Shutterstock “Now she is all alone.” Former president Barack Obama slightly squinted and bit his lip in characteristic fashion as he spoke these words to his adviser. Obama had spent three hours alone with Angela Merkel in Hotel Adelon in Berlin. It was late November 2016. Donald Trump had justContinue Reading
Jimmy Greaves was the most prolific goalscorer in top-flight English football. @SpursOfficial Watching the surviving film of the football work of the recently departed England international striker, Jimmy Greaves, is a stark reminder of the vastly different playing regimes that existed in English football in the early 1960s compared toContinue Reading
Luke Pollard, MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, has secured a debate on Wednesday evening (22/9/21, circa 7pm) in the House of Commons on Government support for the Keyham and Ford communities in Plymouth after the mass shooting on 12 August 2021. The debate will formally raise the request fromContinue Reading
silverkblackstock/Shutterstock As veganism grows in popularity, researchers are documenting its positive impacts on individual health, public health, animal welfare and even the fashion industry. In 2018, one in six new food products in the UK was vegan, and the “Veganuary” campaign has become increasingly popular. These market trends attest toContinue Reading
Mao Zedong, when he was close to death in the mid-1970s, told those around him that he regarded his two greatest achievements as establishing a unified country in 1949, and launching the Cultural Revolution in 1966. This huge movement continued till Mao’s death in 1976. His desire, he said, wasContinue Reading
The return to offices and workplaces by workers across the State from Monday is evidence of the success of the Covid-19 public health strategy, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said. Mr Martin said it was an important day for the economy, and society as a whole, made possible by the “exceptionalContinue Reading
Want to know how to reduce your carbon footprint? It’s more complicated than you may imagineContinue Reading
Out Run hit arcades 35 years ago this month. Its influence is still being felt on consoles, in music, and in moviesContinue Reading
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
