Giorno: 27 Gennaio 2022

‘Netanyahu threatened me: I am going to employ my entire machine, the army against you’

Read More In early May of last year, about five weeks after Israel’s election, Benjamin Netanyahu and Naftali Bennett held a series of meetings in an attempt to establish a right-wing coalition. The chances appeared slim, given far-right leader Bezalel Smotrich’s veto on any cooperation with the United Arab List. Netanyahu demanded that Yamina leader […]

Israel’s Litzman admits to breach of trust in Malka Leifer affair, to pay $940

Read More United Torah Judaism lawmaker Yaakov Litzman signed to a plea bargain on Thursday under which he will admit to breach of trust over the so-called Malka Leifer affair, in which he was accused of interfering with the psychiatric evaluation of a former school principal who allegedly committed dozens of sex crimes against children. […]

‘The children are gone, but the Auschwitz toys remain’

Read More In the first decade of the 21st century, artist Tuly Ziv came to visit his mother, an Auschwitz survivor. “I came over for lunch. She was already very sick with cancer, and I told her that I’m painting wooden horses for an exhibit, just because I liked it,” he recalls. “And then it […]

Renault-Nissan to Do More Together in $26 Billion Electric Bet

Read More TOKYO/PARIS—Renault and Nissan will work more closely together to make electric cars, they said on Thursday, as they detailed a $26 billion investment plan over the next five years to stay competitive in the switch to cleaner driving. The two-decade old alliance, which also includes Mitsubishi Motors, said it would increase the number […]

Counting the costs of childbirth in young girls

Read More South Africa has made little progress in addressing global nutrition targets. When babies are born to mothers who are still children themselves, some as young as just nine years old, the problem is compounded and likely to persist. Earlier this month, the department of health reported that more than 65 teenage mothers between […]

Reserve Bank lifts rates again as high inflation takes its toll

Read More With elevated inflation bearing down on advanced and emerging economies, the South African Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) has voted to lift the repo rate by another 25 basis points. The decision — which was not unanimous, with one out of the five committee members voting against the hike — marks the […]

Load-shedding on the cards as Eskom prioritises maintenance

Read More National 27 Jan 2022 Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images South Africa may soon be affected by rolling blackouts again because of planned maintenance by state power utility Eskom. The country has not had load-shedding since November last year.  “We will continue with the planned maintenance and it may contribute to the risk […]

Labour condemns ‘waste’ of Liz Truss taking private jet to Australia

Read More Liz Truss has been criticised for taking a private jet to Australia for official business rather than using a scheduled flight. The foreign secretary used the private government Airbus A321 for her flight from London’s Stansted airport to Sydney, via Dubai and Kuala Lumpur, arriving on 20 January. The foreign secretary held talks […]

Lords call for Zac Goldsmith to explain Kabul animal airlift email

Read More Peers have called for Zac Goldsmith to explain why his office sent an email last August which said Boris Johnson had authorised a controversial airlift of animals from Kabul – yet he told the House of Lords in December this was not the case. Ray Collins, a Labour peer, asked Lord Goldsmith, who […]

Burgeoning Supreme Court nomination battle extends to the midterm campaign trail

Post Content close Video NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It didn’t take long after news broke of Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer’s pending retirement for emails to start flying on the midterm campaign trail. One of the first out of the gate was former Nevada attorney general Adam Laxalt, the leading […]