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Alaska has the benefit that there are no problematic countries in between should Putin's plane have to land unexpectedly.

Trump meeting Putin is regretful. Putin landing anywhere in the west and not being arrested immediately is disgusting.

My wife and I have booked our holidays for next year. We had considered visiting her brother in the US to mark a big birthday. Flights plus accommodation plus meals out for a family of 4 for 10 days to 2 weeks would be considerable but as a once off justifiable. The distance was a stretch but...

https://www.change.org/p/let-the-people-decide-a-petition-to-ensure-that-conor-mcgregor-is-on-the-presidential-bal Conor McGregor has launched a bid to become President of Ireland. He seemingly has recognised that he won't get a nomination - a candidate needs either 10% of members of our...

I remember being gripped by scenes of the fall of the Berlin Wall on the news. I was 9 and it was such a visual thing. I don't remember Chernobyl. I've looked at some other news of the time but I don't remember it as vividly.

The average Irish summer's day is 16C/61F (average temperature over 24hrs). My house is heavily insulated to keep heat in and there are days I would like Air Con but we don't need it. If parts of the house overheat on a sunny day, it can be usually be cooled overnight. Today is Lúnasa...

Since they are offshore and it is the UK, the lucky landowner is probably Charles.

It's a sign I'm getting old, I heard about this through my kids before I saw it online myself.

In Spectre James Bond introduces himself as Topolino when infiltrating a bad guy convention in Italy.

Embargo historically would have been physically enforced, by a navy for example. It's meaning has varied over time, if say a document was not to be released until after 6pm, that is also called an embargo.

Realistically how difficult is it to install say Linux Mint on a desktop PC? I'm better informed than the average user but by no means a tech wizard. Practically I have a Dell desktop that is a bit aged, nine years old now, it wasn't top of the range at the time but still has plenty of life in...

It was stuck on the ground in Kyiv since the start of the war. It had been in for repair/maintenance. It was able to leave yesterday.

I think the adage 'Make hay while the sun shines' needs an update. It's midnight locally, there's a small bit of daylight on the horizon and I can hear tractors still making silage.

Elsewhere in the UK the police have valiantly decided not to intervene in the dismantling of contentious bonfires to celebrate the 12th. The one on particular they aren't dismantling is the one next to an electricity substation on a site containing asbestos. The one with the effigies of...

If you plead guilty, you don't go to trial, but there is no formal way of saying, I'm charged with X, but would plead guilty to Y. It's more informal. Prosecutors will balance the liklihood of getting a conviction against the charge, liklihood of pleading guilty etc., the defence will also be...