Giorno: 23 Settembre 2022

Recognition of heritage should come before celebration

Read More On the subject of heritage, which South Africa celebrates on 24 September, I am torn. On one hand, heritage essentialises our complicated being into narrow identities. I am either Mpondo or Tamil and I can only be this. The ways in which we conceive of heritage do not leave room for critiques of […]

Tory MPs angrily challenge Rees-Mogg’s fracking revival plan

Read More Ministers face a furious backlash from Conservative MPs after overturning a manifesto pledge to pause fracking until it is proved safe, and then indicating drilling could be imposed without local support. Outlining a return to shale gas extraction in England after three years, Jacob Rees-Mogg dismissed worries about earthquakes caused by the practice […]

‘It’s going to split opinion’: huge Weston-super-Mare installation opens

Read More It looms high above the Grand Pier and makes the big wheel on the seafront look tiny. As it has taken shape on the beach at Weston-super-Mare, See Monster – a decommissioned North Sea gas platform converted into one of the UK’s biggest public art installations – has provoked a heady mix of […]

UK climate activists held in jail for up to six months before trial

Read More Climate campaigners arrested on suspicion of blocking roads or other offences are waiting up to six months in prison before being tried. Josh Smith, a 29-year-old stonemason from Manchester, has been held on remand in HMP Peterborough for more than two months. His court date is not set until 1 February, meaning he […]

Dark money critic Mark Kelly receives huge boost from dark money group in AZ Senate race

Post Content NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A dark money-fueled voter mobilization group is parachuting into Arizona to aid Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, who has criticized dark money’s influence in politics and his state. Somos PAC, a left-wing committee that works to get Latino voters to the polls, dropped $100,000 into canvassing […]

IATA: Hong Kong Lost Its International Aviation Hub Under the CCP Zero-COVID Policy

Read More Willie Walsh, Director General of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), spoke at an aviation conference in Doha on Sept. 21, saying that mainland China’s 
“Ultra-strict” “Zero-COVID” policy, has “devastated” Hong Kong-a former British colony, and deprived Hong Kong of its status as a global aviation hub. It has been three years since […]

Black middle class post-Covid: Largely unscathed, but still under pressure

Read More The large majority of South Africa’s black middle class emerged from the Covid-19  national lockdown unscarred financially. The pandemic, however, had a profound impact on other areas of this demographic’s lives. This is according to the latest instalment of the Black Middle Class research report, which was released by the University of Cape […]