As a rule, Irish media outlets cannot comment on matters that are under consideration in Irish courts. Generally speaking, we shouldn’t comment on matters under consideration in overseas courts, either, but for this story, it is worth making an exception: A LEADING feminist campaigner has been charged with a hate crime for posting allegedly homophobic […]
If you have not read yesterday’s blockbuster Vanity Fair report about the US investigation into the lab-leak theory, and you have some free time today, go and read it. If you do not have free time, let us try to walk you through the big news. We should begin with the not-quite-a-smoking-gun. “U.S. government virologists […]
Anglican pastor and daughter among the wounded.
The head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) William Walsh, has stated that the universal restrictions on global travel are no longer necessary – and that the crisis in the airline industry is being caused largely by the government’s health policies rather than the pandemic itself. William Walsh , who was previously head of […]
In an internal document, seen by the Financial Times, global food producer Nestlé has acknowledged that more than 60% of its mainstream foods and drinks do not “meet a recognised definition of health”. They also acknowledged that “some of our categories and products will never be ‘healthy’ no matter how much we renovate,” the report claimed. The […]
55 per cent of of the Israeli population has now been vaccinated.
The incident took place on May 14 in the town of Valmondois, north of Paris, where gendarmerie were called to deal with a disturbed and armed woman on the street. Members of the Gendarmerie force are being congratulated for their courage after a woman in the northern town of Valmondois threatened to shoot them using […]
Whilst 2016 saw 18 million babies born in China, 2020 saw only 12 million.
Lai, who is estimated to be worth over $1bn, recently had his assets frozen by Chinese-aligned Hong Kong authorities.
Tim wrote yesterday about the wider media hypocrisy around the lab-leak story (the idea that the Coronavirus was accidentally released from a science laboratory in Wuhan, China, rather than occurring naturally in a wet market) but this particular element of the global about-face on the idea is worth some dedicated discussion: “Facebook will no longer […]
Italy’s national competition authority has fined Ryanair – along with several other European airlines – several million euro for failing to refund customers for flights cancelled after June 2020. The fines, which totaled €4.2 million, were handed down by the regulator for what they called “seriously unfair conduct”. criticising Ryanair’s decision to give passengers vouchers […]
The lead singer of the Italian band who won the 2021 Eurovision has denied taking cocaine after fans noticed footage of him lowering his nose towards the table during the contest. https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1396430814137790468 Damiano David of the winning Italian band Måneskin vehemently rejected the allegation during a press conference, saying “I don’t use drugs. Please, guys. […]