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Staff at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) have said they are seeing pregnant victims of domestic abuse every week. They say the situation is so bad that such violence against pregnant women is “as common as gestational diabetes”, a condition sometimes developed by expectant mothers. Ann-Marie McCarthy, Social Work Team Leader at CUMH, warned the abuse is “much more common” than people might realise, with telltale signs that hospital staff are seeing. Those signs range from bruising to missing appointments to not speaking during appointments while partners answer any questions from staff. “There’s lots of red flags for domestic violence.…

“Paquita,” by Pierre Lacotte, at the Opéra Bastille, December 2, 2024. MARIA-HELENA BUCKLEY/ONP Christmas celebrations at the Opéra National de Paris promised to be flamboyant. Paquitaa hectic classical ballet, revived in 2001 by Pierre Lacotte, was set to rock the Opéra Bastille, from December 5 to January 4. Playthe best-seller choreographed in 2017 by Sweden’s Alexander Ekman, was sold out from December 7 to January 4, at the Palais Garnier. No sooner had Paquita premiered on December 5 than a dancers’ strike forced the cancellation of a performance. Another strike the following day. Four days later, on December 9, spectators…

US President-elect Donald Trump defended his choice of Charles Kushner for US ambassador to France, describing him as a “family member” and a “very successful man” in an interview released on Wednesday, December 11.

All roads lead to Carles Puigdemont. Every time there is a traffic jam in the legislature, the Junts leader is almost always the key to finishing the negotiations. It happened in the last one, that of the fiscal pact, when a video conference had to be improvised at night in which María Jesús Montero, Santos Cerdán and even the former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero were present, and on the other side Miriam Nogueras, Jordi Turull and the Puigdemont himself, who joined later. Once again, the situation has been complicated by Junts’ threat not to even negotiate the Budgets, something…

Puigdemont’s party demands border control, something that the Executive refuses to give up Read The Government offers Junts that Mossos control ports and airports together with police and civil guards

Against the backdrop of the change of president in the USA, Foreign Minister Baerbock meets with colleagues and the EU Foreign Affairs Representative Kallas in Berlin. What’s next in Kyiv and Damascus? Watch this and other news on WELT TV.© Axel Springer Germany GmbH. All rights reserved. Now live: Meeting in Berlin – discussions about Ukraine and the situation in Syria – video

Macron wants to campaign for European protection troops in Ukraine. The parties are outdoing each other with election promises. And: Germany’s opportunity in Syria. That is the situation on Thursday. News: Ukraine, Emanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz, Donald Trump

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Thursday to “fight until the very last minute” amid an impeachment vote and martial law probe. Police raided his office over December’s turmoil, including deploying troops to parliament. Yoon, banned from foreign travel, faces an “insurrection” investigation into his inner circle. South Korea Yoon defends martial law decision, vows to fight until ‘very last minute’

  South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday defended his decision to declare short-lived martial law saying it was a measure to protect the country’s democracy. The beleaguered president, who is under criminal investigation for alleged insurrection, declared martial law last week, saying he wanted to rid the country of “pro-North Korean forces,” in a move that plunged the country into political turmoil.  Yoon prepared to ‘fight to the end’ Yoon accused the opposition of trying to remove him from office in a televised statement. “I will fight to the end, to prevent the forces and criminal groups that have been…