Giorno: 6 Agosto 2021

Korda Closes in on Gold, India’s Ashok Eyes Surprise Medal

Read More KAWAGOE, Japan—World number one Nelly Korda pulled within tantalizing reach of the gold medal in Olympic women’s golf on Friday, as Aditi Ashok boosted India’s hopes of an unlikely podium spot after the third round at Kasumigaseki Country Club. Overnight leader by four strokes, American Korda carded a two-under 69 to lead by […]

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: diving, boxing, cycling and athletics – live!

Read More Key events Show 7.00pm EDT 19:00 Preamble Live feed Show 7.29pm EDT 19:29 Women’s marathon: The Olympic marathon is supposed to be the ultimate test but that’s usually just because of the competition. The heat has been half the battle today. Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir streaks ahead to take gold, her teammate Brigid Kosgei, […]

Amazon to Mandate Masks for All Its Workers in Warehouses

Starting Monday, Amazon will be requiring all of its 900,000 U.S. warehouse workers to wear masks indoors, regardless of their vaccination status.

Biden sees worst record of confirmed ambassador appointees in recent history

Post Content White House officials are concerned about the lack of Senate-confirmed appointees under President Biden in comparison to previous administrations, reports said Friday. Biden carries the worst record for the number of confirmed appointees in recent history and has not seen a single ambassador instated eight months into his presidency. There is growing concern […]

Progressives connect with a solid ‘left’ after getting knocked down

Post Content If this were boxing, we’d call it a split decision for progressives in Congress. Democratic House candidate and former co-campaign chair for the presidential bid of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Nina Turner, lost the primary to succeed Housing Secretary and former Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio. Progressives and members of the “squad” had coalesced […]

Rep. Madison Cawthorn slams libs’ ‘swampy backdoor tactics’ in surprise speech to North Carolina school board

Post Content North Carolina Congressman Madison Cawthorn joined a group of parents Thursday as they pushed back against the Buncombe County school board’s new mask mandate for children and what he called “swampy backdoor tactics.” Cawthorn, who was born in in the county, spoke like any other citizen during the public comment portion – and […]

US Women’s Volleyball Avenges Loss to Serbia, Reaches Final

Read More TOKYO—U.S. volleyball star Foluke Akinradewo Gunderson woke up with a vision that her team was poised to make it back to the gold medal game. Five years after Akinradewo Gunderson could only watch the end of a crushing five-set loss to Serbia in the Olympic semifinals because of an injured knee, she helped […]

Houston Health Care Near Breaking Point’; Will Schools Defy Gov?

Houston area officials say the latest wave of COVID-19 cases is pushing the local health care system to nearly “a breaking point,” resulting in some patients having to be transferred out of the city to get medical care, including one who had to be taken to North Dakota.The…

Tim Parks: “Noi inglesi ossessionati dalle vittorie italiane? Ridicolo, semmai è il contrario”

Read More LONDRA – “Ma gli inglesi non sono ossessionati dagli italiani e dalle loro ultime vittorie! Piuttosto certi italiani mi sembrano ossessionati dagli inglesi”. Così parla Tim Parks, scrittore inglese, 66 anni e da molti residente in italia, autore tra gli altri di “Italian neighbours”, “La doppia vita del giudice Savage” e l’ultimo “Italian […]

A nice Unesco world heritage win for ‘Nice the Beautiful’

Read More The Mediterranean city of Nice in France has been added to the world heritage list, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) said last week. Unesco in a tweet called Nice the “winter resort town of the Riviera”. Nice joins France’s more than 40 world heritage sites, which include the banks […]