It's notable that China is also not far behind the US in life expectancy and steadily closing the gap: https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/life-expectancy/ (View Post)

Having worked in the past as a commercial translator (not an interpreter, heaven forbid!) I can say that a degree in foreign languages isn't even particularly useful for translation. More important i… (View Post)

France was the largest arms exporter to Ukraine between 2014 and 2020, and it was Macron who put the most effort into attempting to avert the war by diplomacy. (View Post)

I was lucky enough to spend 10 hours in an A&E waiting area on New Year's Eve (not me; I was accompanying someone else). The only way to get though it was to imagine I was watching some sort of c… (View Post)

Unfortunately, Birmingham is in such a desperate financial situation as a result of its extreme pound-foolishness to date that it has no money left to be pound-wise or indeed penny-wise. And our coun… (View Post)