Giorno: 13 Settembre 2021

Newsom nationalizes California recall, spotlights COVID, in run-up to Tuesday’s election

Post Content With one day to go until ballots must be postmarked, deposited in drop boxes, or handed in in-person in California’s gubernatorial recall election, Gov. Gavin Newsom is teaming up on the campaign trail with his most high-profile Democratic surrogate to date as he tries to save his job steering the nation’s most populous […]

Stanford Professors Urge US to End Program Looking for Chinese Spies in Academia

A group of Stanford University professors has asked the Justice Department to stop looking for Chinese spies at U.S. universities, joining an effort by human rights groups to end a Trump administration program they said caused racial profiling and was terrorizing some…

Israel hits Hamas targets in Gaza in response to rocket fire

Post Content Israeli aircraft struck a series of targets in the Gaza Strip early Monday in response to rocket launches out of the Hamas-ruled territory. It was the third consecutive night of fighting between the two sides, even as Israel’s foreign minister sought to dangle incentives for calm. Tensions have risen after last week’s escape […]

I dati settimanali, dopo quasi due mesi i ricoveri diminuiscono

Read More Calano per la prima volta dopo sette settimane di crescita sia i ricoveri ordinari per Covid che quelli in terapia intensiva. Non solo, anche i decessi tornano a diminuire. La curva in discesa dei casi ha dunque finalmente inciso anche sull’occupazione dei posti letto negli ospedali e sui casi così gravi da portare […]

As Netanyahu’s trial resumes, his lawyers will claim his media requests were nothing out of the ordinary

Read More Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial resumed on Monday in Jerusalem District Court nearly three months after a break in the proceedings in the so-called Bezeq-Walla case, one of three pending against him. During the break in the case the prosecution conducted additional investigative work that produced evidence that is arguably at […]

Asian Stocks’ Relative Valuations to Global Peers at 14-month Low

Read More The relative price valuations of Asian equities compared with their global peers are at a near 14-month low, data showed, after their lacklustre performance due to worries over slowing growth and the spread of the Delta-variant of coronavirus this year. According to Refinitiv data, the MSCI Asia-Pacific index’s forward 12-month P/E ratio stood […]

BAT agents brokered Zimbabwe bribe proposal

Read More A contractor hired by one of Britain’s biggest companies brokered a proposed corrupt pay-off for Robert Mugabe shortly before his 2013 re-election.   A joint investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, BBC Panorama and the University of Bath reveals British American Tobacco (BAT) was linked to a conspiracy to pay a bribe of […]

Delaying Brexit border checks on food won’t prevent shortages, UK firms warn

Read More Brexit Delaying Brexit border checks on food won’t prevent shortages, UK firms warn Current supply issues are largely due to workforce availability, not red tape on imports, say businesses Brexit correspondent @lisaocarroll Mon 13 Sep 2021 05.41 EDT Last modified on Mon 13 Sep 2021 06.09 EDT British business leaders have urged the […]

Therese Coffey branded ‘heartless’ by Labour after saying she is happy with universal credit cut – Politics live news

Read More Key events Show 6.08am EDT 06:08 Sturgeon urges Johnson to agree second independence referendum in ‘spirit of cooperation’ 5.47am EDT 05:47 Coffey branded ‘heartless’ by Labour after saying she is happy with universal credit cut 5.29am EDT 05:29 Covid involved in 37.4% of deaths in unvaccinated people in first six months of 2021 […]

Biden outpacing predecessors with ambassadorships for donors, political supporters

Post Content Announcing his run for president in May 2019, candidate Joe Biden asserted, “Our Constitution doesn’t begin with the phrase, ‘We the Democrats’ or ‘We the Republicans,’ and it certainly doesn’t begin with the phrase, ‘We the Donors.’” However, a majority of President Biden’s nominees to ambassadorships thus far have been political appointees, frequently […]