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Dublin (AFP) - Ireland's president on Friday hit out at new UK legislation designed to draw a line under the violence during Northern Ireland "Troubles", 50 years on from the biggest single-day loss of life in that period. Michael D. Higgins said the new law was neither morally acceptable nor politically feasible, in a speech at a wreath-laying ceremony in Dublin. The event was to commemorate the 33 people and an unborn child killed when four bombs ripped through Dublin and Monaghan in 1974, explosions also wounded more than 300 people. Higgins said London's introduction of the legislation had...
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A range of organizations including Just Stop Oil and Palestine Action could be banned in the UK as "extreme protest groups" under new proposals tabled by a senior government adviser. The approach currently applied to terrorist organizations should be used as a model, according to adviser on political violence John Woodcock, also known as Lord Walney, the BBC reported on Sunday, citing extracts from the report. In recommendations now due to be presented to the Cabinet, Woodcock backs proscribing groups that "routinely use criminal tactics to try to achieve their aims." "Militant groups like Pal...
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A range of organizations including Just Stop Oil and Palestine Action could be banned in the UK as "extreme protest groups" under new proposals tabled by a senior government adviser. The approach currently applied to terrorist organizations should be used as a model, according to adviser on political violence John Woodcock, also known as Lord Walney, the BBC reported on Sunday, citing extracts from the report. In recommendations now due to be presented to the Cabinet, Woodcock backs proscribing groups that "routinely use criminal tactics to try to achieve their aims." "Militant groups like Pal...
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A range of organizations including Just Stop Oil and Palestine Action could be banned in the UK as "extreme protest groups" under new proposals tabled by a senior government adviser. The approach currently applied to terrorist organizations should be used as a model, according to adviser on political violence John Woodcock, also known as Lord Walney, the BBC reported on Sunday, citing extracts from the report. In recommendations now due to be presented to the Cabinet, Woodcock backs proscribing groups that "routinely use criminal tactics to try to achieve their aims." "Militant groups like Pal...
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Human rights activists, alongside 100 music artists, including Sting and Coldplay, are calling for the release of Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who has been sentenced to death for the support of mass protests in Iran in autumn 2022. "Salehi's death sentence is the culmination of three years of judicial harassment including arrest, imprisonment and torture," the petition from the London-based organization Index on Censorship says. The singer has drawn attention to the human rights situation in Iran in many of his songs. In October 2023, Salehi was honoured with a Freedom of Expression Award by ...
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By Helen ROWE Londres (AFP) - "Let It Be", le documentaire sur les Beatles sorti juste après la séparation du groupe mythique en 1970, a fait son retour sur les écrans mercredi, un demi-siècle plus tard, en version remastérisée sur la plateforme Disney+. Filmé en janvier 1969, le film réalisé par Michael Lindsay-Hogg's laissait transparaître les tensions entre John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison et Ringo Starr, qui les ont conduits à prendre des trajectoires séparées. "George n'enregistrait pas beaucoup de chansons parce que John et Paul étaient tellement brillants et prolifiques", a ...
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British hospitality giant InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) on Friday said its revenue per available room (RevPAR) rose by 2.6% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2024. The increase was primarily driven by 8.9% growth in its Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia regional unit. RevPAR rose 2.5% in its China division, while it dropped 0.3% in the Americas region. IHG's average daily rate increased 2.3%, and occupancy rose by 0.2 points. Net system size grew 3.4% from last year.
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British hospitality giant InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) on Friday said its revenue per available room (RevPAR) rose by 2.6% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2024. The increase was primarily driven by 8.9% growth in its Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia regional unit. RevPAR rose 2.5% in its China division, while it dropped 0.3% in the Americas region. IHG's average daily rate increased 2.3%, and occupancy rose by 0.2 points. Net system size grew 3.4% from last year.
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Russia on Friday sharply criticized French President Emmanuel Macron and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, after the Western leaders reiterated their countries' support for Ukraine. In an interview published in The Economist on Thursday, Macron repeated his assertion that he would not rule out the deployment of French troops to assist Ukraine in its war with Russia. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denounced Macron's statement as "very dangerous," saying it increased the risk of France becoming directly involved in the conflict. Cameron also came in for condemnation after he announced an...
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British hospitality giant InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) on Friday said its revenue per available room (RevPAR) rose by 2.6% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2024. The increase was primarily driven by 8.9% growth in its Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia regional unit. RevPAR rose 2.5% in its China division, while it dropped 0.3% in the Americas region. IHG's average daily rate increased 2.3%, and occupancy rose by 0.2 points. Net system size grew 3.4% from last year.
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