Babylon current affairs articles.
Demand for Irish passports in the UK has jumped by 50% since the Brexit vote, Ireland’s minister for foreign affairs and trade has revealed. More than 100,000 Irish passports were issued in the UK in the first six months of 2017,…
A new report accused 49 members of the Catholic Church, of physical and in some instances sexual abuse of at least 547 young members of the Regensburger Domspatzen boys choir in Germany between 1945 and the early 1990s. The alleged…
In an operation carried out by Spanish police in coordination with Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, 65 people were arrested for trading horse meat, unfit for human consumption. The individuals were charged with crimes including…
Let’s help the people born with albinism in Tanzania together! B.Othingness is a Dutch campaign fighting to reduce the concealment due to (self-) stigma and creating a positive image and self-awareness among people born with albinism in Tanzania. A child…
Malta, EU’s smallest nation, becomes the 15th member of the bloc to legalise same-sex marriage. The predominantly Catholic island of Malta voted for legalisation of the same-sex union on Wednesday evening, July 12. The lawmakers voted 66-1 in favour of…
Research conducted by Trinity College Dublin shows that 42% of the homeless people in Ireland are women, rising to 47% in Dublin. In Europe, the rate is much lower where women typically account for between 20% and 33% of the…
Austria has barred Turkish economy minister Nihat Zeybekci from entering the country to attend an event marking the anniversary of last year’s failed coup in Turkey, a spokesman for Austria’s foreign ministry said on Monday. “He has been barred because…
As per the company diversity data reports 2015, only 21% women were in the tech roles in pinterest and apple, 19% in intel, 18% in Google and Linkedin, 13% and 16% in twitter and Facebook. However, for 2016 the numbers…
Austria has deployed armoured vehicles and will also send upto 750 soldiers close to its border with Italy to block any migrants trying to head north, the government announced. The move reflects deep concern in Vienna and elsewhere in Europe…
