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Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Two teenagers arrested after 16-year-old boy shot in the head

Two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a 16-year-old boy was shot in the head.

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Journalists walk free after more than 500 days in Myanmar prison

Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked free from a prison on the outskirts of Yangon on Tuesday after spending...

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Elephants kneel in ritual tribute to Thailand’s new king

Eleven white-painted elephants have gathered with their handlers before Bangkok's Grand Palace to pay respects to Thailand's newly crowned king.

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Australian PM hit with egg on election campaign trail

Australia's prime minister has been hit on the head with an egg and a 70-year-old woman was knocked off her feet during a protest ahead of a general election next...

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Baseball game delayed due to swarm of bees in stadium

There was an undeniable buzz as San Francisco Giants and Cincinatti Reds prepared to face off on Monday, but not the kind the players might have wanted.

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Science & Tech
Amazon says small business owners earn $90,000 a year from selling in its stores

According to Amazon's new small business impact report, entrepreneurs earn an average of $90,000 per year in Amazon sales.

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Pamela Anderson to visit WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in prison

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to receive his first prison visitor other than one of his lawyers when Pamela Anderson meets him in the high-security jail where he is being...

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
G4S shares under pressure as Canadians retreat

Shares in G4S have tumbled after Canadian security firm Garda World Security walked away from a potential £3 billion bid for the British firm.

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Vodafone agrees deal with Telefonica to secure Liberty Global takeover

Mobile phone giant Vodafone has agreed a cable deal with Telefonica in Germany to help ease competition concerns over its takeover of large parts of Liberty Global in Europe.

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Game Of Thrones responds after takeaway coffee cup left in feast scene

Game Of Thrones has admitted that a coffee cup left in a shot in the most recent episode of the show was a mistake.

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Hiscox posts first-quarter growth on price rises

Insurer Hiscox has said an increase in rates at its key businesses helped it post a rise in first-quarter income.

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Domino’s warns over overseas losses and sees UK row hit openings

Domino's Pizza has warned over losses in its international arm and said it remains in discussions with franchisees amid an escalating row.

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Purplebricks boss departs as estate agent scales back global expansion

Purplebricks founder and chief executive Michael Bruce has left the online estate agent as the firm announced it will exit Australia and place its US operations under review.

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Politics
When we were ‘the good guys’: US keeps invoking WWII to validate new wars

Americans are sick of fighting a 20-year war against an undefined enemy it can't seem to beat. With morale and recruitment down, the world's best-funded military reckons that, if it...

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Jared Leto carries a model of his head at the Met Gala

Actor Jared Leto once again made waves at the Met Gala, this time by walking the pink carpet while carrying a model of his head.

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Jailed Reuters reporters released after Burmese pardon

Two Reuters journalists who were imprisoned for breaking Burma's Official Secrets Act over reporting on security forces' abuses of Rohingya Muslims have been pardoned and released.

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Katy Perry lights up the Met Gala – dressed as a chandelier

Katy Perry lit up the Met Gala – and arrived on the pink carpet dressed as a chandelier.

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Farming
Increasing cattle numbers blamed for Irish people contracting potentially fatal strain of E-coli

Increasing cattle numbers are a major factor in Irish people contracting a strain of E-coli that is potentially fatal, with rates of the food-borne disease 10 times higher here than...

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Farming
Ministers ready to agree €3bn broadband plan across the State

The Government looks set to go ahead with the €3bn broadband rollout to rural Ireland - in spite of strong warnings that it may not represent value for money.

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Farming
Meat factories call for coupled supports

Meat Industry Ireland have called for coupled supports to be reintroduced in the next CAP for suckler cows and sheep.

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Farming
Henry Walsh: Nitrates review will pose big issues for thousands of dairy farmers

So far so good. As we begin the month of May conditions continue to be favourable for dairy farming. The cows are milking very well with the entire herd averaging...

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Farming
Greenfield blow as landowners decide to return to ‘more traditional’ farming

Hopes of a reversal of the decision to call time on the Greenfield dairy farm programme were dealt a shattering blow this week when the owners of the land, the...

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Farming
Farmers risk burning out, says McGuinness

Workloads on farms are taking a heavy toll on farmers and up to one in seven is at risk of "burnout", European MEP Mairead McGuinness has warned.

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Farming
Cattle blamed as alarm bells sound over fatal E-coli strain

Increasing cattle numbers are a major factor in Irish people contracting a strain of E-coli that is potentially fatal, with rates of the food-borne disease 10 times higher here than...

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Farming
Breed more beef, dairy farmers urged

Teagasc advising sector to maximise use of beef crossing to boost value of calves

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
US sends in aircraft carrier over Iran fears

The US has deployed an aircraft carrier to the Middle East following "troubling and escalatory indications" that forces in Iran were preparing an attack on US forces in the region,...

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Berlusconi ready to get back into politics after operation

Four-time Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi (82) said yesterday he was ready to resume all electoral engagements after undergoing emergency surgery last week for a bowel obstruction.

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
We owe cabin crew our lives, say survivors of Moscow air crash fireball

A 22-year-old steward who gave his life helping passengers escape was among the heroes of the Moscow plane disaster on Sunday in which 41 of the 78 people on board...

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Unmarked grave of ‘Elephant Man’ found

The unmarked grave of Joseph Merrick - better known as the Elephant Man - has been traced after nearly 130 years, according to his biographer.

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Prince Harry and Meghan announce birth of ‘amazing, fabulous’ baby boy in mix of tradition and modernity

Britain's Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle have welcomed a newborn baby boy into their lives, as the new father told the world of the "amazing, absolutely incredible" joy his...

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Meghan’s estranged dad not informed about birth

When Meghan Markle was a little girl, her dad Thomas realised that their family were not being properly represented. There were no doll sets available that looked like theirs -...

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Harassment at French firm ‘led to 35 suicides’

France Telecom and its former chief executive stood trial yesterday accused of systematic workplace harassment which prosecutors say triggered a wave of 35 suicides in under two years.

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Give peace a chance? They’ve built a wall round Bethlehem

I hopped in a cab this afternoon and said, "Bethlehem, please". I was so grateful to be in a cab and not on the back of a donkey. And even...

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Ex-lawyer Cohen takes parting shot at Trump as he begins prison term

Michael Cohen, US President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, took a parting shot at his former boss - denouncing "xenophobia, injustice and lies" - before reporting to a federal prison...

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
Attacks halt in Gaza as Israel agrees to ceasefire

A surge in deadly violence in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel petered out early yesterday with Palestinian officials reporting that Egypt had mediated a ceasefire, ending the most serious...

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
A very public moment for the prime minister’s engagement

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has joked that her partner's marriage proposal was an intimate moment with just the two of them, a police protection officer, a couple of...

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | Breaking News
‘Vendetta’ shooting in Naples leaves girl (3) critically ill

A three-year-old girl is in a critical condition after being caught in the crossfire of a shooting in Naples, in an incident that has provoked outrage in the Italian city.

Posted by The Analyst | May 7, 2019 | US Farming News
Organic Vegetable Farms in New England: Three Case Studies

eOrganic author: Kim Stoner, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Source: Stoner, K., S. Gilman, S. Vanek, B. Caldwell, C. Mohler, M. McGrath, D. Conner, A. Rangarajan. 2008. Organic vegetable farms...