LONDON (AP) — A seven-year investigation of a former Irish Republican Army double agent concluded Friday in an interim report that the spy was probably responsible for more deaths than lives saved during Northern Ireland ‘s three-decade conflict. The probe, known as Operation Kenova, investigated the actions of “Stakeknife,” a senior member of the Irish […]
Nottingham Forest won for the first time in 2024 and boosted their Premier League survival chances with a 2-0 success over West Ham, who had Kalvin Phillips sent off. Forest were teetering just two points above the drop zone after a run of four games without a victory, but goals in added time in either […]
Troubles-related inquests are being delayed by UK state bodies “running down the clock” until May 1st, when they will be discontinued, according to a former UK Northern Ireland secretary. The UK government’s new Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act says any inquests that have not reached a verdict by that date will cease. In […]
The far-right strategist and Donald Trump loyalist Steve Bannon is again playing an influential role in the propaganda circles around the former US president as he bids to return to the White House, even as Bannon faces a barrage of legal problems. The conspiratorial Bannon, who spearheaded part of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and served […]
Children, teenagers and young adults are increasingly likely to have mental health problems, according to a new analysis published by the American Medical Association (AMA). Citing data from the 2019 Global Burden of Disease study, a team of Brazil and Canada-based university researchers warned of a period from childhood to early adulthood in which there […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s storied business career is checkered by bankruptcies and blunders. His investment in Eli Bartov, a New York University accounting professor, looms as another failed venture. Trump’s Save America political action committee paid Bartov nearly $930,000 last year as an expert witness in the New York attorney general’s civil fraud case […]
LONDON (AP) — Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams faces a lawsuit by three people who were wounded in bombings attributed to the Irish Republican Army that date back more than 50 years, a judge said Friday. Adams can be sued as an individual but not as a representative of the IRA, Justice Michael Soole […]
Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW) can’t seem to catch a break. The real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on hospitals has battled a barrage of headwinds over the past couple of years, with rising interest rates and tenant issues weighing on its balance sheet and cash flow. The company has worked hard to address those […]
Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in the Dec. 20 edition of Military Times. A Defense Department agency dedicated to caring for aging enlisted veterans is facing financial shortfalls that could deplete its trust fund within 20 years and affect its ability to serve those retired and former service members, a government watchdog has found. […]
By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has been charged in four separate criminal cases, and could face his first trial as soon as March. The former U.S. president has pleaded not guilty in all the cases, and his legal woes are unlikely to prevent him from […]
Legal action launched by the Irish Government against the UK’s controversial Legacy Act will complement challenges from Troubles’ victims in Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said. Ms McDonald said the legislation, designed to deal with the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, was a “flagrant breach of international human rights […]
The Government is to initiate an inter-State case against the UK over controversial legislation concerning legacy prosecutions connected to the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The UK government’s Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 has been widely opposed by political parties in both the North and the Republic, as well as representative groups for […]