Lebanon hit by electricity outage expected to last several days
Read More Lebanon Lebanon hit by electricity outage expected to last several days Country’s two biggest power stations stop operating due to fuel shortage Reuters in Beirut Sat 9 Oct 2021 08.55 EDT Lebanon has no electricity after the country’s two biggest power stations shut down due to a fuel shortage, a government official has […]
Chris Packham asks royal family to commit to rewilding estates
Read More Climate crisis Chris Packham asks royal family to commit to rewilding estates Conservationist delivers petition to Buckingham Palace and urges royals to set example before Cop26 Sat 9 Oct 2021 08.04 EDT First published on Sat 9 Oct 2021 01.00 EDT Chris Packham has called on the royal family to “step up” by […]
US Appeals Court Reinstates Texas’ Heartbeat Abortion Law
A federal appeals court Friday night quickly allowed Texas to resume banning most abortions, just one day after clinics began racing to serve patients again for the first time since early September.
Trump returns to Iowa to boost 2022 Republicans, but trip lays 2024 marker
Post Content The 2022 midterm elections will be front and center as former President Trump holds a rally in Iowa on Saturday – his first in the competitive central plains state since last year’s election. But in a state whose caucuses for half a century have kicked off the presidential nominating process, there will also […]
Comunali a Roma, Di Maio: “Gli elettori non sono pacchi, decideranno loro. Ma con Gualtieri ho lavorato bene”
Read More Luigi di Maio è d’accordo con Raggi e Conte “gli elettori non sono dei pacchi. Dalle città medie alle più piccole e alle più grandi, sono sempre i cittadini che decidono come regolarsi alle elezioni comunali. E quando noi politici ci illudiamo di poter indirizzare in una direzione o in un’altra il loro voto, […]
US Dollar Net Long Bets Jump to Largest Since Mid-June 2019: CFTC
Read More NEW YORK—U.S. dollar net longs in the latest week surged to their highest level in more than two years, according to Reuters calculations and Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday. The value of the net long dollar position was $22.89 billion in the week ended Oct. 5, compared with $16.37 billion […]
Income grant: Big bang for a few rand
Read More The corporate alpha males are once again in full flight claiming “only we alone” can save South Africa from its pandemic-ravaged economy, displaying the uneducated, arrogant plumage of privilege. Mark Barnes, the failed Post Office corporate cadre deployment experiment, regaled radio listeners from his socially distanced Kommetjie beachfront spread with the notion that […]
Fingerbobs and Play School presenter Rick Jones dies aged 84
Read More Television & radio Fingerbobs and Play School presenter Rick Jones dies aged 84 Children’s TV host appeared on variety of BBC shows in 1970s and was frontman for country rock band Meal Ticket @harrytaylr Sat 9 Oct 2021 07.37 EDT Last modified on Sat 9 Oct 2021 07.39 EDT Tributes have been paid […]
At least four buildings on La Palma destroyed by volcano
Read More Spain At least four buildings on La Palma destroyed by volcano Buildings near the crater on the Spanish island were engulfed by lava on Saturday morning Reuters in La Palma Sat 9 Oct 2021 07.31 EDT Buildings near the volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma were engulfed by rivers of lava […]
888 app plan to protect women ‘sticking plaster that reinforces victim blaming’
Read More Violence against women and girls 888 app plan to protect women ‘sticking plaster that reinforces victim blaming’ Activists say UK government-backed proposal places onus on women to safeguard themselves rather than address societal problems Sat 9 Oct 2021 07.31 EDT Last modified on Sat 9 Oct 2021 08.18 EDT Labour and campaigners have […]