Leadership hopefuls fail to back Sunak’s smoking ban The House of Lords backed an amendment by 258 votes to 233, majority 25, that the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill has “due regard” for international and key domestic laws, including ... 04/16/2024 - 9:52 pm | View Link
Reform UK and the TUV deserve each other, but haven’t the rest of us suffered enough? Tice has stated that he was entering the arena of Northern Ireland politics with a heavy heart as ideally, he would be a supporter of all political unionism. However, the DUP’s decision to “endorse ... 04/14/2024 - 6:00 pm | View Link
Simon Harris’s new Cabinet formally appointed by President at Áras an Uachtaráin So, there you have it. The vote is done and Simon Harris is the new Taoiseach. He was elected by 88 votes to 69. From here he will head to the Áras to be formally appointed by the President Michael D ... 04/9/2024 - 2:00 am | View Link
Yellow weather warning issued in NI as flooding of homes and businesses ‘possible’ A yellow weather warning has been issued in Northern Ireland, with the Met Office warning of heavy rain overnight which may lead to some transport disruption. The warning, which is limited to Co ... 04/7/2024 - 10:35 pm | View Link
N.Ireland unionist leader resigns over reported sex offences Jeffrey Donaldson, the leader of Northern Ireland's main pro-UK Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and one of its best known politicians, resigned on Friday after police charged him with reported sex ... 03/29/2024 - 6:00 am | View Link
TAIPEI — A cluster of earthquakes struck Taiwan early on Tuesday, the strongest measuring 6.1 magnitude, according to the U. S. Geological Survey. There was no immediate information of any damage or casualties.
The temblors struck after a magnitude 7.4 quake hit the island earlier this month, killing 13 people and injuring over 1,000.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is under fire for invoking anti-Muslim tropes in a speech on Sunday as he campaigns in the nation’s ongoing general election.
Speaking to a large crowd at a rally in the western state of Rajasthan, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader made controversial remarks describing Muslims as “infiltrators.” Modi said that if the main opposition party, the Indian National Congress, is voted into power at the end of the weeks’ long election, they would unfairly distribute wealth.
As the dust settles in the wake of Israel’s much-anticipated attack on Iran on Friday, the two countries seem to have pulled back from the brink of full-scale war. This strike on an Iranian military base near Isfahan—a response to Iran’s unprecedented April 13 missile and drone attack on Israel—caused minimal damage and was met with muted reactions from Iranian officials.
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The limited scale of Israel’s retaliation reflects several considerations, including a genuine desire to prevent a regional war, U.
Nearly 60,000 residents in China’s Guangdong province have been evacuated from their homes after extreme weather caused floods to sweep through a number of cities in the low-lying Pearl River Delta.
On Monday, rescuers used boats to reach trapped residents, including the elderly, in China’s most populous province, a manufacturing hub home to 127 million people.
BERLIN — Four Germans were caught laying white roses in memory of Adolf Hitler at the house where the Nazi dictator was born in western Austria on the anniversary of his birth, and one gave a Hitler salute as they posed for photos, police said Monday.
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Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, in Braunau am Inn.
TEL AVIV, Israel — The head of Israel’s military intelligence directorate resigned on Monday over the failures surrounding Hamas’ unprecedented Oct. 7 attack, the military said, becoming the first senior figure to step down over his role in the deadliest assault in Israel’s history.
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Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva’s resignation sets the stage for what’s expected to be more fallout from Israel’s top security brass over Hamas’ attack, when militants blasted through Israel’s border defenses, rampaged through Israeli communities unchallenged for hours and killed 1,200 people, most civilians, while taking roughly 250 hostages into Gaza.