Category: World

WATERFORD, Ireland — Hundreds of mourners gathered at the Sacred Heart Church in Waterford today to pay their respects at the joint funeral for Phillip and Kim English and two of their young children, who lost their lives following a devastating arson attack on their family home last Tuesday morning. The tragedy claimed the lives […]

CORK, Ireland — A 34-year-old mother undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer is facing imminent homelessness following a notice to quit from her landlord, highlighting the severe strains within Ireland’s rental market where even employed families are being priced out of stable housing. Karla Trujillo, a Canadian national living in Cork with her husband and two-year-old […]

Half of the 137 giant neutrino sensors being built by the UK for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) in the US are now complete, marking an important step towards the experiment’s search for answers. DUNE is a major international project which, once complete, will send neutrinos 1,300 kilometres across the US, in a mission […]

LONDON — Citizens of Commonwealth nations can apply to join the Royal Navy and the British Army without needing prior UK residency or individual immigration visas, Ministry of Defence guidance confirms. However, the Royal Air Force (RAF) continues to enforce strict mandatory residency periods of five to ten years for non-British applicants due to security […]

LIMOGES, France — A 140-year-old municipal landmark that survived two world wars was set ablaze during nationwide demonstrations in France over the spiraling cost of living, resulting in the catastrophic collapse of its roof. The historic Hôtel de Ville in Limoges suffered severe structural damage as localized unrest spilled over into arson and vandalism, drawing […]

Cancer remains one of America’s biggest killers. But the chances of dying from it have changed dramatically. More screening. Better surgery. More precise radiotherapy. Improved treatments, tailored to specific cancers. Together, these advances have steadily pushed mortality down. The battle is far from won – and progress hasn’t been equal for every cancer or every […]

The deal struck by Donald Trump with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on October 9 to allow Russia to sell millions of tonnes of diesel is a major departure from US policy and runs counter to Ukrainian and European interests. It also directly contradicts a law signed by the US president in September to authorise […]

China now makes more than seven in ten of the world’s electric cars. In 2024 it produced over 12 million, 1.25 million of which were exported, mainly to Europe. The EU is worried about this – alarmed by cheap, state-subsidised Chinese vehicles flooding its market and threatening the 13 million jobs which depend on its […]

PARIS — Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across France on Saturday in a rapidly expanding movement over rising living costs, systemic economic inequality, and deteriorating standards in public education. The nationwide day of action brought renewed clashes between security forces and demonstrators in several major urban centers. Police launched rounds of […]

It has been said that a society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats people who break the law. I research prisons and am interested in what incarceration reveals about the relationship between the state and the people in its care. By this standard, the UK […]