China records fewest marriages in more than three decades as population crisis looms
China last year recorded its lowest number of marriages since public records became available, furthering a nearly decade-long decline in matrimony that has coincided with falling birth rates and triggered government concern of a demographic crisis.
2023-06-12 17:15
British man climbs 72 floors up the outside of South Korea's Lotte Tower in Seoul
A British man made it more than halfway up the exterior of the world's fifth tallest building Monday before he was stopped and handed to police, according to South Korean authorities.
2023-06-12 16:58
Nigerian Bonds Surge After Central Bank Chief’s Weekend Ouster
Nigeria’s international debt surged after the weekend ouster of the central bank governor, which will allow the nation’s
2023-06-12 15:59
Novartis Makes $3.5 Billion Bet on Chinook’s Rare Disease Drugs
Novartis AG agreed to buy Chinook Therapeutics Inc. for as much as $3.5 billion to add two promising
2023-06-12 15:59
The global nuclear arsenal grew last year, SIPRI says
STOCKHOLM The number of operational nuclear weapons rose slightly in 2022 as countries implemented long-term force modernisation and
2023-06-12 15:57
War in Ukraine Prompts Increased Cyberattacks on German Businesses
More than one in 10 German companies were the victim of a cyberattack last year, according to a
2023-06-12 15:50
Hungary’s Economy Chief Floats Idea of Raising Inflation Target
Hungary may need to consider raising its inflation goal as price-growth is unlikely to return near the central
2023-06-12 15:23
China aircraft monitored US, France, Canada, Japan navy drill - media
BEIJING (Reuters) -China deployed a reconnaissance aircraft over Pacific waters east of Taiwan last week that Chinese media said monitored
2023-06-12 14:58
Further BOE Rate Hikes Can’t Be Ruled Out, Warns Policy Maker Haskel
Bank of England policy maker Jonathan Haskel said the central bank must guard against persistent inflation risks, an
2023-06-12 14:51
UBS Completes Credit Suisse Takeover to Create Bank Titan
UBS Group AG completed the acquisition of former rival Credit Suisse Group AG, sealing the biggest merger in
2023-06-12 14:26
Sharon Horgan says she has PTSD from daughter’s health scare
Sharon Horgan has opened up about having post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after her eldest daughter was diagnosed with meningitis as a baby. The Irish actor, who will star in the forthcoming BBC One drama Best Interests with Michael Sheen, said she drew on the experience in order to play her character in the new series. Horgan’s daughter survived the life-threatening illness, but it left an “aftershock” on her mother. “We were so unbelievably lucky and we know that,” the Bad Sisters star told The Times in a new interview, published today (Sunday 11 June). “But the aftershock – there’s definitely PTSD and I dealt with any of my second daughter’s illnesses with blind panic because you always think, ‘If it can happen, why couldn’t it happen again?’” Both of Horgan’s daughters, Sadhbh and Amer, are now teenagers. She shares them with her ex-husband, Jeremy Rainbird. Best Interests tells the story of Nicci (Horgan), a mother who sues the NHS after doctors decide her Marnie (Niamh Moriarty) should be taken off life support after her condition, muscular dystrophy, deteriorates. Horgan stars opposite Sheen, who plays Nicci’s husband Andrew. In the show, Andrew is torn between his love for Marnie and his unwillingness to support his wife’s case. The friction between Nicci and Andrew shows that they “had a real relationship that has difficulties”, Horgan said. “When things get really, really bad, the accusations are there, a certain amount of finger-pointing, which happens anyway, just even in normal parenting,” she explained. After her divorce from Rainbird in 2019, Horgan said the adjustment to co-parenting made her doubt if she was a good mother. During an appearance on Desert Island Discs in 2020, she told host Lauren Laverne: “I was fun mum for years. I entirely thought that was my role but that changes when you co-parent. “Everything changes and you take on a lot more roles and I am much more practical than I was, and I think that is a positive thing.” She continued: “It had some dips in the middle where I thought, ‘Oh, that thing I thought I was, which was a good mother, I am not entirely sure about’. “When you bring anything like that into your kid’s life it’s tricky, when you turn the roles upside down, but it balances out and everything eased back.” Read More Shapewear is booming, and body image experts are worried: ‘It’s really dangerous’ Chris Hemsworth thanks wife Elsa Pataky for her ‘forgiveness’ Kelis addresses Bill Murray dating rumours for the first time Sharon Horgan opens up about ‘aftershock’ after daughter’s meningitis Jamie Foxx’s rep addresses conspiracy Covid vaccine left actor ‘paralyzed and blind’ Debate sparker over parent who wouldn’t give her daughter any birthday cake
2023-06-12 14:16
Ukraine loses 16 US-made armored vehicles, group says, but Kyiv's forces still gain territory
Ukraine has lost 16 US-supplied armored vehicles in the past several days, according to open-source intelligence analysis, as the country's military announced its forces had captured three villages from Russia in an offensive in the eastern Donetsk region.
2023-06-12 13:57