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ATHENS (Sputnik) – The Greek parliament approved on Thursday in the second reading a number of amendments to the country’s constitution, namely, on presidential elections, relations between the state and the church, and parliamentary privilege and responsibilities, local media reported.…
Twelve Senate Republicans made a stark break from President Donald Trump on Thursday, voting to block his national emergency declaration in an unprecedented rebuke. It was the second time this week that Republican lawmakers went against the president: On Wednesday,…
Beto O’Rourke lost the Texas Senate race in November. Four months later he’s running for president — and early polling shows there’s a not insignificant percentage of people who seem to be on board — or at the very least…
Lois Weber’s films have been long unknown, mostly lost; some of the few surviving ones only recently became available and are getting the attention that they deserve. But, a century ago, between 1908 and 1921, she was making hundreds of…
A fundraiser for former Cork footballer Kieran O’Connor has surpassed its goal of €250,000. The GoFundMe page, set up by Friends of Kieran, was organised to help O’Connor and his family to beat Ewing’s Sarcoma Cancer. The fundraiser has now…
Huddersfield midfielder Philip Billing has received on-line racial abuse from someone purporting to be one of the club’s own supporters. Billing, 22, retweeted an abusive message he had received urging him to leave the Premier League club. The supporter told…
