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Three ways to tackle the ‘Sunday scaries’, the anxiety and dread many people feel at the end of the weekend
Many people experience anxiety or dread when the end of the weekend rolls around. Nicoleta Ionescu/ Shutterstock Sunday is often a chance to catch up with friends, lost sleep, and recover from last night’s hangover. But for many of us, by the time Sunday afternoon rolls around, a feeling ofContinue Reading
Three reasons concrete doesn’t live up to its environmental claims
A group of construction workers on site. Bannafarsai_Stock/Shutterstock Up to 8% of all global anthropogenic human-made emissions are due to just one material, cement. And our use of it is rising. The cement and concrete industry is encouraging this use, for example, by claiming that using concrete will reduce theContinue Reading
New music from Selena Quintanilla is coming, 27 years after her death
S elena Quintanilla’s estate is releasing new music from the singer, 27 years after her death. It’s a huge moment for fans: the singer is a Tejano icon and has inspired dozens of musical artists including Jennifer Lopez and Selena Gomez. For those who are new to her story, QuintanillaContinue Reading
Myanmar: death penalty the latest tactic for military junta’s murderous regime
Since the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s death penalty moratorium has been a myth. The junta has routinely targeted civilians for extra-judicial killing, including using army snipers to callously pick off peaceful protesters. There have been killings of prisoners too, with many of the dead reportedly exhibiting signs of torture on theirContinue Reading
How the women’s Euros 2022 beat the sceptics to breathe new life into football
Along with 27,444 other people, I was in Milton Keynes for the Women’s European Championship semi-final between Germany and France on Wednesday night. It was a high-quality, hard-fought contest, the Germans eventually toughing it out over the more skilful French, winning through to the final where they meet the hostContinue Reading
Watch Everton fan Paul Stratton score penalty in Dynamo Kyiv win after coming on to honour heroic work in Ukraine war
EVERTON honoured super-fan Paul Stratton for his heroic efforts helping Ukraine by handing him a scoring cameo against Dynamo Kyiv. Manager Frank Lampard brought on the Liverpool council worker to round off a 4-0 ‘peace friendly’ win at Goodison Park with a penalty. Everton supporter Paul Stratton was brought on to takeContinue Reading
Pope Francis: perhaps it is time for him to retire – here’s what it could mean for the future of the papacy
Wenn Rights Ltd/ALamy Pope Francis was recently forced to deny rumours that he was about to retire, instead making clear that he has no plans to step down just yet. But the 85-year-old Catholic leader, currently in Canada, has again been filmed using a wheelchair. Indeed, in an interview beforeContinue Reading
Young woman gang raped in car by three Dublin teens describes ‘cruel’ fight for justice
A young woman who was driven to a beach and gang raped in a car by three teenagers has described how she had to go through two trials and several days of “cruel” cross-examination in her fight for justice. Dion Genocky (23), Troy Ryan (24) and Daryl Rooney (24) wereContinue Reading
Covid cases finally tumbling as worst of the summer Omicron wave is over
COVID cases in the UK are tumbling as the worst of the summer wave is over. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show infections fell by 16 per cent last week – from 3.8million to 3.2m – in the first decline for eight weeks. PA Positive Covid cases inContinue Reading
U.S. secures 171 million omicron Covid shots ahead of fall vaccination campaign
A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Vanessa Leroy | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Health and Human Services Department has secured 171 million doses of new CovidContinue Reading