Year: 2021

Former footballer, Armel Zola, is teaching Congolese dance to people with Down’s syndrome across the UK to stop them feeling so isolated during the pandemic. Armel, who also is a personal trainer to singers like Fleur East, says that he was inspired to run the classes by his younger brother, […]

Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon has earned a fifth Oscar nomination for its latest film Wolfwalkers. The studio uses a mix of hand-drawn animations and computer graphic techniques in its films. Tomm Moore is co-founder of the Kilkenny-based operation that is now considered a key player on the animation world […]

Brazil’s environmental police force, IBAMA, is facing new challenges due to government policy changes, an anonymous senior officer has told the BBC. Cuts to government funding and equipment from abroad, as well as the coronavirus pandemic and rioting have left the authority with little resources to protect the Amazon from […]

In the remote, tribal areas of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, and in the wilder regions of Yemen, where in both cases senior al-Qaeda leaders were hiding out, successive drone strikes had “a chilling effect” on the group’s operations, according to intelligence officers. They forced commanders to stay constantly on the move, […]

The 40-day experiment in France aimed to test the limits of human adaptability to isolation. Source link

The statement by the US president drew an immediate rebuke from Turkey, which disputes the term. Source link

The man allegedly coughed on his colleagues and told them they would get sick, Spanish police said. Source link

Florentino Perez says the ESL was created “to save football” Real Madrid president Florentino Perez says the 12 clubs that agreed to join a new European Super League have “binding contracts” and “cannot leave”. Nine of the 12 teams, including all six Premier League clubs, withdrew from the proposed tournament […]