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Photograph: PA/Niall Carson The former principal of Wilson’s Hospital School in Co Westmeath was “absolutely horrified” when teacher Enoch Burke interrupted a school religious service asking her to withdraw her “demand” that teachers “accept transgenderism”, the High Court has heard. Niamh McShane said she also felt “agitated” and “hunted” when Mr Burke approached her at Continue reading

JERUSALEM — More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip, the local Health Ministry said Thursday — a bleak indicator of the war’s toll even as a full count remained out of reach amid a near-total collapse of the enclave’s health-care system. But the Gaza Health Ministry, which Continue reading

During a critical hearing that ultimately led to American gymnast Jordan Chiles losing her Olympic bronze medal, USA Gymnastics and Chiles’s coach did not object to her opponent’s assertion that they had missed the one-minute deadline to ask for Chiles’s score to be reconsidered, according to a document released Wednesday by the Court of Arbitration Continue reading

During a critical hearing that ultimately led to American gymnast Jordan Chiles losing her Olympic bronze medal, USA Gymnastics and Chiles’s coach did not object to her opponent’s assertion that they had missed the one-minute deadline to ask for Chiles’s score to be reconsidered, according to a document released Wednesday by the Court of Arbitration Continue reading

Go to newsletter preferences Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read preview Tesla is finally being forced to reckon with a slowdown in electric-vehicle demand, and CEO Elon Musk’s tactics are likely to look different than his peers’ in the automotive industry. Continue reading

But under the facial fuzz, it’s still the same Grylls Irish viewers will recognise from Running Wild with Bear Grylls, Bear Grylls Survival Story and other dollops of small-screen derring-do. He remains, in other words, the light entertainment equivalent of Tigger from Winnie the Pooh, bounding into the danger zones relying on nothing beyond a Continue reading

Inflation in the US rose at the slowest pace in more than three years last month, marking relief for consumers – and a possible boon for the Harris campaign. Trump also promised to lower energy costs by opening up more land for drilling, and pledged to reverse renewable energy and infrastructure projects approved by President Continue reading

Data vs cremations Counting struggles Bodies piling up at crematoriums and burial grounds across India are sparking concerns that the death toll from a ferocious new Covid-19 wave may be much higher than official records, underplaying the scale of a resurgence that is overwhelming the country’s medical system.Several cities across the South Asian nation have Continue reading

Gena Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever practice the craft and a guiding light in independent cinema as a star in groundbreaking movies by her director husband, John Cassavetes, and who later charmed audiences in her son’s tear-jerker “The Notebook,” has died. Rowlands’ death was confirmed Wednesday by representatives for her Continue reading

Photograph: PA/Niall Carson The former principal of Wilson’s Hospital School in Co Westmeath was “absolutely horrified” when teacher Enoch Burke interrupted a school religious service asking her to withdraw her “demand” that teachers “accept transgenderism”, the High Court has heard. Niamh McShane said she also felt “agitated” and “hunted” when Mr Burke approached her at Continue reading