Crisi Ucraina-Russia, i possibili effetti delle sanzioni
Read More BERLINO – Quando il vicepremier russo Andrej Belousov chiese di recente ai boiardi di Stato di calcolare gli effetti di eventuali sanzioni occidentali sulle poste, sulle ferrovie e sulla compagnia di bandiera Aeroflot, il risultato non fu mai reso pubblico. Ma secondo indiscrezioni, Belousov lo riassunse in un’espressione inequivocabile: “una catastrofe”. In realtà, […]
Crisi Ucraina-Russia, l’informativa di Luigi Di Maio alla Camera
Read More 23 febbraio 2022 https://video.repubblica.it/dossier/crisi_in_ucraina_la_russia_il_donbass_i_video/crisi-ucraina-russia-l-informativa-di-luigi-di-maio-alla-camera/408927/409633?rss <iframe class=”rep-video-embed” src=”https://video.repubblica.it/embed/dossier/crisi_in_ucraina_la_russia_il_donbass_i_video/crisi-ucraina-russia-l-informativa-di-luigi-di-maio-alla-camera/408927/409633&width=640&height=360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”></iframe> Il ministro degli Esteri Luigi Di Maio, dopo aver riferito in Senato, tiene una informativa sulla crisi in Ucraina nell’Aula della Camera. SEGUI LA DIRETTA
‘Epidemic of Sellouts’: NBA Players’ Shoe Deals With Chinese Brands Linked to Forced Labor Draws Criticism
Read More “If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything,” so wrote retired NBA player Dwyane Wade on Twitter in June 2020. The tweet, coming out amid mass protests over the death of George Floyd, pictured the basketball player holding a pair of black shoes with the slogan painted over in capital letters: […]
Study: Guns Pass Car Crashes as Leader of Potential Years of Life Lost Due to Trauma
More potential years of life lost to deaths by trauma in the United States are caused by guns each year than car crashes, according to a study released in the journal Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open that analyzed data from a 10-year period.
Gazans clamber to learn Hebrew amid surfeit of Israeli work permits
Read More In a brightly lit classroom in Gaza, a teacher spells out Hebrew words on a whiteboard, followed attentively by Maher Al-Farra and dozens of other Palestinians hoping to take advantage of an opening up of employment opportunities in Israel. Increased demand for the classes at the Nafha languages center follows a new offer […]
This explorer visited Israel in the 19th century and found it to be anything but empty
Read More In 1868 French explorer and geographer Victor Guerin wrote in his book “Description geographique, historique et archeologique de la Palestine” (Geographical, Historical, and Archaeological Description of Palestine): “We passed through a undulating high place, which was partitioned by many shallow valleys, with beautiful pastures for herds. At 6:15 a.m., we arrived at the […]
Public sector wage bill still a threat, even as fiscal outlook improves
Read More The rosy fiscal outlook for 2022 hangs in the balance if the government cannot contain the public sector wage bill. Tabling the budget review in parliament on Wednesday, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana reiterated the government’s commitment “to controlling those parts of the budget that are permanent in nature, including by arresting historically rapid […]
Budget 2022: EFF says foreign loans are ‘a death trap’
Read More The EFF’s Mbuyiseni Ndlozi during Minister Enoch Godongwana’s budget speech in the Good Hope Chamber in Parliament, Cape Town. (Photo: David Harrison) The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) say the government’s foreign loans are a “death trap” that will burden the country’s descendants, not the current governing party, and called for fewer budget […]
Ayanda Dlodlo ‘warned government of violence before Zuma was jailed’
Read More Former state security minister Ayanda Dlodlo said her department had, as far back as December 2020, flagged rising instability that undermined South Africa’s security. Testifying before the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) hearings into the looting and vandalism that rocked the KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces last July, Dlodlo claimed to have forewarned […]
Relief as treasury puts brakes on fuel levy hike amid petrol price crunch
Read More The 2022 budget has tried to reduce pressures on taxpayers, who are still feeling the effects of the Covid-related economic pinch. In his budget speech on Wednesday, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said: “Now is not the time to increase taxes and put the recovery at risk. Accordingly, we have decided to keep money […]