The mini-budget that broke Britain – and Liz Truss

Read More Britain has been through the wringer since September’s mini-budget. Not only was Kwasi Kwarteng’s not-so-mini plan the trigger for a domestic financial crisis and raising mortgage costs for millions, it lit the blue touchpaper for his political downfall and that of his close friend, Liz Truss. It was all supposed to be so […]

Liz Truss resigns as PM and triggers fresh leadership election

Read More Liz Truss has resigned as prime minister and will step down after a week-long emergency contest to find her successor, she has announced outside Downing Street. It follows a turbulent 45 days in office during which Truss’s mini-budget crashed the markets, she lost two key ministers and shed the confidence of almost all […]

Oregon governor debate: Drazan hits Kotek as ‘original defund the police candidate’

Post Content The Oregon gubernatorial candidates participated in a debate Wednesday, when they clashed on the topic of state funding for police and law enforcement. The candidates for the Oregon governorship include Democrat Tina Kotek, Republican Christine Drazan, and independent Betsy Johnson. Following a question about the need for funding law enforcement to combat crime, […]

Hawley moves to personally sanction Xi, top CCP officials over ‘complicity’ in Uyghur genocide

Post Content EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Josh Hawley is introducing legislation affirming that Chinese President Xi Jinping and his top associates are “personally complicit” in genocide against Uyghur Muslims. The bill put forward by Hawley, R-Mo., holds that Xi is complicit in “crimes against humanity” perpetrated against Uyghurs, sanctions Xi and senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and […]

Brazilian influencer N?bia Cristina Braga killed in hail of bullets at home: report

A popular Brazilian social media influencer was reportedly gunned down at her home last week, according to local media reports. N?bia Cristina Braga, a 23-year-old influencer with nearly 60,000 followers on Instagram as of Wednesday, was shot and killed at her home last week in the Santa Maria neighborhood of Aracaju, the capital of the […]

Mozambique again tries to halt former minister’s extradition to the US

Read More Mozambique has filed papers to South Africa’s supreme court of appeal in its third bid to challenge a ruling that its former finance minister, Michael Chang, be extradited to the United States to face fraud charges stemming from the country’s Secret Debt scandal. The application for leave to appeal may be the Maputo […]

Mpumalanga Eskom employees arrested for theft

Read More Two incidents of theft by Eskom employees investigated by the Hawks (DPCI) and  Eskom Group Security have led to the arrest of four employees at two power stations in Mpumalanga.  A worker at Tutuka power station was arrested on 17 October for allegedly removing 10 drums of hydraulic oil from the storage facilities. […]