Vitaliy Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center’s executive board, meets the press outside his fire-stricken house, Kyiv, Ukraine. (Evgen Kotenko/ Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images) A sudden legal action by the... Read more »
I have met countless people of various faiths over the years, but there are two real Christians that stand out for me. One is the late Bishop Edward Daly who I was... Read more »
Macron: Europe must end excessive dependencies on both the US and China Macron says European countries must end their “excessive dependencies on both the US and China”. He suggests China’s use of... Read more »
Scottish households are being urged to cut back heavily on their water use and instead treat it as a precious resource due to the growing threat to supplies from climate heating. Alex... Read more »
There are times when a single wartime image can move mountains. We witnessed that during the Vietnam War when Associated Press photographer Nick Ut snapped a picture of Phan Thi Kim Phuc,... Read more »
The news that Jane Birkin’s original Hermès bag has sold for a record-breaking €8.6m (£7.4m) at auction will no doubt cause some jaws to drop to the floor. However, perhaps it should... Read more »
A teenager has pleaded guilty to the section 4 assault causing serious harm to a Longford father in Mullingar before Christmas. The 17-year-old male appeared at a sitting of Mullingar Circuit Court... Read more »
During the first televised debate in the run-up to last summer’s general election, Keir Starmer used a phrase that received enthusiastic – and unanticipated – applause from the Salford audience. “I don’t... Read more »
A nursery has refunded a father almost £1,200 after an investigation found he had been charged mandatory “top-up” fees for hours of childcare that should have been free. Tiago Gomes’s daughter was... Read more »
Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Russia continued its attacks on western Ukrainian cities overnight on July 12, striking communities far from the front line with drone... Read more »