Giorno: 30 Dicembre 2022

Gerry Adams ‘unaware of Docklands bomb but would not have stopped it’

Read More Gerry Adams would not have stopped the IRA bombing of the London Docklands in 1996 if he had known about it in advance, according to declassified documents. The then Sinn F?in leader told Irish officials that even with advanced knowledge of the blast, he would not have intervened. The lorry bomb on 9 […]

Dame Vivienne Westwood obituary

Read More No fashion designer ever had a Paris show like the one staged by Vivienne Westwood in 1991. Although she was by then 50 and had been making clothes for sale for 20 years – and the British Fashion Council had named her designer of the year – she stitched much of that collection […]

TSMC Starts Volume Production of Most Advanced Chips in Taiwan

Read More TAINAN, Taiwan—Chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd (TSMC) began mass production of its most advanced chips in southern Taiwan on Thursday and the company’s chairman said it would continue to expand capacity on the island. The long-awaited mass production of chips with 3-nanometre technology comes as attention focuses on the world’s largest contract […]

Sea rescue charities rebel against Italian anti-immigration rules

Read More Sea rescue charities are rebelling against tough new anti-immigration measures imposed by the Italian government, arguing that they could result in thousands of deaths. Ship captains risk fines of EUR50,000 and having their vessels impounded if they break the rules, which include a requirement to request a port and sail to it immediately […]

Nightclub has licence suspended after fatal Birmingham stabbing

Read More A Birmingham nightclub where a man was stabbed to death on Boxing Day has had its licence suspended for 28 days after police said security was “ineffective”. Officers arriving at the Crane nightclub found a scene of “chaos and evidence of drug use”, West Midlands police said in its application for the licence […]

Exiled chief rabbi says Jews should leave Russia while they can

Read More Moscow’s exiled chief rabbi says Jews should leave Russia while they still can, before they are made scapegoats for the hardship caused by the war in Ukraine. “When we look back over Russian history, whenever the political system was in danger you saw the government trying to redirect the anger and discontent of […]

Flu continues to spread in England with number of hospital patients up 79%

Read More The rise in the number of flu patients in hospital in England has continued, with numbers rising 79% in the last week, according to new data. An average of 3,746 people with flu were in hospital across the seven days to 25 December, up week-on-week from 2,088, according to NHS England. The number […]

Marriages, music, endorsements: Pele’s life away from the field

Read More Pele’s life off the field was as eventful as his record-breaking career on it, with three marriages and a range of trailblazing sponsorship deals which helped modern-day players fill their pockets with corporate cash. Here AFP Sport looks at a side of the Brazilian superstar that often defied his squeaky-clean image: ‘Talk to […]