Miscarriage leave law welcomed in Northern Ireland New laws granting paid leave after miscarriage have been welcomed as a significant step for bereaved parents in Northern Ireland. Campaigners say the change will give families vital time to grieve and...

New laws granting paid leave after miscarriage have been welcomed as a significant step for bereaved parents in Northern Ireland.

there is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men

I think that as economists we should be a lot more concerned that everyone feels like they've got poorer when the data show they haven't. We certainly shouldn't just be assuming that the customers are wrong, rather than that we're no longer measuring things that are most relevant to wellbeing

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These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of April 14, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Europe cannot bet on a post-Trump US turning back to sanity | Rafael Behr If the president’s first term didn’t inoculate the American body politic against tyranny, there is no guarantee that a second dose will work, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Europe will breath a collective sigh of relief at Trump backing down on Iran, but this whole episode has highlighted how dangerously unreliable the US has become.

European democracies must unite to defend our collective security and sovereignty

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Russians continue their human safari in Kherson, hunting and killing civilians every day.

Recently, a Russian drone unit known as "Rubikon," notorious for its skill, brutality, and ruthlessness, has been deployed to the area.

❗️In 🇹🇩Romania, the first European drone carrier ship named Dom João II was launched into the water for the 🇵🇹Portuguese Navy

Side show: JD Vance and his hugs, sharing makeup & man grooming tips with Orban.

Ukraine needs the luck of an Orban defeat.

Ukraine needs steady quiet support from Europe and a repeat in April and May of a stalled RuZZian front. Ruzzia has not been this weak since 1941, financially & otherwise

old timey tv on a rolling cart like they used to have in school. on these days i would sleep on my desk

someone pls roll this into the oval office and tell him to put his head down on his desk and rest

💥 Drones attacked an oil terminal in Feodosia in the temporarily occupied Crimea overnight.

According to eyewitnesses, two storage tanks at the oil depot are on fire, and the blaze is spreading.

❗️🇺🇦Ukrainian military from the 46th Air Assault Brigade, using drones equipped with a "stick and rope," shot down 12 🇷🇺Russian Mavic drones in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Iran's 10 point plan seems to put them in a better position than they were in before the war
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‼️ Russia: “The fire at the Giant shopping center in Kaliningrad has been extinguished.”

👉 “According to preliminary reports, the fire was caused by an electric vehicle parked near the building's wall, from which the flames spread to the façade.”

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New York City's record-low homicide numbers in the first quarter of 2026 raise new questions about Zohran Mamdani's approach to policing.

What effect did the end of Soviet-style socialism have on the life expectance of eastern Europeans?

Rep. Nancy Mace: "The subpoena is by name and not by the title of the attorney general, so she's compelled and required by law to come before the Oversight Committee, and at this juncture I'm not backing away from that"

Bang, Bang, Bang 😂

❗️"Cruise missiles that were flying towards Ukraine today during the daytime were intercepted by F-16 pilots — Head of the Communications Department of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuriy Ignat.

Enough's enough! It should have been full halt stop at the FIRST ChatGPT suicide! Why is this an acceptable cost of this technology! Moral bankruptcy!

The oil terminal of Ust Luga, Leningrad region, in Russia is still burning.

Ukraine‘s oil sanctions on Russia are in full swing.

Who sent the ballistic missile, @news.rte.ie? That information feels pertinent.

Today, March 25, 2026, marks the finish of a multi-day Ukrainian operation to turn off the whole of Russia's Baltic oil and gas hub: Ust-Luga, Primorsk and Vyborg.

After Ukrainian strikes, the ports of Ust-Luga and Primorsk stopped shipping oil.

The port in Ust-Luga🔥

A general reminder that if you've got ADHD (and probably RSD) that when someone tells you they want you to call it's very probably not that you're in trouble.

Drone Attack On Parked U.S. Army Black Hawk In Iraq A Harbinger Of What's To Come The ballooning threat from FPV drones pose a major risk to American aircraft parked on ramps in war zones and in the United States.

Thanks to Thomas Newdick and The War Zone crew for the mentions.

U.S. brought back $100 million of gold from Venezuela, Interior Secretary Burgum says The Interior secretary said Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, wants foreign investment in the country's mining sector.

We invaded Venezuela, kidnapped their leader and installed a puppet, and are now pillaging the country's resources just like the fascists in the 1930s did, and somehow this has already been normalized and isn't being treated as the crime it is