Kemi Badenoch tipped as next education secretary in reshuffle
Read More Politics Kemi Badenoch tipped as next education secretary in reshuffle Equalities minister could replace ‘terrible’ Gavin Williamson when cabinet is overhauled, sources say Political correspondent @breeallegretti Wed 11 Aug 2021 07.43 EDT Last modified on Wed 11 Aug 2021 07.55 EDT Kemi Badenoch, the controversial equalities minister, has been mooted as a future […]
Almost 1.2m people waiting at least six months for vital NHS services in England
Read More NHS Almost 1.2m people waiting at least six months for vital NHS services in England Analysis shows backlog caused by Covid crisis has led to delays for treatment such as brain and eye surgeries Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage , Ashley Kirk and Denis Campbell Wed 11 Aug 2021 […]
Morning Consult/Politico Poll: Republicans Showing Most Opposition to Mandates
A majority of voters support mask and vaccine mandates, with the most opposition to such requirements coming from Republicans, according to a new Morning Consult/Politico poll. The survey…
Texas House Speaker Signs Arrest Warrants for Absent Democrats
Republican Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan Tuesday night signed civil arrest warrants for 52 Democrats who left the state to prevent passage of an elections integrity bill. The Democrats left Texas…
Lesbian plot twist for Romeo and Juliet: The Israeli Opera’s surprise new staging
Read More In the Israeli Opera season finale, Vincenzo Bellini’s “The Capulets and the Montagues” gets a dramatic makeover. Like the Shakespearean plot, the center of the story is forbidden love between Juliet, the daughter of the noble Capulet family in 13th-century Verona, and Romeo, the son of a rival family, the Montagues. It is […]
Israel now quarantines all arrivals from U.S. and 41 more countries
Read More All American travelers arriving in Israel now have to enter quarantine for at least seven days, following the implementation of new regulations Wednesday following a spike in COVID cases locally. The measure was approved by a Knesset panel last Wednesday and was initially set to go into effect two days later. However, it […]
How a land reform agency could break South Africa’s land redistribution deadlock
Read More South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has conceded that the country’s land reform programme is taking too long to address the challenge of land ownership inequality in South Africa. Bureaucratic delays, patronage and political influence, and opportunism among beneficiaries and landowners are among the challenges that have hindered South Africa’s land reform programme progress. […]
Magashule’s trial set for October
Read More The trial of suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule and his 15 co-accused has been set for 19 October. Magashule appeared briefly for a pre-trial hearing on Wednesday at the Bloemfontein high court, where his lawyers argued that the state’s key witness against him was, in fact, a witness for the defence. Magashule […]
Infrastructure bill faces tough hurdles in House as Dems demand massive $3.5T liberal wish list
Post Content The Senate passed the $1 trillion-plus bipartisan infrastructure bill Tuesday, meeting a goal that lawmakers have been reaching toward for months. It was a victory for the moderate senators who led the effort, especially Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz. It was a victory for President Biden, who was urging Republicans […]
Morte di un paradiso terrestre: il timelapse del lago Urmia che si trasforma in un deserto
Read More 11 agosto 2021 <iframe class=”rep-video-embed” src=”https://video.repubblica.it/embed/mondo/la-morte-di-un-paradiso-terrestre-in-timelapse-cosi-un-lago-si-e-trasformato-in-un-deserto-di-sale/393712/394423&width=640&height=360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”></iframe> Il lago Urmia è la più grande zona umida dell’Iran e un tempo era uno dei più grandi laghi di acqua salata del mondo. Fino a poco tempo fa era anche la principale destinazione turistica interna […]