## Three Years After Trial Launch, Ireland Is Making Basic Income for Artists Program Permanent

Authored by artnews.com

Several years after launching a trial, Ireland is set to make its basic income for artists program permanent starting in 2026.

Under the program, selected artists receive a weekly payment of approximately $375, or about $1,500 per month.

The government may expand the program to additional applicants in the future, should more funding become available, according to Irish broadcaster RTÉ.

Many artists suffered disproportionate income losses during that time due to the cancelation of live performances and events.

The report further estimated that a permanent, “scaled-up” program would likely result in artists producing 22 percent more work, while lowering the average cost of art to consumers by 9 to 25 percent.

Ireland’s BIA program is a form of universal basic income, a policy that grants all citizens a recurring payment regardless of socioeconomic status or other factors.

The Network will continue to help demonstrate basic income within communities and show how it is a sustainable policy,” the UBI Lab Network said in a statement calling for a nationwide program. »

### Hundreds call for Putin to be overthrown in huge gathering at St Petersburg in rare display of public dissent against the dictator as Ukraine's long-range strikes bring war home to Russians

Authored by dailymail.co.uk

Hundreds of Russians have called for Putin to be overthrown in a show of public dissent against the dictator in St Petersburg.

A St Petersburg court banned the distribution of the song in May, following a lawsuit in April.

She will reportedly be charged with an administrative offence for organising a large gathering in a public place. »

### Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.

Authored by theintercept.com

It’s part of a raft of lies Trump has used to paint America’s cities as war-torn wastelands and justify urban military occupations.

“You saw it in Washington,” Trump announced in an address to hundreds of top military officers late last month.

JTF–DC spokesperson Alexia Nal says that troops deployed on the streets of the capital have never engaged in combat with any suspected criminals. »

### Gaza latest: Trump says ‘we will have no choice but to go in and kill Hamas’ if violence continues

Authored by independent.co.uk

US President Donald Trump has issued a warning to “kill Hamas”, just days after he celebrated a ceasefire and prisoner-hostage exchange.

Families of Israeli hostages and captives demanded that a ceasefire be terminated if the 19 bodies remaining in Gaza are not returned.

Hamas said all reachable hostage bodies have been returned to Israel. »

### ‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

Authored by theguardian.com

“See you later, I hope,” Maxwell said, waving her right hand by twisting it slightly at the wrist.

But in the summer of 2000, the home we pulled up to was a garish pink, the colour of Pepto-Bismol.

View image in fullscreen Giuffre, centre, after appearing in court in New York with other women who had accused Epstein of sexual abuse, 2019. »

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