Another migrant boat spotted on English Channel day after mass-casualty wreck
A day after 12 migrants died when a small rubber boat ripped apart during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel, dozens more tried again on Wednesday in a crowded boat from northern France, as French patrol boats watched the boat's struggle across the sea. The migrants' willingness to risk their lives underscored the […]
RFK Jr. says Kamala Harris can’t ‘put together’ a sentence in English
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Vice President Kamala Harris' rhetoric and frequent policy shifts make her “unfit to be president,” and suggested she “cannot even construct a sentence in the English language.” “I don't believe Vice President Harris is fit to be president of this country,” Kennedy, 70, said. He spoke to NewsNation's “Cuomo” on […]
Aging Europe: Rising costs threaten EU pensions – DW (English)
Europe’s demographic time bomb has been ticking for decades, with European Union societies ageing and people living longer. Currently, more than a fifth of the European Union’s population is over 65 years old; this figure is expected to reach a third by 2050. The World Health Organization warned last year that in 2024, for the […]
Cost of fighting flooding is soaking up English councils’ cash, ministers warned | Flooding
The cost of preventing major flooding caused by extreme weather and excessive rainfall is deepening the financial crisis for councils in low-lying England, ministers have warned. Communities in the east of the country say they are being forced to cut routine services like garbage collection because of dramatic and unsustainable increases in payments they have […]
Two Boat Migrants Die in Attempt to Cross English Channel
Two illegal migrants died in the English Channel after setting off from the French coast in an unsteady rubber dinghy on Sunday morning. It comes after two people drowned off the coast of Calais on Sunday, making 25 migrants who have died in the Channel trying to reach British coasts so far this year. Daily […]
Steven Adams pretended he couldn’t speak English as a rookie so Kevin Garnett wouldn’t trash talk him
Kevin Garnett is a legendary trash talker. Throughout his career, fellow NBA players would say he was one of the most ruthless, harsh and cruel talkers in the league, someone who always had the perfect thing to say to break down an opponent’s spirit. So no one blames Steven Adams for hating the smoke as […]
Steven Adams pretended not to speak English to avoid Kevin Garnett
Kevin Garnett’s talent for badmouthing during his playing days was so strong that Rockets center Steven Adams told Garnett not to speak English during his first NBA season to avoid his wrath. During Adams’ rookie season with the Thunder in 2013-14, Adams faced Garnett, then with the Nets, and was the first to suggest that […]
‘Beach Rave’ Becomes Machete Battle at English Seaside Resort
Two people injured in a machete fight on the beach were among those arrested following Tuesday night’s unrest in a British seaside town. A “beach rave” turned into a street brawl in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, on Tuesday night, after groups fought along the seafront with long bladed weapons described as machetes. Police said they set up […]
10% of Massachusetts workforce can’t speak much English: Report
About 10% of Massachusetts’ workforce has “limited English proficiency,” according to a new report from two DEI-advocacy organizations. On Monday, MassINC, a nonprofit that promotes “inclusive” economic opportunity in Massachusetts, and the UMass Donahue Institute, which wants to “advance equity and social justice” as part of the University of Massachusetts President’s Office’s public and economic […]
Nearly half a million working-age Massachusetts residents lack English proficiency: report
A new report finds that more than 450,000 Massachusetts residents have limited English proficiency. The Boston Herald reported. The situation represents “another challenge for an economy that continues to lose many taxpayers to other states with lower taxes and costs of living.” Reports, A study released Wednesday by MassInc and UMass Donahue estimates there are […]