Joe Biden is the oldest person to be sworn in as US president. New research shows politicians are likely to live longer than the populations they represent. BiksuTong / Shutterstock In many countries, inequalities in income and wealth have been rising since the 1980s. It has been estimated that theContinue Reading
An Irish man who was killed and another who was seriously injured when the car they were in flipped over and was engulfed in flames in Oregon have been named by US police. Daniel James Slattery (24) from Rathgar, Dublin was fatally injured in the collision while his friend RobertContinue Reading
On February 24, the first day of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops occupied Snake Island, a small but strategically important outpost in the Black Sea about 70 nautical miles south of Odessa. The 13 Ukrainian troops stationed there were reported to have “twice bravely repulsed the attacks of theContinue Reading
The US Supreme Court is in the news around the world. The reason: a series of decisions which are already having – and will continue to have – a massive impact on the lives of ordinary Americans. The Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling gathered the most coverage, hardlyContinue Reading
Those using IVF can see which embryo is least likely to develop cancer and other diseases. But can protecting your child slip into playing God?Continue Reading
Pakistan’s current economic struggles exemplify the little fires everywhere set alight across the global economy by a war during a pandemic. Like others in countries dependent on imported commodities — for example Ghana and Sri Lanka — Pakistanis are seeing food and fuel prices soar. Foreign exchange reserves – usedContinue Reading
As of late May, in the three months since Russia invaded Ukraine, 6.8 million refugees had fled the war into other countries. The majority, some 3.6 million people, headed to Poland, while another million went to Romania. European Union nations and others began offering visa waivers and other schemes toContinue Reading
It was, said Francia Márquez Mina, a victory for “the nobodies”. Speaking in Bogota on June 19 after the results of the Colombian presidential election were announced, the newly elected vice-president struck a jubilant note after becoming the first black woman to be elected to the office – on aContinue Reading
The first generation to grow up on Instagram and Snapchat is already taking stock.Continue Reading
A gunman opened fire in a Copenhagen shopping centre, one of the largest of its kind in Scandinavia, killing several people and wounding a number of others on Sunday, police said. The suspected gunman, who is in custody, is a 22-year-old Danish man who was detained near the Fields shoppingContinue Reading
