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Ukraine Recap: POW’s death sentence – a return of the ‘show trials’?
Britons Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner with Moroccan Brahim Saadoun, who were captured after the siege of the the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol. Image taken from footage of the Supreme Court of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic The shocking news that two Britons fighting with the Ukrainian armed forcesContinue Reading
Man accused of murdering wife and children found dead in Midlands Prison
A man accused of murdering his wife and two young children at their south Dublin home in 2020 has been found dead at Midlands Prison. Sameer Syed (38) was due to stand trial at the Central Criminal Court on June 15th for the murder of his wife Seema Banu (37),Continue Reading
Transfer news LIVE: Latest updates and gossip as window opens
LIVERPOOL have offered £68m up front, rising to £85m with add-ons for Darwin Nunez’ according to reports. The Benfica striker is said to be keen to join the Reds over Man Utd, but Jurgen Klopp and FSG reportedly have no interest in a bidding war. Meanwhile Inter Milan have steppedContinue Reading
Hybrid working post-COVID: how young professionals can optimise their time in the office (and why they should)
Pressmaster/Shutterstock During the pandemic, around 100 million people in Europe switched to working from home – nearly half of them for the first time. This shift was rapid, with employees quickly noticing the benefits of remote work. These can include freedom from commuting, more time for personal wellbeing and increasedContinue Reading
The tactics Tory rebels could use to derail Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson is keen to move on from the confidence vote that, while showing a victory on paper for him, reveals an extremely divided Conservative Party. Choppy waters lie ahead for the prime minister and his government, whose ambitious legislative agenda is now threatened by Tory MPs planning to rebelContinue Reading
FDA decision on Novavax’s Covid shots could be delayed to review changes in manufacturing
A health worker prepares a dose of the Novavax vaccine as the Dutch Health Service Organization starts with the Novavax vaccination program on March 21, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands. Patrick Van Katwijk | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration needs to review changes to Novavax‘s manufacturing process beforeContinue Reading
Cardboard Citizens’ Chris Sonnex on theatre as activism: “it’s about changing the individual world”
W hile I’m being taken to meet Chris Sonnex at a small community centre in Walthamstow, one of his colleagues tells me that he’s going to change the world. “And he’s in a hurry to do it,” she says as we headed through the corridors on a rainy Wednesday. ItContinue Reading
Corsets and waist trainers: how celebrities and influencers have driven our modern obsession with shapewear
Social media has helped to make these products more relatable. Alvago/ Shutterstock Throughout history, women have faced pressure to have certain body shapes – often leading them to use extreme methods to achieve them. So you’d think with a greater emphasis on body positivity in recent years that the daysContinue Reading
Dark matter: should we be so sure it exists? Here’s how philosophy can help
The galaxy cluster Abell 520, with suspected dark matter highlighted in blue. NASA It has been more than 50 years since astronomers first proposed “dark matter”, which is thought to be the most common form of matter in the universe. Despite this, we have no idea what it is –Continue Reading
Ukraine: international pressure needs to be on Moscow, not Kyiv
Having crossed the 100-day mark, the war in Ukraine is having an ever more obvious, and negative, impact on a wide range of issues. From a global food crisis that could last for years to serious problems with the cost of living and the prospect of a world recession, theContinue Reading