Category: News
UK urged to promote speaking of Irish and Ulster Scots in Northern Ireland
The UK is being urged by Europe’s leading human rights organisation to push ahead with strategies to promote the use of Irish and Ulster Scots [more…]
Poor NHS maternity care in danger of becoming normalised, regulator warns
Maternity services in England are so inadequate that cases of women receiving poor care and being harmed in childbirth are in danger of becoming “normalised”, [more…]
British MPs and international organisations hacked on X
British politicians and international organisations have had their accounts on X hacked on Wednesday night. MPs including Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, and the Labour [more…]
Elon Musk’s X circumvents court-ordered block in Brazil
Social media platform Twitter/X became accessible to many users in Brazil on Wednesday as an update to its communications network circumvented a block order by [more…]
Venezuela opposition leader says he was forced to sign letter accepting Maduro victory
Venezuela’s opposition candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia, has said he was coerced into signing a letter recognizing Nicolás Maduro as the winner of the country’s disputed [more…]
Flood warnings in Nigeria over release of water from Cameroon dam
Authorities in Nigeria have warned of the potential for flooding in 11 states after neighbouring Cameroon said it would start regulated releases from its Lagdo [more…]
Families of Americans ensnared in DRC coup plot assert their innocence
The family of a Utah student sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for his alleged role in a failed coup d’etat in [more…]
Global alliance buys half a million mpox vaccines for Africa
A batch of 500,000 mpox vaccines has been bought by the vaccine alliance Gavi, for delivery this year to virus-affected countries in Africa, where until [more…]
September Supermoon: the best place and time to see tonight’s bigger and brighter full moon
If you look up into the sky on Wednesday night, you’ll likely notice the full moon gleaming bigger and brighter than usual. You’ll be looking [more…]
Exodus from workforce costs UK ‘£16bn a year’ in lost tax receipts
The UK has suffered the biggest contraction in its workforce since the 1980s, costing the public finances at least £16bn a year in lost tax [more…]
