Written by Readiness to support Ukraine “until it wins” has fallen sharply across western Europe at a critical time for the country, a survey suggests, as Donald Trump’s forthcoming return to the White House raises questions over the future of US military assistance to Kyiv. December polling by YouGov in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Denmark and […]
Since I was small, I have liked sitting on stairs to read. In my childhood home, in Nuneaton, I favoured the square of carpet between the two flights, positioned directly opposite the wall-mounted clock, so I could keep an eye on how many pages I could squeeze in before bed. My favourite place to read, […]
Doing the math Recognizing this, the National Churches Trust commissioned a group of economists to quantify financially the exact nature of the churches’ impact on society. To do this, they drew on a number of government and university surveys. They also used the National Churches Trust survey of 2020 indicating that 29% of church buildings […]
Five people, including a nine-year-old boy, were killed when a man drove a car into a crowded Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on December 20. More than 200 people were injured in the attack on Friday evening, including about 40 people who sustained serious or critical injuries. On Tuesday, Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier used his […]
President Macron names a new government, putting together a team under Francois Bayrou, his fourth prime minister of the year. France has unveiled a new government, comprised of former ministers and senior civil servants that Prime Minister Francois Bayrou hopes can oversee the passage of a 2025 budget and avoid a collapse that would deepen […]
The descendants of a hero of Ethiopia’s resistance against European imperialism are seeking to retrieve a gold medal taken from him by Italian troops, after the artefact’s current holder failed to sell it at an online auction earlier this month. The solid gold Imperial Order of the Star of Ethiopia used to be in the […]
This novel was a recommendation from leading English-Danish translator Signe Lyng. After we met at the Dublin Book Festival in November, she generously sent me a list of recent Danish-language novels that she admires, including Niviaq Korneliussen’s Last Night in Nuuk and Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume. One of Lyng’s suggestions stood out […]
A man accused of driving a car into crowds at a German Christmas market, killing five people and injuring more than 200, has been detained on multiple charges of murder and attempted murder. The Magdeburg police department said in a statement on Sunday the man had been issued a warrant for pre-trial detention on charges […]
Santa has a great reputation. Generous, jolly, snazzily dressed. But he’s obviously a terrible employer. The elves are entirely unpaid for their gruelling manual labour. Their fixed smiles and constant singing are evidence of a culture of fear. Does anyone believe he’s keeping the Lapland workplace temperature above the Health and Safety Executive’s 16C minimum? […]
The continent’s parlous economy and ascendant far right foretell a grim future. Source link