(CNN)Keane Mulready-Woods should have been celebrating his 18th birthday this week. But the Irish teenager’s life came to an end last month, in a murder so brutal in nature that it has drawn comparisons with TV show “Narcos.”
US Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin downplay risks posed by climate emergency
The US and Europe have clashed over the threat posed by global heating as Donald Trumps finance minister downplayed the risks of a climate crisis during the final session Continue reading
London (CNN)This week’s escalation in tensions between Iran and the US has exposed an uncomfortable reality for many of America’s friends in Europe.
Confused by the whole 1,300-day Brexit saga? This summary sets out how and why it happened, and what can be expected in 2020 and beyond
Where to start? Theres geography: Britain is an island, and Continue reading
Failure to end investment would be a betrayal against life itself, say climate activists
Greta Thunberg and fellow youth climate campaigners are demanding that global leaders immediately end the madness of huge ongoing investments in fossil fuel exploration and enormous Continue reading
Exclusive: leaked resolution by main political groups follows threats of deportation made by British minister
The European parliament will express its grave concern about the attitude of Boris Johnsons government to the 3.3 million EU citizens living in the UK Continue reading
Jeanne Calment was 122 when she died. But last year a Russian scientist claimed she was a con artist, sparking an international dispute over the woman who may still hold the secret to eternal life
If time makes fools Continue reading
President gives up automatic pension given to French leaders as union standoff continues
Emmanuel Macron is to give up his own generous presidential pension in an attempt to calm anger over politicians privileges, as French transport strikes caused chaos for Continue reading
