VIENNA — “I have never seen an emergency room so crowded with very, very sick patients,” recalls Annalisa Malara, a doctor at Codogno Hospital in Lombardy, Italy. “We were literally overwhelmed by the number.” That was late February, when Malara diagnosed Italy’s first case of locally transmitted Covid-19. An emotionally wrenching marathon of hospital shifts…
– We’ve posted a few news items about this in the past week but this story is really being talked about behind the scenes in TNA – so it deserves a closer look. Spike TV and TNA Wretling officials have had extensive talks in recent weeks about bringing sweeping changes to TNA. When we major…
With Brexit now less than a year away, the European Union finds itself under assault from a new populist revolution. This six-part series examines the major challenges facing the continent. From immigration to defence, economy to enlargement and, indeed, to the very meaning of democracy itself: ‘The Future of Europe’ is now at stake… On day three of the series,…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – First-time National Champion, Butler Community College was named 2016 NFCA NJCAA Division I National Coaching Staff of the Year, the Association revealed on Tuesday afternoon. Voted by their NFCA peers as the top team in the West Region, the Grizzlies reeled off 38 consecutive victories in March, April and May en…
THERE MAY HAVE been some skepticism about the idea of an Irish language channel amid its launch on Halloween night 20 years ago, but since then, TG4 has garnered plenty of acclaim for its innovative programming and efforts to keep the Irish language relevant. One of the channel’s biggest successes over the past two decades has…
class=”article_teaser__2t5do”>Having finished the season on a high and strengthened their squad since, Goal is backing Dean Smith's men to start with a win over the Blades Aston Villa will be hoping to get their Premier League season off to a winning start when they welcome Sheffield United to Villa Park on Monday. The Villans’ scheduled…
Cadet world champ Matt Ramos (Lockport Township, IL) announced his college decision on social media today. Ramos becomes the first 2019 commit for Minnesota after an excellent 2018 class. He chose the Gophers over Indiana. After winning Akron and then a world title at 51kg, Ramos was #1 at 113. However, he has since moved…
In a bid to fight sham marriages and extremism, Russian lawmakers have prepared a bill requiring foreigners, who marry citizens and receive a residence permit, to live and work only in the same region as their spouses. The bill has been developed by the Interior Ministry and will most likely be drafted in the State…
The Islamic State’s foreign fighters could be tried in a Nuremberg-style international tribunal if Britain and other countries refuse to bring them home, the Kurdish government in Syria has told The Telegraph. While the military campaign against the caliphate is nearing an end, Western countries and their Kurdish allies are locked in a standoff over…
On 23rd June all triathlon eyes will be on the double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee as he takes on the full distance for the first time ever at Ironman Cork. How Brownlee fares here could indicate what the future holds for arguably the greatest short-course triathlete in history. And so far indications are good for the Brit…