September 2nd is not a day, oddly, on which much of significance happened. It’s the calendar’s version of a slow news day. But on this day in 1901, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt of the United States gave a speech to the Minnesota state fair, in which he uttered a phrase which has long outlived him […]
Tipperary TD Mattie McGrath says that rural pubs are being destroyed by the continued lockdown, and that people were “tired, fatigued and quite angry” at the mixed messaging from the government. He said that the country was on an “uncharted course” and that publicans felt that they had been walked on and their businesses destroyed. “The […]
Martha, the last passenger pigeon, died on this day, September 1st, 1914. With her death, her kind became extinct. The passenger pigeon was driven to extinction by humans, and because they were so easy to catch. As recently as 1850, there were almost a million pigeons in North America. But the passenger pigeon was tasty, […]
Henry VI of England came to the throne on this day, August 31st, 1422, at the age of nine months. His disastrous reign would last 39 years, until it ended with the wars of the roses. His father, Henry V, was amongst the great English Kings, finally unifying the thrones of England and France, which […]
Massive protests have taken place in Berlin and London against the continued Coronavirus lockdown and against mandatory vaccination. Tens of thousands gathered in Berlin at the historic Brandenburg Gate, calling for the Covid-19 restrictions to end. Some carried Swedish flags, signifying approval for that country’s response to the crisis, and denied that the rally was made […]
A multi-agency operation to find endangered and trafficked juveniles in Georgia has led to 39 missing children being rescued, and 9 ‘criminal associates’ arrested and facing charges of sex trafficking, parental kidnapping, custodial interference and registered sex offender violence. The children were aged between 3 and 17. Photos and videos of the rescue showed them […]
Hungary is to close its borders to all foreigners starting on Monday the 1st of September, the Minister heading the Hungarian cabinet has announced. Gergely Gulyás has said that exceptions will be made for humanitarian missions, foreign diplomats, important business and military operations. Additionally, Hungarian citizens returning from overseas will be required to quarantine for […]
An English rugby star has called on the Government to incentivise marriage, as a new report shows cohabiting couples are four times more likely to separate, and that family instability is a leading cause for negative outcomes for children. Writing in The Telegraph England player Courtney Lawes said that in his view marriage provided stability to families, […]
The sack of Rome, considered by most historians to mark the fall of the Western Roman Empire, happened on this day, August 27th, 410AD. It was the first time in 800 years that Rome had fallen to a foreign enemy. The Empire had been in decline for almost two centuries, with invasions, on and off, […]
No more Heidi or cuckoo clocks? As headlines go ‘There should be integration courses for the Swiss’ was one surely written to catch attention, but sociologist Ganga Jey Aratnam argues that this will become the reality as Swiss people are set to become a minority in their own country. In an interview with Tages-Anzeiger, Aratnam said that Swiss […]
Tech giant Facebook has agreed to pay the French government €106 million taxes to settle a dispute over taxes raised on revenues earned in the country. The charge would cover the period of Facebook’s operations in France from 2009 to 2019. The social network trailblazers also agreed to pay €8.46m in taxes on revenues earned […]
A pub near to the Champs-Elysees was reportedly raided by Paris riot police over coronavirus concerns. Football fans at a bar in Paris were met with riot shields and batons after failing to social distance while watching the Champions League final. Watch more videos from Sky News here: https://t.co/mQhSgQx3wz pic.twitter.com/DwfBh6QCGi — Sky News (@SkyNews) August […]