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The IRA's campaign of violence was not solely responsible for achieving its aims. Political developments, international pressure, and changing attitudes within Northern Ireland all played crucial roles. However, the threat of violence and the IRA's ability to disrupt daily life certainly influenced the peace process.

Paul Bew

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13 days ago

The Secret Service relies on partnerships to provide the highest level of dignitary protection in the world. The Police Service of Northern Ireland is a truly dedicated partner, and we have the utmost confidence in the PSNI’s abilities to work side by side with our agency. We remain grateful for their ongoing support during the president’s visit.

Jocelyn Keaveney

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Northern Ireland Protocol is interesting because I think loyalism has a point – and I think there’s a legitimate argument to be made that a customs border between Northern Ireland and Britain – similar to the way a border across the island, is wrong. But is The Northern Ireland Protocol the case that these are the issues that people in my community are discussing ? No. If you went out and did a survey and asked people in loyalist areas what is The Northern Ireland Protocol – I ’d be willing to bet that over half of them would n’t be able to tell you – there’s more important issues.

Joel Keys

Found on CNN
1 year ago

For those of us here in the Northern Hemisphere, please wear sunscreen. It is just not worth it. No matter how much you want a tan. Trust me, put some sunscreen on. You’ll still have an incredible time out there, all right. Please be safe.

Hugh Jackman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A highly anomalous April snowstorm with blizzard conditions is expected from northwestern Nebraska and across the central Dakotas and then into northern Minnesota.

Storm Prediction Center

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The northern sites are not only aimed at a Taiwan contingency, they have utility in times of a South China Sea conflict, it’s difficult to imagine that a Taiwan Strait conflict will exclude a South China Sea dimension.

Collin Koh

Found on CNN
1 year ago

After the department’s careful review of the law and the facts, I’ve determined that members of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces, Eritrean Defense Forces, Tigray People’s Liberation Front forces and Amhara forces committed war crimes during the conflict in northern Ethiopia.

Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I know that’s something very special and personal to you and we would love to have you over, it’s my intention to go to Northern Ireland and the Republic.

Rishi Sunak

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As this severe weather continues to impact more residents across northern Nevada I again urge all Nevadans to stay safe, travel cautiously, and to follow all local guidance. State and federal partners will continue to monitor local damage and will work quickly to assess needed repairs across northern Nevada.

Joe Lombardo

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I am confident the people and businesses of Northern Ireland will be able to take full advantage of the economic opportunities created by this stability and certainty, and the United States stands ready to support the region’s vast economic potential.

Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Today’s agreement delivers smooth-flowing trade within the whole United Kingdom, protects Northern Ireland’s place in our union and safeguards sovereignty for the people of Northern Ireland.

Rishi Sunak

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Lightning in polar regions was n’t mentioned [ in this year’s Vaisala report ], but our global lightning network shows a trend for much more lightning in the northern polar regions, that trend closely tracks the observed average temperature changes over the northern hemisphere.

Michael McCarthy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We suspected that there was a chronology to the northern Scandinavian gene pool, and it did indeed prove that a more recent influx of Uralic ancestry into Scandinavia define much of the northern gene pool, but if it is recent, it is comparatively so. For example, we know that this Uralic ancestry was present in northern Scandinavia as early as during the late Viking period.

Ricardo Rodríguez-Varela

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

> MENDOCINO, Calif., Jan 5( Reuters) - Harbormaster Anna Neumann dashed from vessel to vessel, business to business at the port Harbormaster Anna Neumann manages near the mouth of northern Californias Noyo River, ensuring all was secure as storms bringing waves as high as a three-story building pummeled the state.You prep as much as you can, and then you just wait for whatever unknown issue that you did n’t prep for to happen, and then you respond.

Harbormaster Anna Neumann

Found on Reuters
1 year ago

In February … I flew to Manitoba (Canada), and then drove several hours north just to see a snowy owl, it was 25 degrees below zero in northern Canada. I never thought I’d see one standing in my shirtsleeves on a suburban street in 70-degree weather.

Jaret Davey

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They’re most common in very, very North Canada, the southern limit of their winter range is in the northern United States. So it’s not uncommon for them to be in Washington or Minnesota or Maine in the winter. But to be this far south is really exceptional.

Jaret Davey

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is really going to help a lot with the short-term drought in Northern California, perhaps even erase short-term drought conditions, but it’s going to take a lot more to completely obviate the longer term, multi-year drought impacts.

Daniel Swain

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If we get those big offshore wind events in Southern California like the Santa Anas, the Diablo winds in Northern California, those could lead to bigger fires.

Craig Clements

Found on CNN
1 year ago

All of her assignments before were not as clear cut. If you look at [ migration issues related to diplomacy at the ] Northern Triangle, look at voting rights, there was no clear way to measure success, i just reminded her that she and the President are both the biggest assets that we have.

Cedric Richmond

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When I began work on the root causes of migration from northern Central America, I approached the task with a few basic principles: one, my belief — I think our shared belief — that people don’t want to leave home, and when they do, it is usually for one of two reasons: They are fleeing harm, or they cannot address the basic needs of themselves or their family.

Kamala Harris

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Any time you get people who are hungry and without other options you've got a security situation. ( In) Northern Kenya we're bordered by South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia, all of which are still in the grip of conflict that spews small arms into this ecosystem, so you've got a lot of weapons up here and increasing hunger so, yeah, I'd say that's an increasing security concern.

Frank Pope

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The northern melt this past week is not normal, looking at 30 to 40 years of climate averages, but melting has been on the increase, and this event was a spike in melt.

Ted Scambos

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’m going to try to target northern pike, so I think that might be the next big game fish that I go for.

Cassady Douglas

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Israel is seeking, through these attempts, to separate the villages in the Hebron Mountains from the northern Negev in the occupied lands, and break families' ties.

Abu Younis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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