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U.S. extends Covid public health emergency even though Biden says pandemic is over
A medical worker collects a swab sample from a woman at a COVID-19 testing site in New York, the United States, March 29, 2022. Wang Ying | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images The U.S. has extended the Covid public health emergency through Jan. 11, a clear demonstration that theContinue Reading
Russia: what the history of WWII conscription shows us about who gets sent to the front lines
Russian president Vladimir Putin has yet to call for universal conscription, although he recently announced mobilisation of 300,000 reservists. The reason why the Kremlin has not introduced a wider policy may lie in the history of conscription and its impact on public support for war. In recent research, my colleagueContinue Reading
Getting fit after COVID? Why you should be strength training – and how to do it
Knowing when to return to exercise after COVID depends on your symptoms. antoniodiaz/Shutterstock After recovering from COVID, you might be eager to get out and do some exercise, particularly if you’d previously enjoyed keeping fit. While a bit of light cardiovascular training can be a good option, strength training hasContinue Reading
Bright says England have a changed mentality after Euros with World Cup in sight
MILLIE BRIGHT and England are setting their sights on world domination after toppling the USA in a feisty friendly at Wembley. Lionesses vice-captain Bright, 29, reckons the Euros champions laid down a marker with their 2-1 victory over a team ranked the best on the planet. 4 Millie Bright andContinue Reading
Bright says England have a different mentality after their Euros win as team looks ahead to World Cup
MILLIE BRIGHT and England are setting their sights on world domination after toppling the USA in a feisty friendly at Wembley. Lionesses vice-captain Bright, 29, reckons the Euros champions laid down a marker with their 2-1 victory over a team ranked the best on the planet. 4 Millie Bright andContinue Reading
The Palestinian territory Israel has turned into a firing zone: meet the cave-dwelling people of Masafer Yatta
Hajja Nuzha Al-Najjar in her cave-home in Masafer Yatta. In an oral history interview, she describes being shot in the leg by an Israeli settler in 2005. Mahmoud Makhamra, Author provided The people of Masafer Yatta are determined to hold on to their cave-dwelling lifestyle. “I was born in thisContinue Reading
‘Our hearts are indeed broken’: Tributes paid to Creeslough blast victims
Tributes are being paid to the 10 victims of a devastating explosion at a petrol station in Co Donegal. Friday’s blast at the service station in Creeslough is being treated as a “tragic accident” by gardaí. The huge explosion killed four men, three women, two teenagers – a boy andContinue Reading
Liz Truss: how to understand polls that give Labour an enormous lead – and why the Tories are right to fear a major election loss
The cabinet having an absolute hoot at their annual conference in Birmingham. Alamy/PA When Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced that he would not be going ahead with his plan to scrap the top rate of tax in the UK, he claimed that he had done so because “he listened” to theContinue Reading
Jennifer Lawrence says she ‘became a commodity’ after Oscar win
H ollywood actress Jennifer Lawrence said after the success of The Hunger Games and her Oscar win she “lost a sense of control” but her new film Causeway finally “feels personal” to her again. The 32-year-old has returned to her independent film roots playing a soldier struggling to adjust toContinue Reading
Nuclear war: does it take luck or reasoning to avoid it? Lessons from the Cuban missile crisis, 60 years on
The United States and the Soviet Union came dangerously close to war in October 1962 during the Cuban missile crisis. Just ahead of its 60th anniversary, Russian president Vladimir Putin is issuing nuclear threats following the unexpectedly poor performance of his troops in Ukraine. The invasion poses a new kindContinue Reading