Israel’s NSO double game
Read More In the wake of the shock waves generated by global investigations from the Pegasus Project, revealing the significant number of journalists, human rights defenders, political dissidents and even heads of state targeted using NSO’s spyware, Defense Minister Benny Gantz boarded an overnight plane to Paris. Hoping to smooth things over with French President […]
‘Vaccines work, no doubt about it’: Israel’s top COVID expert answers your questions
Read More Haaretz hosted Prof. Ran Balicer, the chairman of Israel’s expert panel on COVID-19, for a special Zoom briefing Wednesday on the delta variant’s spread in Israel and the impact of the country’s vaccination effort. Israel was lauded as a global leader in vaccinations and deemed “the first country in the world to get […]
In South Africa, only 5% of chief executives are women
Read More Only 5% of chief executives are women and the gender pay gap is most pronounced in the top JSE-listed companies, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report released on Thursday. The report, which tracked executive director remuneration trends in 285 companies, found that there were only 81 women executives among the 725 people whose […]
Formula for disaster: Why overfocus on formula-feeding will not improve our breastfeeding rates
Read More This year’s World Breastfeeding Week falls a few days before national Women’s Day and a few weeks after parts of the country erupted in violence. In response, members of civil society mobilised and gathered donations to send to affected areas. Included in calls for donations were requests for infant formula. As breastfeeding champions […]
Ignorance of LPG energy will literally leave us cold
Read More July hit South Africa like a hurricane in succession with violence and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, a series of cold fronts that brought extreme cold and even snow in parts of the country and, as a predictable consequence – further load-shedding. There has rarely been a more urgent moment to find effective […]
Editorial: And still we wait for a decision on Mkhize
Read More Many people are asking why President Cyril Ramaphosa has not acted on a damning report sitting on his desk regarding the serious allegations against the minister of health, Zweli Mkhize. Papers filed by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to the Special Tribunal point to Mkhize’s involvement in how contracts worth R150-million were awarded to […]
Fledgling success as hen harrier continues to recover in England
Read More Birds Fledgling success as hen harrier continues to recover in England This summer will have highest number of fledged chicks since 2002, according to Moorland Association @patrick_barkham Thu 5 Aug 2021 08.14 EDT Last modified on Thu 5 Aug 2021 08.55 EDT The endangered hen harrier is continuing its recovery from near extinction […]
UK backed plan to charge non-EU travellers to enter Europe
Read More European Union UK backed plan to charge non-EU travellers to enter Europe Exclusive: David Cameron’s government said to have been one of ‘biggest supporters’ of idea in 2016 in Brussels Thu 5 Aug 2021 08.49 EDT Last modified on Thu 5 Aug 2021 09.09 EDT The British government was one of the “biggest […]
Number of NHS Covid app ‘pings’ falls by 43% in a week
Read More Coronavirus Number of NHS Covid app ‘pings’ falls by 43% in a week A total of 395,971 alerts sent to people in England and Wales in week to 28 July – down from 690,129 the week before Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Chief political correspondent @jessicaelgot Thu 5 Aug […]
GOP NYC Mayoral Candidate Curtis Sliwa Delivers Resignation Demand to Cuomo
Republican New York City mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa and Democrat lawmakers appeared outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Manhattan office Wednesday and demanded the state’s top executive resign…
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