Gregg Abbott’s strategy to deter immigration isn’t just harming people and costing billions – it’s ruining the Rio Grande’s ecosystem Strong-arm strategies by Texas along the US-Mexico border have eroded more than human rights for migrants seeking asylum in the US; they have degraded the environment – and now the destruction is escalating. In the…

The Quincunx author’s sixth book, the story of a family in crisis in an authoritarian regime, is exquisitely plotted and satisfying For readers of a certain age, Charles Palliser’s name is so deeply associated with his massive debut novel, The Quincunx, a literary mystery that was on every bedside table in the 1990s, that you…

World’s smallest army, which is preparing to swear in its latest recruits, has in the past engaged in ferocious battles With their feathered helmets, ruffled collars and coloured, puffed-sleeve uniforms, the Vatican Swiss Guards are often likened by curious visitors to medieval court jesters. But while they willingly pose for photographs, the watchmen are not…

Eka Chavleishvili is superb as an unmarried fortysomething woman whose life is turned upside-down by romance in Elene Naveriani’s handsome drama The local gossips, with their tittering, pitying glances, might find it hard to believe, but 48-year-old Etero (Eka Chavleishvili) is single by choice. Finally free from the overbearing chauvinism of her father and brother,…

Throughout her life, Danyah Miller developed coping mechanisms to help deal with certain challenges. Would she have thrived if she had known about dyslexia, or would a label have limited her? Discovering that I have dyslexia, and most probably dyscalculia, later in my life has raised many questions for me, not least whether a childhood…

Cristiano Ronaldo a fost omul meciului în victoria lui Al-Nassr, scor 6-0 cu Al-Wehda, în etapa a 30-a din campionatul Arabiei Saudite. Fostul atacant de la Manchester United, Real Madrid sau Juventus a ajuns la cea de-a 66-a triplă a carierei. Cristiano Ronaldo, spectacol în Arabia Saudită! Starul portughez a marcat din toate pozițiile un…