A New York parent who wants to marry their own adult offspring is suing the state to overturn laws that ban incest, arguing that their “individual autonomy” is being infringed. According to court papers, as reported by the New York Post, the parent has requested to remain anonymous, because they are aware that their request […]
Mark Roche, who lives in Taiwan but originally hails from Dublin, has become the first Irish person to complete Taiwan’s 100 Peaks Challenge. The challenge requires climbing 100 Taiwanese mountains, each of which is over 3,000 metres tall. Whilst Taiwan has 268 3,000+ metre mountains the 100 mountains that make up the 100 Peaks Challenge […]
It’s tempting to say that London, in the video below, is “getting back to normal”. But that’s not quite right, is it? It’s standing room only in Soho this evening. A carnival atmosphere. “This is London,” one man tells me. pic.twitter.com/KdeqvQCaFN — Matthew Thompson (@mattuthompson) April 12, 2021 For one thing, though the United Kingdom […]
According to a recent report, China built enough coal power plants to increase global capacity even despite other countries closing down power stations across the globe. The report, entitled “Boom and Bust: Tracking the Global Coal Plant Pipeline”, and published by the Global Energy Monitor, a US-based NGO, says that China commissioned 38.5 Gigawatts of […]
People on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent have been told by their Prime Minister that they won’t be rescued from an erupting volcano unless they’ve had the covid-19 vaccine. In recent weeks a number of cruise ships have been dispatched to evacuate the island after a 4,000-foot high volcano, named La Soufrière erupted last […]
The director of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control & Prevention, Gao Fu, has admitted that the country’s vaccine effectiveness remains low compared to other jabs. To date, China has developed a total of 5 vaccines, ranging from 50% (below the World Health Organisation’s threshold) to 79% effectiveness. This compares to the Pfizer, AstraZeneca and […]
54 per cent of Britons would vote to maintain Brexit if asked today, with one in five former Remain voters now wanting to stay out of the EU and only 9 per cent of Leave voters regretting their decision.
Note: The ILGA has now released a statement which states that “ILGA World categorically, and in no uncertain terms, does not advocate to eliminate or lower the general age of consent, nor supports paedophilia in any way, shape or form – and never has.” We have requested clarification from the ILGA as to why they […]
Biden Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the US is concerned about the number of Russian troops gathering at the Ukrainian border and said that “there will be consequences” for Russia if they show aggressive behaviour. “I have to tell you I have real concerns about Russia’s actions on the borders of Ukraine,” […]
The Cambodian government has lashed out at the Canadian media company VICE after an Irish artist edited photos of victims of communist genocide, adding smiles to their mugshots. Politicians have called it a “grave insult” to victims of the “Cambodian Auschwitz.” The images were originally intended to be colourised mugshots of the victims of the […]
“One case occurred in a clinical trial and three cases occurred during the vaccine rollout in the USA. One of them was fatal.”
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has voted 16 to 1 to uphold a decision in the Czech Republic which banned unvaccinated children from attending school. The court on Thursday found that this decision was legally valid, as its goal was “protective” for other students, as opposed to a “punitive” measure against the unvaccinated. […]