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French election: who are the candidates running against Emmanuel Macron?
On April 10, 48 million French will be asked to vote in the first round of France’s 2022 presidential election. Of the 12 candidates, only two will qualify for the second-round runoff taking place on April 24. These are the candidates in the running. Emmanuel Macron Incumbent President Emmanuel MacronContinue Reading
An ‘Explosion’ of Anti-Ukraine Disinformation Is Hitting Moldova
Divisive anti-refugee videos are spreading from TikTok to Facebook as the threat of Russia grows.Continue Reading
Parents warned keep babies away from people with colds to avoid life-threatening bug
PARENTS have been warned to keep babies away from people with colds to avoid a life-threatening bug. The UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) says RSV can be dangerous for little ones. Getty Babies should be kept away from people with common colds, health officials say[/caption] It says ideally, peopleContinue Reading
Ukraine war: lessons for mediators from the experience of humanitarian organisations
Despite the discovery of what appears to be grisly evidence of war crimes committed by Russian soldiers against the people of Bucha in the north-west of Ukraine, the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, still insists that negotiation is the only way to end the conflict. Zelensky has already pledged that hisContinue Reading
Ukraine: how forensics teams will investigate evidence of atrocities at Bucha
Forensic investigators are reportedly already at work in Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, where grisly evidence has been found that could point to war crimes committed by Russian troops during their occupation of the area. Journalists brought in by Ukrainian troops who have retaken various towns around the capital have beenContinue Reading
Norman Scott (A Very English Scandal) releases blockbuster biography
I t’s been nearly four years since we became obsessed with A Very English Scandal, the BBC drama series that reignited interest in the 1970s Jeremy Thorpe scandal. We can’t believe it’s been that long either, but Covid has done funny things to time. Now the scandal is being unearthedContinue Reading
Ukraine war: evidence of atrocities in Kyiv’s suburbs strengthens case for a harder line against Russia
When Ukraine learned on April 2 that the whole Kyiv region had been liberated from Russian troops, there was barely any jubilation. This was mostly because of the gruesome evidence of war crimes left by the Russian occupying force in what were once affluent suburbs of Kyiv. The horrors discoveredContinue Reading
This Is How Twitter’s Edit Button Can Actually Work
The ability to edit tweets is coming—but it’s full of risks. This is how to do it right.Continue Reading
Ukraine Recap: horror of Bucha prompts call for greater action from the west
Only last week there was a more optimistic tone in reports coming out of Ukraine. Five weeks after Vladimir Putin had sent his troops across the border expecting a relatively swift military victory, it appeared that Ukraine’s stout defence was beginning to turn the tide and that Russian troops wereContinue Reading
Le Tissier says he was sacked by Sports Sky due to Covid conspiracy theories
MATT LE TISSIER has revealed he believes he was sacked by Sky Sports due to his views on coronavirus before insisting: “I’m not a nutter!” The former Premier League star, 53, was axed by the broadcasters in August 2020 along with Phil Thompson and Charlie Nicholas – just five monthsContinue Reading