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Dueling court cases in Washington state and Texas could determine legality of abortion pill
Two federal judges are poised to issue rulings soon in dueling cases that could dramatically affect access to the abortion pill mifepristone. In Washington state, U.S. District Judge Thomas Rice is weighing whether to scrap federal regulations on mifepristone that complicate access even where abortion is legal. He is alsoContinue Reading
Israel protests: Netanyahu delays judicial reforms over fears of ‘civil war’ – but deep fault-lines threaten future of democracy
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
Father and son allegedly ejected tenants by force from Cork property
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
Succession season 4 characters: who is who, for those just joining the show now
S uccession is back: the fourth and final season premiered in the early hours of Monday morning, and ever since, it’s been the talk of the town. It was all go go go, with the young Roys and Logan still at war, Shiv and Tom still on the rocks, andContinue Reading
How UK broadcasting’s key principle of impartiality has been eroded over the years
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
How is the UK stopping Channel crossings and what are the legal routes to the UK?
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
The Chemical Menace Inside Glaciers and Icebergs
Ice can trap pollutants and accelerate their breakdown, with troubling environmental consequences.Continue Reading
Glasgow University Professor to participate in the development of the human factor minimization program
Interdisciplinary Research Professor at the University of Glasgow, Andrew Hoskins participated in an expert roundtable on ‘A New Security Paradigm for Financial Institutions’. The event, held online on March 27, 2023, was hosted by the Information Security Institute (Munich, Germany), and was under the auspices of the European Academy ofContinue Reading
What is antisocial behaviour? According to my research, no one really knows
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
Ukraine: reporter’s notes from WWII shows how Russia used claims of fascism to stem independence
Alongside the horrors of the war in Ukraine, many in the west have been confused by the insistence from Russian president Vladimir Putin that he is trying to free the country from “Nazi control”, accusing his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, and his supporters of crimes against the people of Ukraine.Continue Reading