Giorno: 22 Settembre 2021

Virginia’s Loudoun County Board of Supervisors votes to launch study considering reparations

Post Content Virginia’s Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to launch a study about the history of racial discrimination in the county and whether reparations would be appropriate. County Supervisor Juli Briskman linked her proposal specifically to the county continuing to segregate schools for 14 years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Brown […]

La storia del razzo disperso nello Spazio nel 1966. E che un giorno è tornato indietro

Read More L’episodio risale a un anno fa, settembre 2020, ma la storia di come gli astronomi hanno intercettato (e verificato) la natura di un oggetto misterioso che si avvicinava alla Terra, è senza tempo. Gli astronomi stavano osservando gli asteroidi diretti verso la Terra con il telescopio della Nasa Pan-STARRS1, sull’isola di Maui, quando […]

Democrats aim for stand-alone vote ‘this week’ on $1b Iron Dome funding after uproar

Read More WASHINGTON – Democratic leadership will bring to the House floor a stand-alone vote on $1 billion in emergency funding for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced Tuesday, following uproar over its removal from a key budget bill. Hoyer’s move, after progressive Democrats successfully managed to remove the aid […]

China Ranks as Worst Internet Freedom Abuser for 7th Consecutive Year: Report

Read More U.S.-based human rights organization Freedom House released its annual internet freedom ranking report on Tuesday. For the seventh consecutive year, communist China is listed as the worst Internet freedom abuser among more than 70 countries. Taiwan is included in the list for the first time, ranking among the top five countries with the […]

New Zealand Steps Closer to Tighter Terrorism Laws After Supermarket Knife Attack

Read More A pedestrian walks past the New Zealand parliament building known as the Beehive in central Wellington, New Zealand, on July 3, 2017. (David Gray/Reuters) WELLINGTON—New Zealand’s parliament took a step closer on Tuesday to making it easier to arrest and prosecute terrorists planning attacks, just weeks after an ISIS-inspired assault by a knife-wielding […]

Two thirds of new COVID patients in Israel are unvaccinated

Read More Israel’s 8,691 new COVID cases on Monday were propelled by the unvaccinated population, according to data from the Health Ministry. Although the group make up approximately 17 percent of Israelis eligible for the vaccine, they accounted for 67 percent of the recorded cases on Monday. There are currently 710 patients in serious condition, […]

Gas giant spreads misinformation on oxygen plants in Namibia

Read More One of the world’s biggest industrial gas companies spread misinformation in an attempt to Afrox, the country’s main supplier, wrongly told private hospitals planning to build onsite oxygen plants that the gas they produced was not safe for use on patients.  Doctors told the Bureau that the 93% oxygen generated by onsite plants […]

Wednesday briefing: US trade deal hopes fade

Read More Post-Brexit agreement was seen as key for PM … ministers search for ways to cut power bills of poorest … Gen X and the ‘quest for oblivion’ by Wed 22 Sep 2021 01.28 EDT Last modified on Wed 22 Sep 2021 01.40 EDT Top story: ‘We’re going as fast as we can’ Good […]

Philippines Supports Australia Nuclear Sub Pact to Counter China

Read More MANILA—The Philippines is backing a new defense partnership between the United States, Britain, and Australia, hoping it can maintain the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific region, a view that contrasts sharply with some of its neighbors. Known as AUKUS, the alliance will see Australia get technology to deploy nuclear-powered submarines as part […]