On March 29, police officers were targeted in a petrol bomb attack in a predominately unionist area of Tullymore, in Derry/Londonderry, after an attempt to break up a crowd of approximately 40 people. For five nights, similar scenes unfolded in the city. By Friday, April 2, the disorder spread to south Belfast, where a small…
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The plan for Prince Philip’s mourning period and funeral
Plans for a major royal death are made years in advance, though details are kept fiercely private and the coronavirus restrictions currently in place across the United Kingdom mean some aspects of the strategy will have to be altered. CNN understands that the Queen must sign off on any proposals and it’s not known whether…
Japan’s powerful patriarchy often sidelines women. Fixing that won’t be easy
Experts say some men of that generation carry beliefs that women are best left at home, or should attend meetings but remain silent. But Momoko Nojo, a Tokyo-based economics student, says those views have driven a generational wedge between the political gerontocracy and young people born in the 1990s, an era of economic stagnation dubbed…
National Siblings Day: How to help siblings get along better
“It’s been part of our culture, at least in the US, to think that siblings fight. That there’s going to be lots of times they don’t get along. That’s what they do,” said Laurie Kramer, a professor of applied psychology at Northeastern University in Boston. “When social lives are so restricted, families really see the…
The Duke of Edinburgh’s classic British style legacy
Feature · fashion The Duke of Edinburgh’s classic sartorial legacy Throughout his life, the late Prince Philip proved to be a master of quintessentially British dress codes. While he might not have been the most talked-about royal style icon in recent years, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh’s fashion choices were those of a confident dresser,…
Britain mourns Prince Philip, longtime consort of Queen Elizabeth II
The timing of Philip’s death, with Covid-19 restrictions still in place across the UK, means the nation’s public expressions of grief will be constrained. The royal household and the UK government have urged the public not to gather or lay flowers outside royal residences, as has happened in the past. Huge banks of bouquets were…
Empty beaches, chained doors: Embattled Phuket pins hopes on vaccines
Phuket, Thailand (CNN) — Pre-pandemic, Phuket’s Patong Beach was not a place you’d go for peace and quiet. On any given day during high season, this popular Thai beach town would be filled with tourists from all around the world. Jet skis, longtails and speed boats roared through its bright blue waters. Some pulled parasails,…
Australia Indigenous deaths in custody: She died alone in a police cell, the victim of a problem Australia has had 30 years to fix
Australian child protection services took him away as soon as he was born, according to Tracey Hanshaw, from Indigenous rights advocacy group Justice Aunties. He was the third child Maher lost to officials, who intervened as she fought a drug addiction that started in her teens and ended with her death in a police cell…
Myanmar’s military has underestimated the strength, will and bravery of its own people
In the past two months, junta security forces — made up of police, soldiers and elite counter-insurgency troops — have embarked on a systematic and coordinated crackdown against unarmed and peaceful protesters. More than 600 people have been killed, according to the advocacy group Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. Given the reality of what is…