Giorno: 21 Luglio 2022

‘New Frame’ closure ‘a terrible loss to the country’

Read More Quality: ‘New Frame’ staff members in August 2018. The closure of the publication is a blow to the journalists, who want it to be transferred into the control of the people working there The human-centred stories that usually filled the website of the left-leaning online publication New Frame have ceased and 25 […]

Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS: Simply scintillating

Read More Visceral driving experience: The newest baby in the Porsche sports car fleet boasts a carbon fibre bonnet with aerodynamic Naca ducts. Photos: Rossen Gargolov To the less well-informed, Porsche’s Cayman is not a “proper” sports car. They rather heap that praise on the perennial 911. There is more than a whiff of […]

Fix Eskom’s power stations to stop the energy crisis

Read More Blackouts: West Pretoria power station. The country has experienced load-shedding for years, largely as a result of plants breaking down. Photo: Gustav Butlex In 1998, the government published an energy white paper, which said: “Although growth in electricity demand is only projected to exceed generation capacity by 2007, long capacity expansion lead […]

A Marshall Plan for Africa’s food-price crisis?

Read More (Guillem Sartorio/Bloomberg via Getty Images) As African countries buckle under escalating food prices brought about by Russia’s war against Ukraine, a United Nations agency has called for the activation of what it calls Africa’s own Marshall Plan. The rescue plan — designed by and for African countries — aims to absorb future […]

Boris Johnson could face byelection if inquiry finds he misled MPs over Partygate

Read More Boris Johnson could be forced to face a byelection in his Uxbridge constituency if he is found to have misled MPs over Partygate, a report from the House of Commons privileges committee has made clear. Despite having resigned as Conservative leader, Johnson still faces a parliamentary probe over whether he misled MPs when […]

Sri Lanka’s newly elected president sworn into office

Post Content NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new president Thursday to take charge of a nation bitterly angry he will remain in power amid an unprecedented economic crisis. Sri Lankans have taken to the streets for months demanding their top leaders step […]

2 contenders battle for Conservative votes in UK leader race

Post Content NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The two candidates to become Britain’s next prime minister began a head-to-head battle on Thursday for the votes of Conservative Party members who will choose the country’s new leader. Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is promising fiscal prudence, while Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is offering […]

Vice President Harris, First Lady test negative for COVID

Post Content NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Vice President Kamala Harris tested negative for COVID-19 Thursday, a White House official told Fox News, though she said she was last with President Biden on Tuesday. Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday and is experiencing “very mild symptoms,” according to the White House. The […]

New spox for Schumer-aligned PAC slammed moderate Dems Manchin, Sinema

Post Content NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The new press secretary for a political action committee affiliated with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has had some choice words for moderate Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema. “If this doesn’t make you mad, I don’t know what will,” Eden Alem, the new […]

Energy suppliers row over how to protect customers’ overpaid credit

Read More The owner of British Gas has hit back at rival Octopus Energy in a row over how best to protect households’ overpaid credit in the fallout from a string of supplier failures. Centrica’s chief executive, Chris O’Shea, said its competitor’s proposed solution to protect consumers with an insurance scheme would allow companies to […]