Politics

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 08:14 UTC

  Mrs. May to face an unprecedented no-confidence challenge from Tory grassroots

  

  UK Prime Minister Theresa May is to face an unprecedented no-confidence challenge - from Conservative grassroots campaigners. More than 70 local association chiefs - angry at her handling of Brexit - have called for an extraordinary general meeting to discuss her leadership.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 06:25 UTC

  New IRA apologizes for killing journalist McKee, but she was standing “beside enemy forces”

  

  The New IRA has admitted responsibility for the killing of 29-year-old journalist Lyra McKee, according to an Irish newspaper. In a statement given to The Irish News using a recognized code word, the group offered “full and sincere apologies” to her family and friends.

• Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  Argentina’s president attempts to improve his fading chances of re-election (*)

  

  Mauricio Macri's original plan was to address Argentina’s citizens on television on the final working day before the Easter break. But he opted for a folksier way of presenting an economic package that he hopes will rescue his chances of being re-elected president in October. He appeared in a taped video, knocking on the door of a house belonging to a young working-class couple, then sitting down with them to explain his plan.

• Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 09:14 UTC

  Governments' hatred endangers press freedom: the Americas the worst, Reporters without borders

  

  The global press freedom is regressing with more and more countries putting journalists at risk and authoritarian regimes tightening their grip on the media, according to a report released by media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders.

• Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 09:13 UTC

  Mrs. May will be asked to step down from office by the end of June, says leading Tory member

  

  A top member of Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party will tell her in the coming week that she must step down by the end of June or her lawmakers will try again to depose her, the Sunday Times reported, without citing sources.

• Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  Easter carnage in Sri Lanka: bomb attacks kill 207 and injure at least 450

  

  The Sri Lankan government has imposed a nationwide curfew after a string of bomb blasts at churches and hotels on Sunday that left 207 dead, including 35 foreigners, and at least 450 injured people have been admitted to hospital, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera told reporters in Colombo.

• Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  Earth Day 2019: Protect our Species

  

  “In nature, nothing exists alone.” — Rachel Carson, 1962<br />
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  Nature’s gifts to our planet are the millions of species that we know and love, and many more that remain to be discovered. Unfortunately, human beings have irrevocably upset the balance of nature and, as a result, the world is facing the greatest rate of extinction since we lost the dinosaurs more than 60 million years ago. But unlike the fate of the dinosaurs, the rapid extinction of species in our world today is the result of human activity.

• Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 08:58 UTC

  China preparing for a huge muscle showing naval parade: 13 countries are joining

  

  Warships from India, Australia and several other nations arrived in the eastern Chinese port city of Qingdao on Sunday to attend a naval parade, part of a goodwill visit as China extends the hand of friendship despite regional tensions and suspicions.

• Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 08:52 UTC

  UN message on International Mother Earth Day

  

  Mother Earth is a common expression for the planet earth in a number of countries and regions, which reflects the interdependence that exists among human beings, other living species and the planet we all inhabit.

• Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 08:38 UTC

  Millionaire comedian elected president in Ukraine, defeats establishment candidate

  

  Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has been elected president of Ukraine twice - first as a character in the popular TV show “Servant of the People”, now for real. The 41-year-old performer's bid started out as a long shot but, on the back of popular discontent with the political class, he sent establishment candidates tumbling.