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Five ways to help your dog live a longer, healthier life
Golden years. tetiana_u/ Shutterstock As anyone who has ever lived with a dog will know, it often feels like we don’t get enough time with our furry friends. Most dogs only live around ten to 14 years on average – though some may naturally live longer, while others may beContinue Reading
Al-Shabaab: why women join the Islamist militant group – podcast
Lamu in coastal Kenya is an area where women and girls have been recuited by Al-Shabaab. Eric Lafforgue/Alamy Stock Photo The Conversation Weekly podcast is taking a short break in August. For the next few weeks, we’ll be bringing you extended versions of some of our favourite recent interviews. ThisContinue Reading
Prince Andrew: the monarchy has a long history of dismissing women’s suffering
Prince Andrew has repeatedly denied claims of sexual assault, stemming from his friendship with convicted sex offender and underage sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Now, he faces a civil lawsuit in New York by Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, who claims Andrew sexually assaulted her three times. There are conflicting accounts ofContinue Reading
Lecturer (Teaching and Scholarship) in the School of Physics at University of Bristol
University of Bristol – Faculty of Science – School of Physics<br />Salary: £38,587- £43,434 (Grade J) £44,706-£50,296 (Grade K) per annumContinue Reading
Poland: why is a new media law prompting street protests and outrage from the US?
The lower chamber of Poland’s national parliament has passed controversial changes to the country’s media law that impose heavy restrictions on the way broadcasting companies will be licensed. Proposed changes mean that firms from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) cannot secure a licence to operate a TV or radioContinue Reading
Exmouth RNLI search for to overdue yacht
Exmouth RNLI volunteers were summonsed to search for an overdue yacht last evening. At 9.32pm on Thursday 26 August 2021, H.M. Coastguard requested the launch of Exmouth RNLI Inshore Lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II following a report of an overdue yacht with one crew member on board. The 26ft vesselContinue Reading
‘Levi’ looks a ‘Lethal’ proposition for punters!
Manaccan has been found an excellent opportunity to get off the mark at the third attempt in a nine-runner Maiden Stakes over six furlongs of ‘good to firm’ Newmarket today when the last meeting on the July course signals the onset of Autumn and a fabulous spell of two-year-old racingContinue Reading
Afghanistan: Taliban victory inevitable despite the trillions the US poured in
Nawid Tanha/EPA-EFE In less than a week, the Taliban has captured nearly a dozen key cities in Afghanistan. With the departure of US forces, it is poised to take over the country from the embattled Afghan government. Over the past 20 years, the US has poured trillions of dollars intoContinue Reading
COVID: vaccine boosters are likely to increase protection against variants — new research
How well do vaccines protect against the new variants of the coronavirus? This is a question we – a group of scientists and doctors in Nottingham – set about answering earlier this year, having collected blood samples from a number of nurses and doctors throughout the pandemic. We started takingContinue Reading
Afghanistan: western powers must accept defeat and deal realistically with the Taliban
The short version of events in Afghanistan is that Pakistan won and the international alliance led by the United States lost. Of course the story is not over and things could change – Iraq, for example, is a case of an intervention going very wrong but then returning to aContinue Reading