People sitting their driving theory test will soon need to swot up on life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills, the UK’s Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has decided. All road users are being encouraged to learn the basics and know how to use a defibrillator in an emergency. It’s hoped the questions, which will be […]
SPL Artwork: Uranus and its five largest moons had been thought to be inactive and sterile. The planet Uranus and its five biggest moons may not be the dead sterile worlds that scientists have long thought. Instead, they may have oceans, and the moons may even be capable of supporting life, scientists say. Much of […]
Marchers rally for home rule in front of the White House in April 1965. At that point, D.C. had been run by presidentially appointed commissioners for nearly a century. National Archives/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption National Archives/Getty Images President Trump is deploying the D.C. National Guard and taking temporary control of the city’s police […]
A six-year-old Palestinian boy and a 30-year-old man have died from malnutrition, the Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza has said, as hunger-related deaths climb and Israeli bombardment continues across the besieged territory. The deaths of Wissam Abu Mohsen and young Jamal Fadi al-Najjar on Tuesday came shortly after Gaza’s Health Ministry said five more people […]
Cormac Campbell BBC News NI south east reporter BBC A special Mass was held at St Colmcille’s Church on Tuesday morning The special Mass at St Colmcille’s Church on Tuesday was attended by representatives from local clergy, police and politics as well as members of the public. Speaking at the Mass, Bishop Alan McGuckian said […]
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reveals details of phone conversation with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said that Israel’s leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, is “in denial” about the suffering inflicted on Gaza, and the international community is now saying, “Enough is enough”. A day after announcing that Australia will recognise Palestinian […]
Watch: Can you un-bleach coral? BBC visits remote Australian reef to find out World-famous coral reefs along Western Australia’s (WA) coast have suffered the worst bleaching on record after the state’s “longest, largest and most intense” marine heatwave, scientists say. Between last August and this May, warmer water temperatures led to significant heat stress on […]
It is very difficult to predict what Newcastle’s season could look like until Isak’s future is sorted out, but it could still be a very good one. They have got one of, if not the best, midfields in the country, they are really strong in wide areas and it looks like they are signing another […]
President Trump plans to name conservative economist E.J. Antoni to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Trump fired the bureau’s previous leader after a disappointing jobs report. Jim Watson/AFP hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP President Trump plans to nominate conservative economist E.J. Antoni to lead one of the government’s top statistical agencies, ten days […]
US President Donald Trump said last week that Intel’s CEO Lip-Bu Tan was ‘highly conflicted’ because of his ties to Chinese firms. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is due to visit the White House after United States President Donald Trump last week called for his removal. The executive of the tech giant was set to meet […]