Zach Manifold is the elections director in suburban Atlanta’s Gwinnett County, where training for 2,000 poll workers begins this week. Matthew Pearson/WABE hide caption toggle caption Matthew Pearson/WABE ATLANTA — Georgia’s State Election Board is preparing to vote on nearly a dozen rule changes Friday that could take effect before the upcoming election, concerning local […]
EPA The supermoon with a partial lunar eclipse was seen around the world – with this picture taken from Jerusalem A supermoon has lit up the sky across the world coinciding with a rare partial lunar eclipse. The Moon could be seen to appear brighter and bigger on Tuesday night. Supermoons happen when the Moon […]
Alistair Warwick Alistair Warwick, from Carlisle, was on a visit to the Moray Firth when he took this shot. He said: “The dolphins at Chanonry Point always put on a fantastic display.” A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 6 and 13 September. Send your photos to [email protected]. Please ensure you adhere […]
Dr Lily Huang Dr Lily Huang, who works in London, supports the name change Junior doctors working across the NHS will now be called resident doctors instead – in a change intended to better reflect their expertise. The doctors union, the British Medical Association (BMA), which called for the change, called the term junior “infantilising […]
This is not the first time the club has faced financial challenges. In 1998 they were forced to transfer list their entire first team and also had difficulties as recently as 2012, before recovering to their unprecedented success. In the not so distant past, Dundalk were the team to beat in the League of Ireland […]
‘Family values’ bill is adopted despite being denounced by the president, rights groups and the European Union. Georgian politicians have approved the third and final reading of a law on “family values and the protection of minors” that would impose sweeping curbs on LGBTQ rights. The bill, adopted on Tuesday, would provide a legal basis […]
Sir David Attenborough has been presenting wildlife programmes for 70 years Seventy years after he first fronted a wildlife programme, Sir David Attenborough is keenly aware of the impact they can have. “The world would be in a far, far worse situation now had there been no broadcasting of natural history,” he said. “People have […]
Daniela Cossio Pregnancy brain really does exist, according to one of the first detailed maps of human-brain changes before, during and after those crucial nine months. Based on 26 scans of one healthy 38-year-old woman’s brain, scientists found “remarkable things” including changes to regions linked to socialising and emotional processing – some of which were […]
Watch: Ros Atkins on…the apparent Trump assassination attempt The suspect in an apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump is a staunch supporter of Ukraine who was rejected by the country’s armed forces and failed to make much of a contribution to the war effort. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, who appeared in court on Monday, is […]
Getty Images Making books slimmer and lighter could mean significant CO2 savings A typical paperback book accounts for around 1kg of carbon dioxide, according to sustainability expert Mike Berners-Lee. Perhaps that does not sound like much. But in the US alone, where 767 million paperback books were sold in 2023, this is equivalent to the […]