Giorno: 17 Maggio 2022

Aborto in Italia, Associazione Coscioni: “In molti ospedali il 100% dei ginecologi è obiettore di coscienza”

Read More “Porre fine alla violazione in corso dei diritti fondamentali delle persone che necessitano di accedere all’IVG”, l’interruzione volontaria di gravidanza. Èquanto chiede l’Associazione Coscioni in una lettera aperta indirizzata al ministro della Salute Roberto Speranza e al ministro della Giustizia Marta Cartabia, resa nota oggi in occasione di una conferenza stampa promossa per […]

Israel to drop mask mandate on flights starting next week

Read More Israel will cancel its mask mandate on flights starting next Monday, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz announced Tuesday. On Monday, the ministry said Israel will scrap all COVID testing requirements for arriving passengers from May 21. The new regulations, revised in light of the declining rate of coronavirus infections in Israel, do away with […]

New Zealand Government to Use Emission Trading Scheme to Fund EV Rollout

Read More New Zealand families will be encouraged to scrap their old vehicles in exchange for low-emission alternatives under the government’s Emissions Reduction Plan, with more details to be revealed when the 2022 budget is released. “This is a landmark day in our transition to a low emissions future,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. “This […]

Africa needs a billion Covid vaccines, but supply is slowing down

Read More Has Africa taken its foot off the pedal in the race to secure enough Covid-19 vaccines for all?  Data collected by the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) shows an alarming drop-off in shipments arriving across the continent since the start of 2022, yet the only factory that produces vaccine shots locally is in […]

Rewriting the wrongs – language that is not gender-inclusive

Read More Thirty-two years ago, on 17 May 1990, the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from its International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems — one of the foremost diagnostic compendiums employed around the world by health scientists as well as practitioners for epidemiological research, health management, and clinical work.  In the wake […]

Police resources might further drop in Nyanga, former ‘murder capital’ of SA

Read More The citizen to policing ratio in Nyanga, Western Cape, is likely to see a further drop, according to Democratic Alliance spokesperson on police, Andrew Whitfield, who made the comment after visiting the densely populated township’s police station on Monday.  “Provincial government and the City of Cape Town cannot plug the gap for national […]

SA’s endemic corruption requires a ‘biting’ response

Read More South Africa is bedevilled by endemic corruption, but its response skirts around key issues required to reform public procurement and shine a light on people benefitting from state money. This was the word from Karam Singh, the head of Corruption Watch, who joined a host of public accountability experts at a conference which […]

Homes for Ukraine: refugees being left homeless, UK community groups warn

Read More Growing numbers of refugees are being made homeless, and in many cases destitute, after relationship breakdowns with their Homes for Ukraine hosts in the UK, community organisations have said. Some predict the system could crash entirely after reports of Ukrainian refugees being asked to leave the homes of their sponsors with only one […]

Dl Ucraina bis, alla Camera il governo pone la fiducia

Read More La data di scadenza di conversione del decreto è vicina. E dopo le defezioni di ieri, l’esecutivo è corso ai ripari. Il ministro per i Rapporti per il Parlamento, Federico D’Incà, alla Camera ha posto  sul ddl di conversione dl Ucraina bis che contiene misure urgenti per contrastare gli effetti economici e umanitari […]