Giorno: 25 Maggio 2022

Africa.com: Live from the World Economic Forum in Davos

Read More This year, Africa Day coincides with the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.  African leaders, together with world leaders, are gathering to discuss critical issues of importance to Africa and the world. One of the critical issues that Africa must address is how the continent tackles climate change, and […]

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Vomiting and partying until 4am: Sue Gray delivers damning verdict on Boris Johnson’s No 10

Read More Sue Gray has issued a damning verdict on the party culture in Boris Johnson’s Downing Street, in a 37-page report that includes nine photographs, and names a string of senior civil servants. Gray sets out in embarrassing detail how each event unfolded, including a leaving party on 18 June 2020, at which “one […]

Il bambino che sognava l’estate, l’insegnante che amava correre: ecco le vittime della scuola elementare texana

Read More Diciannove bambini e due insegnanti. È il bilancio delle vittime della strage di ieri alla scuola elementare Robb di Uvalde, in Texas, uccise dal diciottenne Salvador Ramos, che è entrato nell’istituto e ha fatto fuoco prima di essere ucciso dalle forze dell’ordine.  Strage in Texas, governatore sotto accusa per la legge sulle armi […]

‘It’s a spiritual earthquake’: When rabbis become sexual abusers

Read More When reports first surfaced that a prominent D.C. rabbi had been secretly filming his female congregants in the synagogue’s ritual bath, Elana Sztokman says she felt physically ill. “For about a week, I couldn’t get off the couch,” recounts the prominent feminist activist who grew up in New York and immigrated to Israel […]

These small Red Sea islands could help normalize Israeli-Saudi relations

Read More WASHINGTON – Pushing forward normalization steps between Israel and Saudi Arabia during his upcoming Middle East trip will be a major diplomatic achievement for U.S. President Joe Biden, says Dan Shapiro, who worked until recently on Mideast policy in the Biden administration. Earlier this week, news website Axios reported that the White House […]

LISTEN: Why Biden changed his mind on Saudi Arabia

Read More Why is the U.S. president planning a visit to Israel and a breakthrough with Saudi Arabia, and how is it connected to China, Putin and the ongoing Ukraine war? Listen to foreign policy expert Aaron David Miller May 25, 2022 1:13 PM Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Biden promised to turn his […]

Playing the market in Zimbabwe. A citizen’s tale

Read More At 9 am every weekday, Albert Nangara, a chemical engineering student at Midlands State University, Zimbabwe, starts juggling his attention between studies and “the board”. 9 am is when the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange opens and Nangara needs to keep at least half an eye on prices. Nangara is one of a growing cohort […]

OPINION | How film can shape our understanding of African queer realities

Read More Gender and sexual non-conformity remain unacceptable and criminalised in many countries in Africa. Waves of homophobia have swept across the continent. These waves of homophobia have been fanned by nationalists who have argued that queerness is foreign to the continent and that it is a Western imposition.  The late former president of Zimbabwe […]

Texas school shooting: second teacher and first student victims named after 21 killed at Uvalde elementary school – latest updates

Read More Jon Henley has rounded up for us some of the tributes paid to the first victims to be named after the shooting at Uvalde’s Robb elementary school: The family of Uziyah Garcia said the eight-year-old boy was among those who died. “The sweetest little boy that I’ve ever known,” Garcia’s grandfather, Manny Renfro, […]