Giorno: 23 Settembre 2021

Confindustria, Draghi: “Crescita intorno al 6%, speriamo sia duratura”. Bonomi: “Speriamo continui con attuale esperienza”

Read More MILANO – “La sfida per il governo – e per tutto il sistema produttivo e le parti sociali – è fare in modo che questa ripresa sia duratura e sostenibile. Dobbiamo evitare i rischi congiunturali che si nascondono dietro questo momento positivo; preservare buone relazioni industriali, perche’ assicurino equita’ e pace sociale; e accelerare […]

Groundbreaking Israeli diagnostic test gets FDA approval. The next challenge: selling it to America

Read More Israel’s MeMed company announced on Monday that it has received FDA approval for its diagnostic test and platform, which can distinguish whether an infection is viral or bacterial within 15 minutes. The company presents its diagnostic tools as a solution for the misuse of antibiotics for viral infections, which are often indistinguishable from […]

‘Are we in Afghanistan?’ Judge criticizes Israeli police for concealing use of taser gun

Read More An Israeli judge on Wednsday criticized police officers for trying to conceal evidence of using a taser gun during an arrest. “If police officers try to hide evidence, what will criminals say?” the judge asked a police representative during the suspect’s hearing. “You are shaming the country. Are we in Afghanistan or a […]

The one thing Israel must do now to curb its raging COVID pandemic

Read More On May 15, 2021, Israel decided it had conquered COVID-19 and did away with the last restriction – the mandate to wear masks in closed spaces. The decision, which came two weeks after the cancellation of the Green Pass and as part of the de facto disbanding of the Magen Israel program (the […]

Israel to celebrate equinox with first rain, possible thunderstorms

Read More Upon the Earth’s arrival at the autumnal equinox, as cold and moist air is making its way from the high layers of the atmosphere towards the Eastern Mediterranean, Israel expects rain for the first time this season. According to local forecasts, isolated rain is predicted to fall in areas from the northern Negev […]

Asian Shares Perk up but Evergrande Jitters Keep Investors on Edge

Read More HONG KONG—Asian shares made cautious gains on Thursday, supported by some positive news from cash-strapped developer China Evergrande Group, while the dollar held near a one-month top after the U.S. Federal Reserve took a hawkish tilt overnight. However, nerves were still frayed about Evergrande’s future and the country’s property sector as a whole, […]

Oil Prices Rise on Tight Supply, Renewed Risk Appetite

Read More LONDON—Oil prices extended gains on Thursday, riding higher on growing fuel demand and a bigger-than-expected draw in U.S. crude inventories as production remains hampered in the Gulf of Mexico after two hurricanes. Brent crude rose 9 cents, or 0.1 percent, to $76.28 a barrel at 0856 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude […]

Nikki Haley slams Biden for not publicly demanding UN General Assembly ‘not recognize’ the Taliban

Post Content EXCLUSIVE: Former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley criticized President Biden for failing to demand that his international peers “not recognize the Taliban” as the official government in Afghanistan, saying America looks “weak and pathetic.” The Taliban wrote to the United Nations requesting credentials to speak at the General Assembly’s high-level meeting […]

‘We are focused on the local government elections,’ ANC tells employees after three months with no salary

Read More The ANC has sent yet another letter to its employees, this time saying it will not pay outstanding salaries for the months of July, August and September, which are due on 25 September.  In the letter, seen by the Mail & Guardian, ANC general manager Febe Potgieter-Gqubule wrote: “We do regret the hardship […]

Lower income countries score high in health-aligned climate change policy

Read More The latest scorecard on how strongly climate policies are aligned to health gives South Africa a seven out of 15 rating.  The scorecard, by the Global Climate and Health Alliance, found that developing countries scored the highest for aligning their climate change commitments and policies to health. ​​Cambodia, Moldova and Cabo Verde each […]