Israeli gas tycoon Yossi Maiman, former owner of major TV network, dies at 75

Read More Israeli businessman Yossi Maiman, a natural gas tycoon and former controlling shareholder of Channel 10 (now Channel 13), died on Saturday at the age of 75. Maiman died in his home in Herzliya, leaving three children and his wife behind. He was born in Germany but grew up in Peru, and immigrated to […]

Facebook is ‘biased against facts’, says Nobel prize winner

Read More The ObserverFacebook Facebook is ‘biased against facts’, says Nobel prize winner Philippines journalist Maria Ressa says social media firm is threat to democracy and failing to halt spread of misinformation Sat 9 Oct 2021 09.15 EDT Last modified on Sat 9 Oct 2021 10.12 EDT The campaigning Philippines journalist Maria Ressa, who was […]

Hunter Biden art pieces go for $75K each at LA show: report

Post Content Hunter Biden‘s artwork reportedly sold for $75,000 apiece before his official New York City art show even opened. At least five pieces sold, and lawyers have started vetting potential patrons who plan to attend the upcoming show. The pieces sold at an Oct. 1 “pop up” presentation in Los Angeles. The buyers’ identities […]

La fabbrica dei robot, Nissan annuncia “lo stabilimento intelligente”

Read More ROMA – Sarà la fabbrica dei robot. Dove l’uomo avrà soltanto una piccola rilevanza. Futuro lontano? Non proprio visto che la “intelligent factory” è già pronta a sfornare le prime automobili. Benvenuti a Tochigi, fuori Tokyo, dove la Nissan il prossimo aprile inaugurerà lo stabilimemto più avveniristico della sua storia di produttore di […]

58 anni fa il disastro del Vajont: le immagini storiche dei Vigili del Fuoco

Read More 09 ottobre 2021 <iframe class=”rep-video-embed” src=”https://video.repubblica.it/embed/cronaca/l-anniversario-la-tragedia-del-vajont-nelle-immagini-storiche-dei-vigili-del-fuoco/398259/398971&width=640&height=360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”></iframe> Sono passati 58 anni dalla tragedia del Vajont. Alle 22.45 del 9 ottobre 1963 una frana dal monte Toc di oltre 260 milioni di metri cubi precipita nel bacino  artificiale della diga tra Friuli Venezia Giulia […]

Aid workers abuse 50 DRC women

Read More At least 80 aid workers responding to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) sexually exploited and abused women, according to the findings of a commission established last year after an investigation by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and the New Humanitarian. Twenty-one of the 83 worked for the World […]

Schooling children during global crises is as important as ever

Read More When world leaders launched Education Cannot Wait, the UN’s global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, at the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit, 75-million children and youth globally were being denied their right to an education as a result of conflict, displacement, and natural disaster. As Covid-19 continues to ravage the world’s […]