Giorno: 23 Agosto 2021

Israel’s Education Ministry at a loss to implement cabinet’s COVID resolutions

Read More After the coronavirus cabinet decided Sunday that the new school year will begin September 1, as usual, several troubling questions remained. They concern the thousands of teachers who are unvaccinated; students’ right to an education, regardless of their vaccine status; the study format in secondary schools; the responsibilities and the authorities of the […]

Israeli medical workers to start sanctions over labor dispute

Read More Starting Tuesday, 1,500 medical technologists, including 150 operators of ventilators and ECMO heart-lung machines, will only work until 3 P.M. and will not be available at night. These steps are part of their fight for better employment conditions and a continuation of the labor dispute that was declared in 2019. The measures will […]

LISTEN: Why failed Iranian talks could be Israel’s worst-case scenario

Read More Host Simon Spungin is joined by senior U.S. analyst Alon Pinkas and senior military commentator Amos Harel to look ahead to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s upcoming visit to the White House – the first meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and the new Israeli leader. Want to get an email every time a […]

President Tsai First Taiwanese to Get Locally-Made Vaccine

Read More Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (L) receives a souvenir during her inspection of a Republic of China Navy (commonly called the Taiwan Navy) fleet in Keelung, Taiwan, on March 8, 2021. (Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images) Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen received her first dose of the island’s domestically developed CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, […]

US Troops Engaged Gunman During Deadly Shooting at Kabul Airport: Pentagon

Read More The Pentagon has confirmed that U.S. troops engaged the gunman who opened fire on Afghan security forces at the Kabul airport in an incident late Sunday that left one Afghan soldier dead and several Afghans wounded. Navy Capt. William Urban, spokesperson for CENTCOM (U.S. Central Command), said in an Aug. 23 statement that […]

Steenhuisen names DA’s mayoral candidates and challenges ANC to do the same

Read More Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has announced the list of the main opposition party’s mayoral candidates for upcoming local government elections — with legislator Geordin Hill-Lewis  selected as the candidate to take over the reins from Cape Town mayor Dan Plato, as expected — and challenged the national ruling ANC to do […]

Committee on standards sends letter criticising PM’s all-white hiring

Read More Politics Committee on standards sends letter criticising PM’s all-white hiring Appointment of Ewen Fergusson has led to concerns from members about the group’s ‘lack of visible diversity’ @breeallegretti Mon 23 Aug 2021 15.06 EDT Last modified on Mon 23 Aug 2021 15.08 EDT Ministers have been urged to publish the scores of candidates […]

‘Horrifying and amazing’: giant tortoise filmed attacking and eating baby bird

Read More Wildlife ‘Horrifying and amazing’: giant tortoise filmed attacking and eating baby bird Chase in Seychelles is first known example of hunting in wild by creature thought to be herbivore Mon 23 Aug 2021 14.35 EDT Last modified on Mon 23 Aug 2021 14.58 EDT A Seychelles giant tortoise, a species previously thought to […]

Labour demands inquiry into claims over spending for PM byelection visit

Read More Politics Labour demands inquiry into claims over spending for PM byelection visit Angela Rayner alleges Boris Johnson ‘clearly broke ministerial code’ after report on Hartlepool campaign accounts Political correspondent @AndrewSparrow Mon 23 Aug 2021 13.20 EDT Last modified on Mon 23 Aug 2021 14.12 EDT Labour has called for an inquiry into allegations […]