Giorno: 21 Agosto 2021

Chinese Regime ‘Dreams of Emulating the Taliban,’ Taiwan Says

Read More Taiwan’s foreign minister on Aug. 21 accused Beijing of wanting to follow the Taliban’s footsteps by seizing control of the democratic island, saying the island has no desire to to subjected to communist rule. The rapid fall of Afghanistan into the Taliban’s hands weeks before the scheduled withdrawal of American troops has spurred […]

Verona-Sassuolo 2-3: Veloso ‘tradisce’ i veneti, gli emiliani ringraziano

Read More VERONA – Eusebio di Francesco esce dal Bentegodi coperto dagli applausi ma con un muso lungo così. Dionisi, porta a casa tre punti con giocate di altissima qualità, ma ha un bel po’ da fare, nel gestire il “dopo Locatelli”. Il suo Sassuolo è un cantiere aperto, e lo si vede, che conquista […]

Meeting di Rimini – Sono ancora i romanzi che raccontano l’uomo?

Read More 21 agosto 2021 <iframe class=”rep-video-embed” src=”https://video.repubblica.it/embed/cronaca/meeting-di-rimini-sono-ancora-i-romanzi-che-raccontano-l-uomo/394332/395042&width=640&height=360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”></iframe> Che ruolo ha il romanzo ai nostri giorni? È ancora uno strumento di cultura, di crescita, di confronto o è stato sostituito da forme narrative nuove e digitali? Su questo si confrontano la scrittrice Carmen Pellegrino, […]

COVID in Israel: 645 patients in serious condition, 7,761 new cases

Read More Israel logged 645 COVID patients in serious condition, with 155 in critical condition according to health ministry data released on Saturday night. 7,761 new COVID cases were recorded on Friday, according to the data. Spencer Tunick’s stark warning: A decade after naked photoshoot, the Dead Sea still is dying Over the weekend, tens […]

Myths shroud Mulanje mountain

Read More In a flat land, they say, a molehill can seem like a mountain. So perhaps it is no surprise that, in the relatively flat land of Malawi, the one and only major mountain is commonly referred to as an “island in the sky”. Mount Mulanje is an “inselberg”, or isolated mountain, a feature […]

‘Suicidal reproducer’ survives Australia’s wildfires

Read More A rare, shrew-like Australian marsupial, whose males die en masse from stress after a “frenetic” mating season, has survived devastating wildfires that scorched one of their few habitats, researchers said this week. Scientists had feared for the future of a key population of silver-headed antechinus, only formally identified eight years ago, when wildfires […]

South Africa wastes 10 million tons of food a year

Read More It was a conversation with a farmer about his “imperfect” patty pans that struck Professor Suzan Oelofse about how food is wasted in South Africa. Oelofse, a principal researcher at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), was doing research for a study that she led, which shows how in South Africa […]

It’s time to walk the talk and support small businesses

Read More Mere weeks before being announced as South Africa’s new finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, laid out his vision for the economy, most notably how to tackle endemic levels of youth unemployment. He wrote: “Key elements of such a growth strategy will include, among other things, structural reforms, public investment, particularly in infrastructure, and small, […]

24 wounded as Israel fires on Palestinian border demonstrators

Read More Israel 24 wounded as Israel fires on Palestinian border demonstrators Gaza Strip protests against Israel’s blockade are met with live gunfire, leaving two in critical condition Associated Press Sat 21 Aug 2021 14.26 EDT Israeli gunfire on Saturday wounded 24 Palestinians, including a 13-year-old boy who was shot in the head, health officials […]

Keir Starmer: I’ll paint a picture of my vision in primary colours

Read More The ObserverKeir Starmer Interview Keir Starmer: I’ll paint a picture of my vision in primary colours Labour party leader says he might move away from his 10 campaign pledges Sat 21 Aug 2021 14.30 EDT Last modified on Sat 21 Aug 2021 15.04 EDT Keir Starmer has told Labour that it has to […]