Monthly Archives: January 2017

Between 1984 and 2014, the number of volunteer firefighters dropped by 12 percent. That has spelled trouble for cities and towns especially smaller ones in more rural areas. The Pew Charitable Trusts By Jen Fifield Afterward, back in their pajamas, the young men gathered in the stations control room. The chiefs son wrote up the […]

The new machine seeks to merge the handheld and home console experiences. Now it needs to find an audience In 2013, Nintendo opened a new research and development facility in its home town of Kyoto, Japan. Usually, a consumer technology manufacturer opening a new office wouldnt be news, but this was different: the $350m building […]

Media captionThe BBC’s Sophie Long reports: “Streets have been submerged in water, as the tidal surge breached sea walls” People along England’s east coast are bracing themselves for a storm surge and the possibility of severe flooding. The Environment Agency has issued 17 warnings of danger to life – with homes in Norfolk, Suffolk and […]

“Government schemes such as Help to Buy have improved affordability, enabling more first-time buyers to buy their own property.” Longer mortgage terms The Halifax First-Time Buyer Review estimated that the number of buyers entering the market rose by 7.3% last year and is now 75% higher than the all-time low of 192,300 first-time purchases made […]

Beijing says accord which regards Taiwan as part of China is the political basis for all Sino-US relations and of high sensitivity China has warned Donald Trump that he has no chance of striking a deal with Beijing involving Taiwans political status following the US president-elects latest controversial intervention on the subject. The Chinese foreign […]

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State. The idea behind the clause is […]

The following remarks were delivered at the historic Morris Street Baptist Church in Charleston, South Carolina on Sunday, January 15. There have been times in our nations proud history when attacks on individual civil rights slipped by silently unmarked and unavenged. And then there are other times, when the conscience of this principled nation is […]

Beijing fumes as Taiwanese president declares intent to walk on the international stage after stopovers in the US where she met Republicans China has stepped up its rhetoric against Donald Trump, with a Communist party-controlled newspaper declaring Beijing will have no choice but to take off the gloves if the incoming president insists on tearing […]

Lawrence Hall, spokesman for Zoopla, said: “While superstitions might weigh heavily on the minds of some, in a year with not one but two Friday 13ths – the second of which will be in October – there could be a real opportunity for those not suffering from triskaidekaphobia to secure a property bargain.” Nearly a […]

Donald Trump and his demonisation of minorities are not the exception in US history they are its logical conclusion. Pankaj Mishra examines the dream of the multiracial democracy, and Americas failure to realise it Never in human history have so many diverse peoples lived together as in our time. Nor has the appeal of democracy […]