Sen. Chuck Schumer agrees to televised debate with GOP opponent ahead of 2022 election
Post Content Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will debate his Republican opponent, 39-year-old Joe Pinion, just over a week before the November midterm election. Although Schumer, D-N.Y., has never formally acknowledged his opponent in the press, the Democrat powerhouse has agreed to face off against Pinion in a televised debate on Spectrum News moderated by […]
Poll: GOP Gov. Greg Abbott with eight-point lead over Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke in Texas showdown
Post Content With less than four weeks to go until November’s elections, Gov. Greg Abbott is maintaining his upper-single digit lead over Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke as the Republican governor runs for a third four-year term steering Texas. Abbott tops O’Rourke 52%-44% among Texans who say they’ll definitely vote in this year’s election, according to […]
Biden admin to ‘reassess’ relationship with Saudi Arabia, but not China
Post Content President Biden’s administration plans to “reassess” America’s relationship with Saudi Arabia, a move that could spark historic and global ramifications after the Saudis joined Russia in limiting oil exports last week. However, the administration remarked that it would not “reassess” its relationship with China, which has bought more oil from Russia than any […]
To counter Russia, Austin pledges indefinite US support for Ukraine through ‘all seasons’
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Wednesday pledged indefinite support to Kyiv through “all seasons” as he kicked off the sixth meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Belgium. “Ukrainian forces have changed the dynamics of this war,” he told world leaders united under the coalition. “These victories belong to the Ukrainian soldiers. But […]
Critical pipeline brining oil from Russia to Germany springs leak
A critical pipeline that transports crude oil from Russia to Germany was found to be leaking Wednesday, just weeks after the suspected sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines. Germany reported receiving less oil than normal through the Druzhba pipeline on Wednesday, less than a day after Poland discovered the leak. Unlike the Nord Stream 1 […]
French government orders Esso gas depot workers to guarantee fuel supplies
The French government on Wednesday started the process of requisitioning workers at petrol depots of ExxonMobil’s French branch Esso in an attempt to ensure that service stations around the country are supplied with badly needed fuel amid an ongoing strike, saying shortages are becoming “unbearable” to too many in the country. France’s Prime Minister Elizabeth […]
Iranian enforces open fire on ‘schoolgirls’ as regime prepares for crackdown on Kurdish protesters: report
Members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) allegedly opened fire on “schoolgirls” chanting anti-regime slogans on Wednesday. The IRGC is Iran’s most brutal weapon against protesters outraged at the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini at the hands of the country’s morality police. Unrest has been most prevalent in the Kurdish regions of Iran, and […]
Il G7 a fianco dell’Ucraina. Biden su Putin: “Ha sbagliato i calcoli ma è un attore razionale”
Read More Mosca-Washington – Il G7 conferma l’appoggio all’Ucraina, dopo la pioggia di missili lanciata da Vladimir Putin. Promette la fornitura di difese aeree ed elogia la disponibilità di Volodymyr Zelensky alla pace. Non quella inesistente prospettata da Mosca, però. Durante il G7 virtuale di ieri mattina, Zelensky ha chiesto difese aeree e sanzioni contro […]
Eskom load-shedding wreaks havoc on water system
Read More The supply of water in numerous municipalities around the country are has been affected by the rolling blackouts. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy Every day, for the past 10 days, Tracey Whyte has lugged four 20-litre drums of water from her Germiston home to her pre-school in Melville, Johannesburg. She owns the Melville Education […]
The Opera Virgin attends ‘The Elixir of Love’
Read More I found myself in Hoërskool Ermelo Auditorium in Mpumalanga on a Friday night in late September 2022, ready to take in the bel canto masterpiece L’elisir D’amore, a Cape Town Opera touring production. It had been years since I had been inside a school auditorium and my mind wandered back as a flush […]
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