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 […]
The Australian Home Affairs Minister, Peter Dutton, has written to the chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS), Andrew Hastie, to ask that the Committee investigate “the nature and extent to which foreign actors are interfering in Australian universities, including staff and student bodies, publicly funded research agencies and competitive research […]
Last week’s entirely stupid rule: You cannot have any more than six people in your own home. This week’s somehow even stupider rule: You can go to a music concert with hundreds and hundreds of people, but only if you don’t drink: Musical events and gigs may be allowed to go ahead if alcohol is […]
Chinese diplomats have responded furiously to a Czech delegation to Taiwan led by the speaker of the Czech Senate. Wang Yi, China’s Foreign Minister, said earlier today that Miloš Vystrčil, the speaker of the Czech Senate, will be made to “pay a heavy price” for his involvement in the delegation and that the Chinese government […]
Cardinal Wilfrid Napier, South African prelate and Archbishop of Durban, has taken to Twitter to condemn the Black Lives Matter movement. “It’s time to state honestly what BLM really stands for – destroying the traditional family, AND what it actually does – destroying property, including religious buildings and objects!”, the cardinal wrote on Saturday. It’s […]
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 […]
The last number of years have seen growing rifts between transgender and feminist activists over the issues of female only spaces, women’s rights, and the idea of “gender-affirmative care”, which effectively argues that clinicians and society in general should agree with any statement a child makes about their gender identity, an approach which critics argue […]
They took our football matches. They took our restaurants. They took our nights out in the pub. And now, say the Vintners, it’s time to take away alcohol altogether: THE CEO OF the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland (VFI) has said restrictions on the sale of alcohol should be considered if clusters of Covid-19 are being […]
Last week, Joe Biden spoke for 24 minutes and declared that the “President’s character is on the ballot”. Last night, President Trump got his go at making a pitch to America, and declared that the Democratic agenda would all but end America as we know it. Trump took a bit longer than 24 minutes, too: […]
The ministers are meeting today to discuss giving special powers to the Gardaí allowing them to break-up groups of pub-goers and house parties that fail to comply with the government’s covid-19 measures. It’s been proposed that, under the new regulations, it would become an offence to attend a function of six or more people in […]
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, […]