People

Ireland’s basic income for artists changed my life. Other people deserve the same luck | Caelainn Hogan
I won the lottery. Out of around 8,000 artists, my name was randomly chosen to be one of the 2,000 who the Irish government would pay a basic income....
At least six people killed and five injured in bus fire in Switzerland
At least six people have been killed and five injured after a bus caught fire in a town in Switzerland.The blaze happened in Kerzers in Fribourg canton in western...
Let’s be blunt – British people need to stop being so polite | Polly Hudson
Sunday lunch guests often check in the day before, but this text was different. Rather than making sure of the time, or wondering what to bring, it was a...
Who will stand up for the Iranian people as death rains on them from the skies? | Nasrin Parvaz
I have been watching the news from inside Iran, unable to hold in my sorrow. As an Iranian who was imprisoned and tortured by the regime, I have been...
Black people up to 48 times more likely to be stopped and searched in richest areas of London
Black people are up to 48 times more likely than white people to be stopped and searched by police in some of London’s best-off areas, a new report has...
Now we have proof: dealing with difficult people really does age you
Name: Hasslers.Age: More like ageing.Appearance: Regrettable.That’s not very nice! None of us are getting any younger. You misunderstand me. I’m talking about people whose mere presence seems to have...
Bombing at nightclub in Peru injures 33 people, including minors
A bombing at a nightclub in Peru has injured 33 people, including minors, authorities said Saturday.The explosion happened in the pre-dawn hours at the Dalí nightclub in the province...
‘People were carrying their dogs across the ice’: Adela Ramirez’s best phone picture
Had Adela Ramirez’s puggle Teddy still been alive, she would have been out walking him in the snow. Instead, she was at home, in the art studio of her...
Hundreds of applications, no jobs and AI competition: California’s brutal tech work landscape
Laid-off tech worker Joseph Tinner has spent almost a year hunting for a job. It has been a depressing crash course on the sea change in Silicon Valley.The former...
The worst of the worst: how Kristi Noem treated the American people ‘like dogs’
Kristi Noem once led a dog to a gravel pit and ended its life with the cold precision of a mafia hit. On Thursday, the homeland security secretary confronted...