Month: March 2021

A ‘Dunkirk approach’ is needed to roll out millions of second vaccine doses in the UK, says a pharmacist chief. As Britain did in World War Two, he wants to launch a ‘Thousand Little Ships’.

11 March 2021 By Paul Martin

By PAUL MARTIN Pharmacists have volunteered to come to the rescue of Britain’s National Health Service by launching “a thousand little ships like those that saved us at Dunkirk” to boost the roll-out of the second anti-Covid vaccine jabs. Mark Koziol, chairman of the Pharmacists Defence Association, told Correspondent.World: ‘’Big is not always beautiful.” He complained that the NHS and […]

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The biggest tragedy for Christians in northern Iraq. Even in the plains of Nineveh, the majority will never return.

8 March 2021 By david

SPECIAL FROM THE POPE’S TRIP TO IRAQ Pope’s visit to Iraq: The village where jihadists scarred Christian symbols. ‘We expelled Isis, but many did not return’In Karamles, in the community trying to be reborn, Pope Francis is expected to visit the region on his first trip after the start of the pandemic. FROM LORENZO CREMONESI […]

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The Pope is in Mosul, once the Biblical city of Nineveh. One man is hoping the Holy Father’s visit will help restore the Iraqi city’s symbol of religious unity: the tomb of Jonah, destroyed by Isis.

7 March 2021 By Paul Martin

By Paul Martin in Mosul.

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In Iraq, the Pope intones a Prayer of the Sons and Daughters of Abraham. I was at an equally historic ceremony there during the Iraq war in 2003.

6 March 2021 By Paul Martin

Joined by Muslims, Jews, representatives of different Christian Churches and other Iraqi religious minorities in the Iraqi city of Ur, Pope Francis prays for reconciliation, peace and the strength to rebuild the ravaged nation. In a key part of his historic three-day trip to Iraq, the first ever by a Pope, Francis travelled south from […]

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Protected: The Pope visits the Grand Ayatollah in Najaf. It’s a Holy City for Shia Islam. But it’s also been the scene of tension and violence.

6 March 2021 By Paul Martin

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Top BBC broadcaster Jeremy Paxman launches a tirade against BBC reporting.

5 March 2021 By Paul Martin

Veteran BBC broadcaster Jeremy Paxman has attacked war reporters on television who put their own ego ahead of the story. In an online discussion Paxman said that in war reporting, egoism “switches the focus from whatever’s happening wherever you are to me, me, me”. He added: “That’s the besetting problem with television. It’s full of […]

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How Nelson Mandela and Mohammad Ali, filled with mutual admiration, looked to bring reconciliation through boxing in particular and sport in general.

4 March 2021 By Paul Martin

MOHAMMAD ALI AND NELSON MANDELA: THEIR PASSION FOR BOXING AND HUMANITY.

Days before Pope’s visit to Iraq, a rocket attack is launched on a Coalition military base. Will the Pope’s visit be destabilised?

4 March 2021 By Paul Martin

Just two days before a historic visit to Iraq by Pope Francis, a dozen rockets slammed into a military base for American, British and other Coalition troops. This follows another attack a few days ago, apparently originating from the disputed oil-rich north-eastern district of Kirkuk. Analysts suggested the attacks are aimed at a propaganda victory for […]

Analysis Strange as It Seems

What can lower your risk for heart failure? Daily coffee.

3 March 2021 By Paul Martin

Fill up that mug: Having one or more cups of caffeinated coffee a day may reduce your risk of heart failure, new research suggests. There was one caveat, however: Decaffeinated coffee doesn’t appear to provide the same protection as caffeine-rich blends. “The association between caffeine and heart failure risk reduction was surprising,” admitted study senior […]

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US Armed Forces develop a new secret weapon. Sleep, and midday naps.

3 March 2021 By Paul Martin

A U.S. Army soldier takes a nap — which the Pentagon now recommends to combat sleep deprivation — while another holds position on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Photo by Spc. Ken Scar/U.S. Army. March 3 (UPI) — A new Defense Department report called sleep deprivation a serious detriment to readiness, adding that most service members lack adequate […]

Media Blunders or Brilliance

A former British national newspaper editor admits he secretly backed violence by the Irish Republican Army. Did this influence his objectivity?

3 March 2021 By Paul Martin

The revelation from former Daily Mirror editor Roy Greenslade that he “supported the right of the Irish people to engage in armed struggle” via the IRA throughout the 1970s and 1980s has prompted a furious response from many in the industry, reports the Press Gazette. From 1992 until 2020, Greenslade had also been the media […]

Corona and Covid

The ‘Vicar of Baghdad’ has faced kidnapping, threats of execution, and Iraqi gunfire. now he’s fighting an even bigger battle.

3 March 2021 By Paul Martin

LATEST NEWS: Canon Andrew White says he fighting his toughest battle yet — for survival against the combined diseases of Covid and Multiple Sclerosis. He was admitted to a hospital in southern England in January 2021, and says he caught Covid while in the wards there. We spoke to him, on March 2 2021, via […]