“Now, what seems to be the problem?” chirps Keeley Hawes’ indefatigable 1940s GP and aspiring politician Iris to us at the end of the play. Errm, the play, obviously. Hours of soporifically muddled plotting, creaking dialogue, clunky exposition, extraordinarily wandering accents, pretentious staging, jarring projections and one cringingly am-dram marital […]
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The offering by Britain of conditional amnesties to ex-soldiers and militants involved in Northern Ireland’s decades of violence is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), Belfast’s High Court ruled on Wednesday. Judge Adrian Colton said the section of a new law introduced last year to offer […]
Legislation that gives conditional amnesties to soldiers and paramilitaries for Troubles-era crimes in Northern Ireland breaches human rights legislation, a high court in Belfast has ruled. There was no evidence the immunity provision in the government’s Legacy Act would help reconciliation in Northern Ireland, the court said on Wednesday, delivering […]
On 1 February 2021, the military seized power in a coup, jailing elected leaders and plunging much of the country into a bloody civil war that continues today. Thousands have been killed and the UN estimates that around 2.6 million people been displaced.Young Burmese, many of whom have played a […]
WASHINGTON — Congress is expected to decide in the next two weeks whether to extend current restrictions on regulating the safety of commercial human spaceflight occupants, and if so, for how long. House and Senate negotiators are working to finalize a new long-term Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that would […]
In fact, the findings have the potential to reshape our understanding of the cultural development of Homo sapiens during their migration across Eurasia approximately 50,000 to 40,000 years ago. That’s because the findings directly challenge the prevailing, conventional beliefs regarding the timing and nature of cultural shifts that occurred during […]
Some AIs may be able to hack websites without any human assistance Ole.CNX/Shutterstock OpenAI’s artificial intelligence model GPT-4 has the capability to hack websites and steal information from online databases without human help, researchers have found. That suggests individuals or organisations without hacking expertise could unleash AI agents to carry […]
Potentially toxic microplastics found in 100 percent of human placenta tested in a new study have suggested that ‘all mammalian life on this planet could be impacted.’ A team at the University of New Mexico tested 62 women’s placentas, finding every one contained small plastic pieces less than five millimeters long. The […]