Britain and the European Union were on the cusp of striking a narrow trade deal on Thursday, swerving away from a chaotic finale to the Brexit split that has dealt a blow to the 70-year attempt to forge European unity from the ruins of World War Two.
And lo it came to pass on Christmas Eve, that after four years of threats of mutual economic Armageddon, high-wire diplomacy, low-grade name-calling, and an inevitable potentially deal-breaking row over fish, Brexit was about to just limp out the gate.
Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue went shopping in Dublin city centre hours ahead of a scheduled Covid-19 test which later came back positive.
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The dark story of the CIA running death squads in Afghanistan recently broken by the Intercept follows a very long pattern of US foreign policy going back to the 1960s. According to The Intercept, “Beginning in December 2018 and continuing for at least a year, Afghan operatives believed to belong to an elite CIA-trained paramilitary...
The dark story of the CIA running death squads in Afghanistan recently broken by the Intercept follows a very long pattern of US foreign policy going back to the 1960s. According to The Intercept, “Beginning in December 2018 and continuing for at least a year, Afghan operatives believed to belong to an elite CIA-trained paramilitary...
Former British PM Tony Blair is calling for millions to be vaccinated with a single dose in a radical acceleration of the vax programme and also for the roll-out of health passports. But what, exactly, is his medical expertise? ‘Listen to the experts.' ‘Follow the science.' Two phrases we've heard ad nauseam in 2020. But...
