Myanmar nun pleads with police

[ad_1] Kneeling before a group of heavily armed police officers in the dust of a northern Myanmar city, Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng pleaded with them to spare “the children” and take their own lives instead. The image of the Catholic nun in a simple white habit, with outstretched hands, pleading with the forces of … Read more

Caring for the mental health of women in the face of this pandemic

[ad_1] TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day, a day established in 1911 to celebrate women’s achievements, make their voices heard, fight generational injustice, and fight for gender equality both in the workplace and at home. It also aims to highlight issues of gender parity and equality. The IWD also highlights many of the inspiring women around … Read more

Ten Things We Will Miss At The Cheltenham Festival (And Ten We Won’t) | Horse Racing News

[ad_1] fake images “title =” Cheltenham Festival: Guinness Village scenes like this will be missing “class =” js-imageLoader “data-at-xn =” https://www.rp-assets.com/images/news/2017 / 03 /17/18417-medium.jpeg “data-br-n =” https://www.rp-assets.com/images/news/2017/03/17/18417-medium.jpeg “data-br- m = “https://www.rp-assets.com/images/news/2017/03/17/18417-large.jpeg” data-br-w = “https://www.rp-assets.com/ images / news / 2017/03/17/18417-large.jpeg “data-br-xw =” https://www.rp-assets.com/images/news/2017/03/17/18417-large.jpeg “onclick = “return false; “> Cheltenham Festival: scenes like these from Guinness Village … Read more

The union of two great houses, the Windsors and the Celebrities, is completed

[ad_1] Having a monarchy next door is a bit like having a neighbor who really likes clowns and has a house painted with clown murals, displays clown dolls in every window, and has an insatiable desire to hear and discuss clown-related news. More specifically, for the Irish it is like having a neighbor who is … Read more

RTÉ criticized for buying Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Oprah interview for a ‘bargain’ price of less than € 10k

[ad_1] RTÉ has ​​come under fire for buying the Irish rights to show Harry and Meghan’s much-talked-about interview despite insiders revealing that they bought it for a bargain price of less than € 10,000. The national broadcaster will screen the two-hour interview with Oprah Winfrey on RTÉ Two at 9.30pm on Monday night, which is … Read more

French billionaire Olivier Dassault (69) dies in helicopter crash

[ad_1] French billionaire Olivier Dassault died Sunday in a helicopter crash, a police source said, and President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the 69-year-old conservative politician. Dassault was the eldest son of the late French billionaire industrialist Serge Dassault, whose namesake Dassault Aviation builds the Rafale warplanes and owns the newspaper Le Figaro. “Olivier Dassault … Read more

Covid has reduced women to a gender stereotype of the 1950s

[ad_1] It has been described as the shadow pandemic, the way Covid has so disproportionately affected women’s lives, from the boardroom to the kitchen table. Those effects range from the almost impossible combination of work and homeschooling, to the worldwide increase in domestic abuse and child marriages. At its most basic level, it’s that women … Read more

Pope Francis meets with the great Iraqi Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani | World News

[ad_1] Pope Francis met with Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani, Iraq’s top Shiite cleric, at the Islamic scholar’s home in the Iraqi city of Najaf. Pope He arrived at the clergyman’s little house in an armored car. Upon entering the house, white doves were released, reflecting the themes of this four-day visit to Iraq – … Read more

President publishes photos of new dog Misneach

[ad_1] President Michael D Higgins has posted photos of his new dog Misneach, the latest addition to Áras an Uachraráin. A spokesman for the president said the Irish name translates to “courage”, a reflection of the times. Although it was never a replacement, the five-month-old Bernese Mountain Dog arrived shortly after the death of Síoda, … Read more

Daddy Dermot O’Leary: ‘Nothing really prepares you’

[ad_1] X Factor host Dermot O’Leary told Ryan Tubridy on Friday’s Late Late Show that “Nothing really prepares you” for parenthood, and how he accepted that he might not be able to become a father. In an extensive interview, the TV host spoke about his and his wife Dee’s doubts as they sought to conceive, … Read more