Andrej Babiš has met the Czech president, Petr Pavel, and is to hold talks with other party leaders as the billionaire populist begins the tricky job of trying to form a stable government after his ANO (Yes) party won parliamentary elections, but failed to secure a majority. Final results showed ANO won 34.5% of the … Read more
Women Outnumber Men in NASA’s Newest Astronaut Class
While storms and hurricanes have churned in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific, Europe has faced extreme conditions of its own. A low-pressure system that developed over the Mediterranean midweek moved north-east into south-eastern Europe on Thursday, bringing widespread showers, thunderstorms and prolonged rainfall. The system is expected to persist into Friday, with models on indicating … Read more
Two Comets Are Moving Into Your Night Skies in October: How to Watch
Brexit is never over and it’s about to get a bit worse. As the moribund Tories assemble this Sunday, it’s still their only tune, as if they haven’t noticed how the public mood has changed. Brexit is the root cause of all their woes, with almost all the 61% of those people who call it … Read more
Amid a boom in Irish culture across music, literature, film and fashion, the Irish language – Gaeilge – is also experiencing a revival. Once the majority’s native tongue, it was assailed and diminished as a daily, working, spoken language under British colonialism and became largely confined to rural west coast districts for much of the … Read more
What a Signal in a Failed Star’s Clouds Means for the Search for Life
In the world of online betting, one of the most crucial elements is the betting line. But how are these lines determined? The process of setting betting lines is complex, involving a variety of factors. These include statistical analysis, market behavior, and expert opinions. This article will delve into the intricate mechanics of how betting … Read more
Phillipson suggests Powell victory would mean ‘division and disunity’, putting Labour ‘on road to opposition’ They are now on closing speeches. Phillipson says Labour has a golden opportunity to change Britain and they cannot waste it. I want us to turn this government around, not to turn on each other. Change is on the ballot … Read more
Fascism is supposed to look a certain way: black-clad, uniformed, synchronised and menacing. It is not supposed to look like an overweight president who can’t pronounce acetaminophen and who bumbles, for a full minute, about how he would have renovated the UN’s New York headquarters with marble floors, rather than a terrazzo. But as Umberto … Read more