Famed for his blazing blue eyes and drunken escapades, Peter O’Toole was a giant of the screen and stage whose performance in “Lawrence of Arabia” is often hailed as one of the greatest of all time. In a career spanning half a century, the Irish-born…
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Ireland on Sunday became the first eurozone nation to leave its bailout programme but celebrations were muted as the country faces more austerity despite the end of the three-year rescue package. Dublin turned to the International Monetary Fund and…
With a blue beret perched on his head and dressed in army camouflage, Grisha keeps guard behind one of the barricades erected by protestors on Kiev’s Independence Square. “We are ready to fight to the death against these bandits,” said the veteran of…
A small explosion hit Northern Ireland’s capital Belfast Friday after authorities received a telephone bomb warning, police said. There were no immediate reports of injuries. The incident happened in the city’s central Cathedral Quarter area near many…
Russia has denied a foreign Greenpeace activist permission to leave the country pending his trial over an Arctic protest, the group said on Friday. Greenpeace has received a letter from the Investigative Committee, which probes major cases in Russia…
Private plane carrying ‘near to death’ asylum seeker forced back to UK
Hiring a private jet to get a dying man out of the country looks like the immigration equivalent of a show trial by Theresa May
Researchers at a Spanish hospital announced Monday they will start trials next year of a therapeutic vaccine for patients who already have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. A therapeutic vaccine treats a disease rather than preventing it. Barcelona’s…
A man accused of the gruesome murder of a British soldier told his trial on Monday that he loves Al-Qaeda and considers the Islamic militants to be his “brothers”. Michael Adebolajo, 28, sat surrounded by security guards as he began giving evidence…
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams will travel to South Africa this week to pay tribute to anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, he announced on Monday. The Irish republican said he was invited to Tuesday’s huge memorial service in Soweto along with dozens…