tumor than was previously possible. Large-scale clinical trials are underway.Continue Reading
Despite Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to delay the planned judicial reforms that have so destabilised Israeli society, the country’s crisis of democracy is far from over. Protests at Netanyahu’s plan, which have rocked Israel for weeks, redoubled in intensity last weekend after Netanyahu sacked his Likud colleague and defence minister, YoavContinue Reading
A father and son who allegedly changed the locks on a property they owned on Glasheen Road in Cork and ejected the tenants by force will appear before Cork District Court in May having both been charged with four offences. Daniel and Donal Lynch, aged 62 and 32 respectively, ofContinue Reading
A word that was bandied about freely in the wake of the Gary Lineker-BBC affair was “impartiality”. Apparently the gold standard of UK broadcasting, it was something that certain critics judged the BBC sports presenter to have breached in his personal social media posts. Following Lineker’s suspension and subsequent reinstatement,Continue Reading
Image source, Getty Images New ex-military sites will accommodate thousands of migrants, the government has announced. It is part of plans to tackle small boat crossings after record numbers came to the UK this way in 2022. What is the government’s main plan to tackle migrants? Under the Illegal MigrationContinue Reading
Ice can trap pollutants and accelerate their breakdown, with troubling environmental consequences.Continue Reading
Sergey Nivens/Shutterstock Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has unveiled plans to crack down on antisocial behaviour. The proposals include making offenders wear hi-vis jackets to wash police cars and clean up vandalism, within 48 hours of being served a court order. Offenders may have to do other unpaid work in theirContinue Reading
