Tag: Second
The second American civil war is already happening
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The US supreme court’s upcoming decision to reverse Roe v Wade (an early draft of which was leaked last week) doesn’t ban abortions; it leaves the issue to the states. As a result, it will put another large brick in t...
Second set of human remains found in receding Lake Mead waters
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Authorities in Nevada have recovered another set of human remains from Lake Mead as a devastating drought has depleted the massive reservoir outside Las Vegas. Two sisters paddle boarding in the lake on Saturday spott...
Second leaders’ debate a ratings winner for Nine despite employees criticising it as a ‘shambles’
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The second leaders’ debate of the election campaign, hosted by Channel Nine, attracted 641,000 viewers, however the network’s own employees have criticised the format as a “shambles”. The Great Debate on Nine averaged...
Second leaders’ debate factcheck: the five biggest clangers in Morrison v Albanese
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The second leaders debate of the federal election quickly became bogged down in a slanging match of claim and counter-claim on Sunday night. The prime minister, Scott Morrison, and Labor leader, Anthony Albanese, each...
Macron hails ‘democratic renaissance’ as he is sworn in for second term
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Emmanuel Macron said that his reelection marked a “fundamental democratic renaissance” as he was sworn in for a second term of office as president of France at a ceremony at the Elysée Palace. Macron, who defeated his...
Sri Lankan president calls second state of emergency in five weeks
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Sri Lanka’s president has declared a state of emergency for the second time in five weeks, giving security forces sweeping powers as a nationwide strike demanding his resignation brought the country to standstill. A s...
‘They bombed every second’: evacuees’ horror weeks in Azovstal steel plant
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Their bunker couldn’t withstand a direct hit from ferocious Russian bombardment, food was running out and finding water could get them killed. For some civilians inside the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, it was an ...
Albanese and Morrison to face off in second leaders’ debate of federal election, Nine says
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Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison will go head to head in a second leaders’ debate less than a fortnight out from the federal election, the Nine network has announced. It follows days of backroom negotiations betwee...
Depp v Heard: second week of trial takes sheen off celebrity glamor
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Amber Heard has sat impassively through 10 days of Johnny Depp’s $50m defamation against her stemming from their volatile 15 month marriage. Next week, the 36-year-old actor will get to present her version of events i...
Downton Abbey: A New Era review – cheerfully risible second helping of snobby melodrama
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At the end of the last Downton Abbey film, the poor Dowager Countess of Grantham had graciously acknowledged a serious unnamed malady, and there was a solemn overhead crane shot of the stately home against a cosmic st...
Amazon labor organizers push for second union victory in New York
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Amazon workers in New York will go to the polls again as labor activists push to unionize a second facility in the US following their surprise recent victory over the tech giant. About 1,500 eligible workers at an LDJ...
A self-driving revolution? We’re barely out of second gear
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“Britain moves closer to a self-driving revolution,” said a perky message from the Department for Transport that popped into my inbox on Wednesday morning. The purpose of the message was to let us know that the govern...
Serbia ‘sliding towards autocracy’ as president secures second term
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Democracy watchdogs and civil society activists in Serbia have warned that the country is sliding towards autocracy under President Aleksandar Vučić, who was elected for a second term this month with a large majority....
Russian Doll review – did we need this second season? Yes, yes, yes
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The first season of Russian Doll (Netflix) was one of the best comedies of 2019, though to call it a comedy was to grasp at a rigidity that it never really claimed to have. It followed the trials and troubles of Nadia...
Irish Grand National: Lord Lariat gives McLoughlin second shock triumph
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Lord Lariat provided local trainer Dermot McLoughlin with a second successive victory in the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse. A year on from the 150-1 shot Freewheelin Dylan causing an almighty shock in the Easter ...