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When somebody dies in the Catholic tradition, people generally know what to do. There’s the saying of the Last Rites at a dying person’s bedside, the vigil for the deceased — also known as a wake — and, often, a…
I am criminally behind on the books I want to read, and my job consists of reading books, so I can only imagine how most readers feel. I haven’t cracked the latest Deborah Eisenberg collection. I haven’t brushed up on…
Garry Kasparov has won more than two dozen world chess titles, emigrated twice, and launched movements to oppose two Presidents. Born in Baku, the capital of Soviet Azerbaijan, to an Armenian mother and a Jewish father, Kasparov fled that city…
By Brendan O’Brien, Netwatch Cullen Park Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny) 2-21 – 0-11 Ballyboden St Enda’s (Dublin) A ninth Leinster senior club hurling title for Ballyhale Shamrocks and, on paper at least, the most straightforward of them. Though favourites for this…
Alfredo Morelos’ 17th goal of the season handed Rangers a 2-1 victory over Hearts as Steven Gerrard’s 10-man outfit climbed top of the Ladbrokes Premiership. With leaders Celtic busy on Betfred Cup final duty, the Ibrox men travelled to Tynecastle…
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian gas transit through Ukraine may be continued even after the launch of the Nord Stream-2 pipeline, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday. “Actually, this transit will be possible, but again, everything depends on the Ukrainian side,” Peskov told…
