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The report identifying 42 million people forced to leave their homes by natural disasters, last year, from the Norwegian Refugee Council, says it is getting worse because of climate change. … Read More »
Germany’s decision to get out of nuclear power, decided on the weekend (29-30.5.11), will see seven suspended plants stay shut, and nine more closing down by 2022. … Read More »
President Barrack Obama arrived in Dublin on Monday with his wife Michelle, beginning a full working itinerary in Europe with a visit to an ancestral village — Moneygall in County Offaly, where is great-great-great grandfather once lived. … Read More »
Thousands have attended a memorial service (13.5.11) for victims of the two earthquake strikes at Lorca in South-eastern Spain.
The country was burying a national hero of sport, the golfer Seve Ballesteros, on the day the earthquakes hit – Wednesday, 11.5.11. … Read More »
Britain’s newly appointed High Commissioner to Australia, Paul Madden, says the cultural ties between the two countries are underscored by a firm reality, that one in 20 Australians have a British passport. … Read More »
Some one-million people were present in St Peter’s Square (1.5.11) for the beatification of the late Pope John-Paul II (picture); the great event not quite eclipsing ongoing tensions within the Catholic Church. … Read More »
Fifty years after a man first went into space, science was battling with the danger of a busted nuclear plant; thoughts of terror still lurked in Northern Ireland; bans were imposed on burkas, and the country of Iran; accusations followed in the awful aftermath of the subway bombing in Minsk, and one of London’s most egregiously intrusive tabloid newspapers, has had to say “sorry”.