Ft. Snelling ceremony recognizes 40th anniversary of U.S. servicemen killed in Beirut
Recent events in the Middle East were front of mind for some.
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John Downing: Cannabis isn't for me, but Citizens' Assembly ideas on confronting its use in Ireland are welcome
“Hey, the Pope is visiting your country,” the elderly Dutchman called across the bar, in English spoken with that distinctive American burr many people in the Netherlands learn via American television soaps, which are subtitled and never dubbed. “I know – that’s why I’m over here, smoking dope,” was my smart aleck reply.
Source: independent.ie
John Downing: The Green Party in government – a stand-out star, an under pressure minister and the one most likely to get re-elected
It’s long forgotten that Mary Harney once advised the Green Party that “your worst day in government is better than your best day in opposition”.
Source: independent.ie
Israel-Palestine war: EU leaders strive towards some semblance of unity amid the chaos in the Middle East
Ursula von der Leyen has taken up residence in the firing line amid the European Union’s messy and divided response to 10 days of murder and mayhem in Israel and Palestine.
Source: independent.ie
Israel-Hamas war: A battle of competing furies matched only by the helpless suffering of ordinary people
In a bar on a side street in Vienna the other night, I met the first person I had ever personally encountered who was ready to unabashedly say: “I support Vladimir Putin on Ukraine.”
Source: independent.ie