A silence. I dont care if. We met the irish writer colum told being while he was in berlin the world renowned author is extremely versatile she writes novels short stories essays place and poetry we spoke with him about his books in his life as well as about ireland and how its changing. Tobin is particularly known for his skill at writing compelling female characters. His bestselling novel brooklyn was adapted for the screen it tells the story of ellis a young woman who cannot find work in ireland and so makes the difficult decision to emigrate. Like so many before and. After her illness bored to shit in the hope of finding a better future. She heads to new jersey. There she settles in the borough of brooklyn which is home to a Large Community of irish immigrants. At 1st and shes torn between the 2 cultures and then between to meet tony in new york. And jim who she meets in ireland on a trip back. Compassionate depiction of her heartache for torment and her agonizing decision consolid
World have dangerous amounts of lead in their blood. Now the heads of some of the worlds biggest tech giants have enjoyed a 5 hour grilling from house members in the u. S. On their Business Practices Facebook Google amazon and apple are all accused of stifling competition and monopolizing the industry its the culmination of a year long investigation by congress detailing how the companys avoid liability under the current boss alan fischer has a story he now is the Ranking Member fittingly the tech giants appeared virtually to face questions the subcommittee chairman making clear he sees a problem their dominance is killing Small Businesses and you factoring in the overall dynamism of the engines of the American Economy their ability to dictate terms call the shots up and entire sectors and inspire fear represent the powers of a private government this was meant to be an inquiry into Business Practices did for Companies Google amazon apple and facebook stifle rivals and kill competition
Florida and california record the highest single day toll more restrictions in the australian state of victoria as coronavirus cases hit a record high and a dream shattered a family still seeking answers about how their teenage son died while training with the time military. Thank you very much for joining us for the 1st time Hong Kong Police have used a new National Security law imposed by china to crackdown on prodemocracy activists online for students belonging to a group called student localism have been arrested theyre accused of posting content that called for hong kongs independence the controversial law was imposed by beijing 4 weeks ago it makes observe a version and secession criminal offenses and it grants Police Powers to arrest the suspects without a warrant. They have a some decoration for them so for example they wanted to be a scottish hong kong country and also they wanted to be loose all the means to to keep doing this strange and finally they wanted to to united all
Prodemocracy candidates disqualified from hong kongs local elections and students arrested for online posts in the beijings new security. Suspected russian mercenaries are detained in bel air routes to queues of trying to disrupt an upcoming film. And on a mission to search for signs of life in space because mars rover blast off from florida heading for the red planet. Im going to guess rosco with the sport Saudi Arabian investors pull out of a bid to buy new cars so united up to months of premier league scrutiny. So theres more proof of the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic with the United States. Being its worst economic slump since the 940 s. Its economy has shrunk at the fastest pace on record that is down 9. 5 percent between april and june and in the past week another 1400000 people have applied for jobless benefits the same time europes biggest economy thats germany has plunged into recession shrinking by a record 10 percent of the pandemics wiped out nearly a decad
Lets enjoy ourselves. This is a tremendous moment for jim and your family and lets just enjoy ourselveses for a little while. Well ask jim to say a few words. I want to hear what he has to say about his great talent, his great running ability. I find athletics to be extraordinary, i love it. Thank you for being here. Today it is my privilege to present our nations highest civilian honor, the president ial medal of freedom, to a legendary athlete and legendary runner, olympian and true american patriot, former congressman jim ryun. Jim, congratulations. Fantastic. [applause] were joined today by jims wife ann, thank you, ann, very much, congratulations. And various family members. But his son, where ned. Ned, thank you very much. Katherine, thank you very much. Im going to ask you to come up and say a few words, both of you, so you better be prepared. Got a lot of news back there. See im being nice today. I dont use the other word in front of the word news. But jims journey started with