12 minutes ago About sharing The dreams of integration of Jacques Delors, seen here in 2012, faced stiff UK opposition By James Gregory BBC News Political leaders have paid tribute to former European Commission President Jacques Delors, who has died aged 98. Serving from 1985 to 1995, Delors helped create the single market allowing the…
3 hours ago About sharing A Ukrainian soldier near the front line in Donetsk this week By Mike Wendling BBC News The White House has approved another tranche of US military aid to Ukraine worth some $250m (£195m). The latest package includes air defence, artillery and small arms ammunition, and anti-tank weapons, US officials say….
1 hour ago About sharing Campaigning is in full swing for Taiwan’s presidential election on 13 January By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes BBC News, Taiwan The December sun is baking on the Heng Chun peninsula, the tongue of land that juts out from the bottom end of Taiwan into the Philippine Sea. A half-smoked cigarette pokes from…
31 minutes ago About sharing The government’s immunisation advisory committee is considering whether to recommend the monoclonal antibody treatment nirsevimab By Fergus Walsh Medical editor Hospital admissions from a winter virus could be reduced by more than 80% if babies are given a single dose of a new antibody treatment, a study says. Respiratory syncytial…
1 hour ago About sharing By Nick Triggle Health correspondent Nearly 89,000 NHS appointments had to be cancelled because of last week’s junior doctor strike in England. Most – just over 86,300 – were hospital check-ups and operations, but 1,500 community and mental health appointments were also affected. Overall more than 1.2 million appointments have…
51 minutes ago About sharing Nastya Ivleeva and Philipp Kirkorov were pictured during the party By Steve Rosenberg Russia Editor This is Partygate: Russia-style. What happened at a Moscow nightclub was bizarre. What happened next says so much about the current atmosphere in Russia. On 20 December, blogger and TV presenter Nastya Ivleeva threw an…
Delors helped create the single market, but his dreams of integration faced stiff UK opposition.
Fire crews help people in Cupar leave their homes Jonathan Geddes BBC Scotland News 27 December 2023, 09:41 GMT Updated 7 minutes ago Homes have been flooded and travel disrupted as Storm Gerrit brought snow, high winds and heavy rain to much of Scotland. Highland Council said a “major incident” was declared on A9 after…
Books & the Arts / December 27, 2023 The Uncanny Façades of May December The Uncanny Façades of “May December” Todd Haynes’s discomfiting and hypnotic suburban melodrama examines topics the director knows well: sex, taboo, and control. Beatrice Loayza Ad Policy Natalie Portman as Elizabeth Berry and Julianne Moore as Gracie Atherton-Yoo in May December….