Giorno: 12 Maggio 2022

A more nuanced energy conversation is needed

Read More A recent report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Gas Pressure: Exploring the case for gas-fired power in South Africa, and surrounding commentary, continues an unfortunate trend towards zero-sum thinking about the just energy transition and the development of renewable energy sources.  The report is largely focused on why the layman’s category […]

The UK’s plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda is 21st-century imperialism

Read More In announcing his plan to partner with Rwanda to manage migration, Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed, on April 14 2022, that the UK is “a beacon of openness and generosity”. He lauded the great British tradition of offering sanctuary to those who seek it through legal routes while outlining how he intends to […]

Supreme Court justices to meet for first time behind closed doors after leak

Post Content NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court will gather behind closed doors Thursday morning for the first time since a draft opinion in an abortion case was leaked to the media, igniting a firestorm of protests outside the court and their own homes. The […]

Fox News Power Rankings: Ohio Senate race moves further in JD Vance’s direction

Post Content NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Voters are now less than six months away from choosing which party will control the 118th United States Congress. In this edition of the Fox News Power Rankings, the U.S. Senate race in Ohio firms up for Republican Party nominee JD Vance, while the governor’s […]

Plane veers off runway in China and catches fire; 36 injured

Post Content NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Chinese passenger jet veered off the runway during takeoff and caught fire on Thursday, sending black smoke billowing into the air and injuring more than 30 people. The Tibet Airlines flight with 122 people on board was departing from the southwestern city of Chongqing […]

Israel advances over 4,000 West Bank housing units for Jews

Read More Israel’s Higher Planning Council, the panel that approves construction in West Bank settlements, gave its approval on Thursday for 4,427 housing units for Jews in the West Bank. The council’s approval of 2,536 of the units is final. The other 1,452 are for construction submitted for public comment prior to final approval. The […]

Struck by columnist’s remorse: Ramaphosa shouldn’t have listened to me

Read More Tuesday. The sun isn’t up yet but the keyboard is already being hammered. There isn’t really time to mark the birth of the Messiah — that’s Arsenal magician Dennis Bergkamp to the nonbelievers among us — beyond a donning of the 2003-04 Invincibles shirt for the day and a quick viewing of that […]

Why are Sweden and Finland not yet in Nato and does the alliance want them?

Read More Finland and Sweden could apply for membership of the 30-nation Nato alliance within days, ending decades of military non-alignment in a historic shift triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Here is a brief look at the background and implications of their decisions. What is Nato? The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is a defensive […]