GOP’s critical race theory amendments for defense bill voted down by Dem-led House Armed Services Committee
Post Content The Democrat-controlled House Armed Services Committee voted down a number of Republican amendments related to critical race theory while marking up the new defense bill overnight Wednesday, according to reports. Other Republican amendments related to China and Afghanistan were among the nearly 800 proposed for the National Defense Authorization Act, forcing the committee […]
Covid, i costi della terapia intensiva. Vergallo: “Venti milioni di euro ad agosto”
Read More No Vax e il costo della terapia intensiva. A chiedere di pagare il conto a chi si ammala perché scientemente non si è voluto vaccinare, lunedì era stato l’assessore alla sanità Alessio D’ Amato. L’assessore della regione che sfiora quasi l’80 per cento degli immunizzati con la seconda dose. Boutade? Provocazione? Tante le […]
Dispacci Peshawar, nella scuola che prepara i leader talebani: “Cinquemila studenti, qui è cresciuto il mullah Omar”
Read More Siamo entrati nella madrassa Darul Uloom Haqqania ad Akora Khattak, a mezz’ora di macchina da Peshawar. Il campus è protetto da guardie armate e filo spinato. Mille bambini imparano il Corano a memoria e studiano 10 ore al giorno dall’inviato Fabio Tonacci montaggio Santiago Martinez
COVID in Israel: Daily cases hit new record, but serious cases decline
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Africa in brief: 28 August- 4 September
Read More SOUTH AFRICA Poor Jacob Zuma goes for broke Jacob Zuma is running out of money but he still has a lot of lawyers’ bills to pay. “Dear people of South Africa and the world, please lend a helping hand,” asked the Jacob G Zuma Foundation in a request this week for support for […]
Foreign Office playing catch-up on Afghanistan, says ex-ambassador
Read More Afghanistan Foreign Office playing catch-up on Afghanistan, says ex-ambassador Sir Nicholas Kay says he feels shame over collapse to Taliban as he calls for lessons learned inquiry Diplomatic editor Thu 2 Sep 2021 03.41 EDT Last modified on Thu 2 Sep 2021 03.54 EDT The former UK ambassador to Afghanistan Sir Nicholas Kay […]
State of emergency in New York amid ‘historic’ flooding caused by remnants of Hurricane Ida
Read More New York State of emergency in New York amid ‘historic’ flooding caused by remnants of Hurricane Ida Extreme weather promoted the first ever flash flood emergency warning for New York City from the National Weather Service @helenrsullivan Thu 2 Sep 2021 00.16 EDT Last modified on Thu 2 Sep 2021 03.49 EDT The […]
E’ morto lo scrittore Daniele Del Giudice. Aveva 72 anni
Read More Sabato lo avrebbero premiato al Campiello per la sua carriera. Lui, Daniele Del Giudice, critico e giornalista per Paese Sera prima di esordire nella letteratura nel 1983 con il romanzo Lo stadio di Wimbledon, scoperto da Italo Calvino e pubblicato (come tutti i suoi libri) da Einaudi, non sarebbe andato. Da tempo era […]
Morto Mikis Theodorakis
Read More Mikis Theodorakis, il leggendario musicista greco autore delle musiche di “Zorba il greco”, è morto ad Atene a 96 anni. Nel 2019 era stato ricoverato per problemi cardiaci. Nato a Chios nel 1925, Theodorakis è stato probabilmente il più importante compositore della storia della musica greca. Ha prodotto un numero enorme di opere, […]
Why is joining the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness as important today as ever in Southern Africa?
Read More Mpho, 33, has lived in South Africa her entire life, yet she is stateless; she has no nationality. When she was found abandoned as a young child, the identity of her parents and her place of birth were unknown. In South Africa, as in most countries in the region, these are key pieces […]