Politics (Page 509)

In defending his actions over the partygate scandal, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson continues to insist that he did not believe lockdown rules were broken when government staff gathered socially in Downing Street on various dates during 2020 and 2021. Johnson has accepted a police fine for one of theContinue Reading

At this time of year, the Falkland Islands (or Islas Malvinas) take centre stage in public and political life across Argentina. April 2 marked the 40th anniversary of what many Argentines think of as the “recovery” of an integral part of their national territory from the UK. The “recovery” wasContinue Reading

A seemingly endless cycle of scandals has come to define Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister. This has peaked in recent months with the revelations about lockdown parties in Downing Street and Johnson being fined by police for his attendance. Beyond tainting Johnson’s personal legacy – a recent poll foundContinue Reading

Aspiring home owners in Great Britain are facing increasingly unaffordable house prices. Alex Segre/Shutterstock The average house price in Great Britain has risen above £350,000 for the first time, according to property website Rightmove. From 2021 to 2022, house prices in all regions and countries except London and Scotland roseContinue Reading

Dispatches from the war zone: the BBC's Clive Myrie broadcasting from Kyiv. BBC In his authoritative history of war correspondents, The First Casualty, journalist and historian, the late Philip Knightley, identified a dilemma that has long confronted journalists reporting conflict: whose side are they on? Knightley warns that the “aimsContinue Reading

A new, more transmissible strain of the Omicron coronavirus variant has been confirmed in the North and is likely to be now circulating in the Republic, an immunologist has said. Prof Kingston Mills, professor of experimental immunology at Trinity College Dublin, said Omicron XE is a combination of the existing OmicronContinue Reading

With clinical vaccine trials for everything from HIV to Zika, messenger RNA could transform medicine—or widen health care inequalities.Continue Reading

Tributes have poured in for a former junior Republic of Ireland soccer player who gardaí said died after being assaulted in Limerick city. The victim, named locally as Alan Bourke, 48, originally from St Mary’s Park, Limerick, was found with serious injuries at Parnell Street around 10.25pm, Friday night. ParamedicsContinue Reading