When varsity athlete Megan Plamondon started feeling sick last November, she thought she’d pushed herself too hard on a two-hour run. The student at Queen’s University in Kingston,… Read More »She could have died from meningitis. Now this student wants more people to get vaccinated | CBC News
A five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court is scheduled on March 15 to hear an application filed by the Election Commission of India (ECI) seeking… Read More »The Hindu Morning Digest, March 15, 2024
The Philippines and United States need to revisit their longtime mutual defense pact to address Beijing’s increasing use of so-called gray-zone activities – or acts… Read More »Experts: Philippines, US should revisit treaty to include China’s ‘gray-zone’ tactics
Update, 2:20 pm EST: An earlier version of this article said Irish acts Cardinals, Gurriers, and NewDad were still set to perform at SXSW, but… Read More »All Irish acts withdraw from SXSW in protest of festival’s US military ties
With the death of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, it’s fair to say Putin’s political career has reached the president-for-life stage. But his re-anointment… Read More »As he sails to re-election, Putin has a succession problem – Egypt Independent
Se in Italia lavora solo una donna su due e siamo in coda alla classifica europea per tasso di occupazione femminile, il problema non riguarda… Read More »Donne e lavoro, poco welfare e troppi stereotipi – 8 marzo – Ansa.it
China’s “Two Sessions” congress that began this week is the country’s most important political event of the year. To understand what’s at stake, it helps to… Read More »‘Two Sessions’ congress: The economic goals in Chinese leaders’ coded language
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Two days after breaking the one-year-old alliance with the Nepali Congress, Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Wednesday formed a new Cabinet by… Read More »Prachanda forms new Cabinet after leaving Nepali Congress
Among the many Irish and Irish American military heroes of U.S. history whose exploits have become lost to most Americans in modern times, we now… Read More »George Croghan: Irish American ‘Boy Major,’ hero of the War of 1812
