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The riddle of Roger Casement
21+ hour, 25+ min ago (382+ words) KENNY Mac ASKILL relishes a fictionalised account of the life and death of the principled Irish anti-colonialist, executed for betraying his English imperial masters FIONA O'CONNOR admires an ambitious first novel that loosens South Africa's rainbow collective to examine the…...
World in brief: June 2, 2026
21+ hour, 25+ min ago (249+ words) DENMARK: Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is set to begin a third term of office, leading a centre-left coalition of four parties after two months of'negotiations. Besides Ms Frederiksen's own party, the new government will include the centrist Moderate…...
Prosperity Gospel and the Race Business
21+ hour, 25+ min ago (474+ words) FIONA O'CONNOR admires an ambitious first novel that loosens South Africa's rainbow collective to examine the racial tensions within KENNY Mac ASKILL relishes a fictionalised account of the life and death of the principled Irish anti-colonialist, executed for betraying his…...
Rights groups blast EU over migration overhaul
21+ hour, 25+ min ago (369+ words) HUMAN rights groups have blasted the European Union as the bloc moves ahead with a vast overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to boost deportations and sign deals to build detention centres'abroad. Activists compared the proposals to the aggressive immigration…...
We cannot accept a transition that simply swaps one form of profiteering for another
22+ hour, 44+ min ago (593+ words) Government commits to an 87 per cent emissions cut by 2040 CLIMATE campaigners have warned that a transition that swaps one form of profiteering for another cannot be accepted after the government committed today to an 87 per cent emissions cut by2040. Energy Secretary…...
Unions must act politically to defeat Reform
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (699+ words) OPINION polling showing that trade union members increasingly support Reform over the Labour Party is alarming " but not'surprising. A survey reported in The Times found that the two parties each had the support of around 28 per cent of trade'unionists. And…...
Vietnam's economic transformation reaches a turning point
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (877+ words) Associate Professor BUI QUANG TUAN explains how modernisation and growth are helping to unlock new foreign investment in the Vietnamese economy Nearly two decades after leaving office, the former PM is still trumpeting the same futile militarism and failed free…...
Poll suggests Labour and Reform neck and neck among trade unionists
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (442+ words) LABOUR now stands neck-and-neck with Reform among Britain's trade union members after a plunge in support since the general election, according to a new'poll. Research carried out by JL Partners for the Sunday Times newspaper suggests the two parties are…...
Mandelson files expose further shame for Starmer
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (638+ words) THOUSANDS of documents and messages detailing Lord Peter Mandelson's appointment and activities as US ambassador were published by the government on'Monday. The files were ordered to be published because of Lord Mandelson's ties to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein and relate…...
Domestic abusers face eviction under proposed new housing law
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (278+ words) DOMESTIC abusers face eviction from social housing without a victim having to leave first, under proposed legal changes aimed at tackling what ministers have called a "moral'failure." Around 15, 000 households in England last year faced being forced to find a new…...