Take down bird feeders this summer to cut spread of avian disease, says RSPB

[ad_1] Garden birds should not be fed seeds and nuts over the summer months, the RSPB has said, in an attempt to reduce the spread of avian diseases. Bird lovers are being urged to take down their bird feeders between May and October to help birds such as the greenfinch, whose numbers have plummeted after […]

Iran-US war live: Trump accuses Tehran of doing ‘poor job’ in Strait of Hormuz

[ad_1] Iran ceasefire deal ‘must include Lebanon’, says Foreign Secretary Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A […]

Jets not grounded yet as 3-2 win over Blues keeps playoff hopes alive | CBC News

[ad_1] Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Alex Iafallo, Josh Morrissey and Jonathan Toews scored as the Winnipeg Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2 Thursday night, […]

Why the UK banned Kanye West – podcast

[ad_1] When Kanye West was announced as the headliner for Wireless festival in London this summer, the backlash was immediate. “He’d been on a campaign of four or five years of antisemitic trolling,” Lanre Bakare, the Guardian’s arts and culture correspondent, tells Nosheen Iqbal. “Embracing neo-Nazi imagery, pushing out far-right conspiracy theories about Jewish people.” […]

U.S. Amb. to Holy See: Cardinal Denies Pentagon Threatened Vatican

[ad_1] Brian Burch, the U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, said on Thursday that Cardinal Christophe Pierre, former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, has denied an explosive report that claimed the Pentagon issued threats to the Vatican, which Burch called “fabrications” that were “just invented.” Earlier this week, the Free Press reported that Elbridge […]

Early pension release schemes could cost UK workers thousands, HMRC warns

[ad_1] Workers accessing their private pensions could face bills far steeper than anticipated, as HMRC warns schemes claiming to release funds early or tax-efficiently may leave them liable for 100% of tax due plus interest and penalties HMRC stated that tax avoidance schemes frequently depend on “artificial transactions that serve no real purpose”(Image: Peter Cade […]