Northern Ireland could be given joint EU and UK status and a “buffer zone” on its border with Ireland, under new plans being drawn up by David Davis, according to reports. There was no immediate response from the Department for Exiting the EU to a report in the Sun suggesting the Brexit secretary...
The police officer who first came to the aid of the former Russian spy and his daughter after they were suspected of being poisoned by a nerve agent is talking to the authorities after his condition improved. The home secretary, Amber Rudd, said he remained in a serious condition in...
Advantages of Mininvasive Surgery in Orthopedics As in many other medical branches, also in orthopaedics the evolution of surgical techniques, increasingly accurate and respectful of the bone and soft tissues periarticular (muscles, vessels and nerves) and the advances in the technology with which orthopaedic prostheses are made, more and more...
The excellence of blockchain technologies at the service of enterprises 4.0 The Association blockchain of Digital Confindustria (ABIE) has greatly increased the number of associates opening also to companies that use such innovative technologies in their projects of digital transformation. In an increasingly digital and interconnected way in which companies of...
Jeremy Corbyn could use a key Brexit speech on Monday to pave the way for Labour to inflict a Commons defeat on the government, by backing a rebel Tory amendment seeking to keep Britain in “a customs union”. With Theresa May expected to unveil her vision for departure from the EU...
Carla del Ponte, 70, who prosecuted war crimes in Rwanda and former Yugoslavia, told a panel discussion on the sidelines of the Locarno Film Festival that she had already prepared her letter of resignation. “I am quitting this commission, which is not backed by any political will,” she said, adding...
The European parliament has issued an embarrassing snub to Theresa May’s concessions over EU migrants, rejecting the UK’s offer in a move that casts fresh doubt on the prospect of reaching an agreement on the transition period by March. In a sudden volte-face on Wednesday, the Home Office slipped out...
Conservative party donors are among the investors in the company that spawned the election consultancy at the centre of a storm about use of data from Facebook. Filings for SCL Group, which is at the top of a web of companies linked to Cambridge Analytica, show that since its conception in 2005...
After three years of pushing through Flanders, British commander-in-chief Douglas Haig launched a major offensive for control of the village of Passchendaele on the last day of July. The campaign, also known as the ‘Third Battle of Ypres’, proved particularly difficult for the Commonwealth forces as hundreds of thousands of men fought in Dantean...
Three members of the controversial Oxfam Haiti team that was under investigation for sexual exploitation and other breaches physically threatened a colleague to ensure that person’s silence, according to the charity’s own inquiry into the claims. The confidential report, finally released on Monday as part of Oxfam’s efforts to draw a line...