Russia's Medvedev raises spectre of nuclear strike on Ukraine
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Russia's Medvedev raises spectre of nuclear strike on Ukraine
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Russia's Medvedev raises spectre of nuclear strike on Ukraine
Budget 2023: GP warns free visit cards will lead to 'huge waiting lists'
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Killarney GP Gary Stack has warned that plans to give a GP visit card to 430,000 in the budget will lead to waiting lists for GP appointments and put pressure on primary care
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Killarney GP Gary Stack has warned that plans to give a GP visit card to 430,000 in the budget will lead to waiting lists for GP appointments and put pressure on primary care
Budget 2023 expected to unveil rentersโ credit and third-level fee cut
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An expansion of the eligibility of the Fuel Allowance and a decrease in childcare costs is also due to be announced.
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An expansion of the eligibility of the Fuel Allowance and a decrease in childcare costs is also due to be announced.
Hijab of contention: Death of a young woman has sparked mass protests in Iran. What's next?
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Large-scale protests are a stark reminder of the countryโs old wounds
For more than a week, Iran has been in the throes of mass protests provoked by the death of Mahsa Amini. The 22-year-old woman died in hospital after spending 48 hours in a coma. As some media outlets believe, and according to witness reports, her condition was a result of being beaten by morality police for wearing her hijab โimproperly.โ
Demands to punish those responsible for Aminiโs death were quickly followed by complaints about the countryโs economic woes and corruption. The authorities are scrambling to come up with a...
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Large-scale protests are a stark reminder of the countryโs old wounds
For more than a week, Iran has been in the throes of mass protests provoked by the death of Mahsa Amini. The 22-year-old woman died in hospital after spending 48 hours in a coma. As some media outlets believe, and according to witness reports, her condition was a result of being beaten by morality police for wearing her hijab โimproperly.โ
Demands to punish those responsible for Aminiโs death were quickly followed by complaints about the countryโs economic woes and corruption. The authorities are scrambling to come up with a...
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Sweden issues warning over Russian gas pipeline
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Ships are being told to steer clear of the affected area in the Baltic Sea, according to the countryโs maritime authority
Swedenโs Maritime Authority (SMA) sent out an alert on Tuesday over two leaks on the Russian-owned Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea.
โThere are two leaks on Nord Stream 1 - one in the Swedish economic zone and one in the Danish economic zone. They are very near each other,โ a spokesman for the SMA told Reuters.
The reasons for the leaks, which occurred to the northeast of the Danish island of Bornholm, are currently unclear, he said.
Another SMA spokesman told the agency that the Swedish authori...
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Ships are being told to steer clear of the affected area in the Baltic Sea, according to the countryโs maritime authority
Swedenโs Maritime Authority (SMA) sent out an alert on Tuesday over two leaks on the Russian-owned Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea.
โThere are two leaks on Nord Stream 1 - one in the Swedish economic zone and one in the Danish economic zone. They are very near each other,โ a spokesman for the SMA told Reuters.
The reasons for the leaks, which occurred to the northeast of the Danish island of Bornholm, are currently unclear, he said.
Another SMA spokesman told the agency that the Swedish authori...
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Russia tells US to โback offโ its โaggressiveโ course
The US is taking an increasingly aggressive stance towards Moscow, but no amount of economic sanctions and political pressure can sway it from defending its national interests, a top Russian diplomat said.
Moscowโs diplomacy regarding the US is an exercise in โcrisis managementโ, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said in an interview on Russian television on Monday. He described US behavior as being โincreasingly confrontational and worrisome.โ
โWe can see how [the Americans] are trying to mobilize their satellites, their vassals to confront Russia in a more aggressive and hardline manner,โ the diplomat said.
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Russia tells US to โback offโ its โaggressiveโ course
The US is taking an increasingly aggressive stance towards Moscow, but no amount of economic sanctions and political pressure can sway it from defending its national interests, a top Russian diplomat said.
Moscowโs diplomacy regarding the US is an exercise in โcrisis managementโ, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said in an interview on Russian television on Monday. He described US behavior as being โincreasingly confrontational and worrisome.โ
โWe can see how [the Americans] are trying to mobilize their satellites, their vassals to confront Russia in a more aggressive and hardline manner,โ the diplomat said.
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Japan Holds State Funeral to Honour Slain PM Shinzo Abe
The first state funeral for a former premier in 55 years is taking place in Tokyo Tuesday.
Hundreds of foreign dignitaries โ including Indian PM Modi โ witnessed Japan remember their assassinated former PM with flowers, prayers and a 19-gun salute.
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Japan Holds State Funeral to Honour Slain PM Shinzo Abe
The first state funeral for a former premier in 55 years is taking place in Tokyo Tuesday.
Hundreds of foreign dignitaries โ including Indian PM Modi โ witnessed Japan remember their assassinated former PM with flowers, prayers and a 19-gun salute.
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Flesh-eating Animal Tranquilizer Linked to Heroin, Fentanyl ODs
Thousands of nationwide heroin and fentanyl overdoses have now been linked to powerful, flesh-eating animal tranquilizer xylazine after being found in 91% of Philadelphiaโs supplies of the street drugs.
It was found in 19% of all drug overdoses in Maryland last year, while deaths from it shot up over 86% between 2019 and 2020 in Michigan.
โTranqโ, as xylazine is also known, was detected in half the opioid deaths recorded in the Ann Arbor area over the last two years, and is known to cause soft-tissue infections, bone disease, and lead to open sores.
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Flesh-eating Animal Tranquilizer Linked to Heroin, Fentanyl ODs
Thousands of nationwide heroin and fentanyl overdoses have now been linked to powerful, flesh-eating animal tranquilizer xylazine after being found in 91% of Philadelphiaโs supplies of the street drugs.
It was found in 19% of all drug overdoses in Maryland last year, while deaths from it shot up over 86% between 2019 and 2020 in Michigan.
โTranqโ, as xylazine is also known, was detected in half the opioid deaths recorded in the Ann Arbor area over the last two years, and is known to cause soft-tissue infections, bone disease, and lead to open sores.
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Brawling womenโs basketball players interrupt interview
Two members of Mali's national women's basketball team were recorded fighting one another following a defeat to Serbia at the FIBA Women's World Cup.
Recovering from their own loss to hosts Australia, Serbia fired back with a 81-68 win which prevented the winless West Africans from being able to qualify for the quarterfinals.
As Serbian top scorer Sasa Cado gave a post-match interview to national media outlet Sport Klub afterwards, one of her answers was interrupted by loud noises coming from another part of the mixed zone.
This is what happened.
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Brawling womenโs basketball players interrupt interview
Two members of Mali's national women's basketball team were recorded fighting one another following a defeat to Serbia at the FIBA Women's World Cup.
Recovering from their own loss to hosts Australia, Serbia fired back with a 81-68 win which prevented the winless West Africans from being able to qualify for the quarterfinals.
As Serbian top scorer Sasa Cado gave a post-match interview to national media outlet Sport Klub afterwards, one of her answers was interrupted by loud noises coming from another part of the mixed zone.
This is what happened.
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