[ad_1] More than a million people are receiving some form of state aid, said Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty. The Department issued pandemic default payments to 584,000 people on Monday. Around 50,000 people receive a payment for the first time. These payments add to the 212,000 people on the live registry and more than 46,000 … Read more
[ad_1] The baffled Britons were stunned and confused when billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites lit up the night sky over the weekend. Enthusiastic stargazers watched in wonder as a trail of lights crossed the sky last night, around 9:20 p.m. 14 SpaceX’s Starlink satellites leave bright streaks in the skyCredit: James Newman / Triangle News … Read more
[ad_1] NASA astronauts will launch into space from American soil next month for the first time in nearly a decade. The agency’s top chief confirmed Friday that billionaire Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX will send two astronauts to the International Space Station aboard its Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on May 27. 5 5 NASA … Read more
[ad_1] A simulated galaxy image from the FIRE-2 project, representing a structure spanning more than 200,000 light-years, shows the prominent columns of young gas-born blue stars that originally spun and were then ejected radially outward by supernova explosions. Credit: Sijie Yu / UCI Although powerful, the Milky Way and galaxies of similar mass are not … Read more
[ad_1] Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reported to have told the British tabloid press that they are failing to cooperate due to “distorted, false or invasive” stories. The couple sent a letter to the editors of The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Express and Daily Mirror in which they said “they will not be offered … Read more
[ad_1] An armed man driving a simulated police car killed at least 16 people in Canada, the worst case of its kind in the country’s history. The attacker, identified as Gabriel Wortman, 51, was shot dead by officers after a 12-hour manhunt in the province of Nova Scotia. Among the victims was a veteran police … Read more
[ad_1] A gunman killed at least 16 people in a shooting in a rural community in Nova Scotia, Canada’s national broadcaster, which was among the worst mass killings in the country in recent memory, said on Sunday. Police said the mass shooting, which began in the town of Portapique on Saturday night, ended approximately 12 … Read more
[ad_1] A total of 39 more people have died of coronavirus in the Republic of Ireland. And 493 others here have tested positive for Covid-19. The total number of deaths in Ireland increases to 610, and the number of Covid-19 positive patients to 15,251. The announcement was made by the Health Department this afternoon. A … Read more
[ad_1] Ireland may have to cope with repeated waves of Covid-19 epidemics until a large enough proportion of the population is infected to provide possible herd immunity, new research warns. At best, there may be three more cycles of infection before 60 percent of the population has the virus, which is considered enough to provide … Read more
[ad_1] At least 10 people died after a shooting in Nova Scotia in Canada, police said. Among the dead are a Canadian police officer and a suspect was arrested at a service station, police said. The man identified by police as Gabriel Wortman, 51, was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Enfield, northwest … Read more