Giorno: 13 Agosto 2021

Survivor of Communist Poland Wins Human Rights Award for Supporting Falun Gong

Read More A former survivor of the communist takeover of Poland has been awarded for his efforts promoting “freedom of belief” for Falun Gong practitioners worldwide. Australia-based Sev Ozdowski, chair of the Australian Multicultural Council and vice-chancellor’s fellow at Western Sydney University, has worked closely with Falun Gong practitioners to hold events and raise awareness […]

The Samas fiasco and a moment of reckoning for South African music

Read More  Two years ago, I attended the South African Music Awards (Samas) at Sun City. At the time, fresh off his stunning sophomore studio album, Umqhele, Sjava was flourishing. Lady Zamar, Shekhinah and Prince Kaybee were inescapable, their music rotating nonstop on national radio. Sure, not everything was rosy in the music industry at […]

Hustler literature sheds light on internet fraud and its role in the Nigerian economy

Read More Hustler narratives have emerged as a genre in world literature since the mid-1960s. It is an expansive genre, but deals broadly with the shortcomings of any given political economy as seen from the perspective of characters who position themselves as both victims and villains. There have been groundbreaking hustler narratives from the US […]

The Portfolio: Boitumelo Motau on capturing a moment

Read More This is an image I took on an early winter morning on Klein Street, Johannesburg.   Looking at it now, I’m sent into a spiral of thoughts that circle in my head a few times before finally resting on the image again. The photograph always offers some kind of pause in the midst of […]

Marble Arch Mound: deputy council leader resigns over GBP6m cost

Read More London Marble Arch Mound: deputy council leader resigns over GBP6m cost Price of structure created by Westminster council has nearly doubled amid ‘teething problems’ PA Media Fri 13 Aug 2021 04.50 EDT The deputy leader of a London council has resigned after the total costs for a 25-metre human-made mountain in the middle […]

Ha usato parole offensive l’autocontrollo vale per tutti, George Lombardi su LaStampa

Guido George Lombardi, italo-americano, amico e vicino di casa di Trump nonché suo regista della campagna ombra sui social di Usa 2016, cosa ne pensa delle dichiarazioni sui retaggi culturali italiani pronunciate da Cuomo? – Sono offensive. Essere italiani ed essere stato cresciuto secondo i paradigmi della cultura italiana è un pregio, un elemento di […]

Afghanistan, i talebani conquistano Kandahar e Lashkar Gah

Read More KABUL – Dopo Ghazni ed Herat, i talebani rivendicano di avere conquistato anche Kandahar, la seconda città più grande dell’Afghanistan e le città di Lashkar Gah nel Sud e Qala-e-Naw nel Nord-Ovest, alimentando i timori che il governo sostenuto dagli Stati Uniti possa soccombere all’offensiva degli insorti mentre le forze internazionali completano il […]

COVID in Israel: Positive test rate highest since March, new daily cases top 6,000

Read More Israel reported 6,083 new COVID cases on Thursday while the number of serious cases rose to 462, according to data from the Health Ministry released on Friday. The rate of positive coronavirus tests also rose from Wednesday’s figure of 4.62 percent to 5.02 percent on Thursday, making it the highest number since early […]

Fairwork Ombudsman Updates Advice for Workplace Mandatory Vaccinations

Read More The Fairwork Ombudsman (FWO) has updated its guidelines to say that employers can direct their workers to get vaccinated for the CCP virus under “lawful and reasonable” circumstances, giving businesses that operate in high-risk areas a green-light to require vaccinations for all staff. “Whether a direction is lawful and reasonable will be fact […]