Indonesian Passenger Boat Carrying 240 Catches Fire; 14 Dead
Read More Indonesian search and rescue team personnel carry a victim after a boat caught fire in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia, on Oct. 24, 2022. (Olivier/AFP via Getty Images) JAKARTA, Indonesia—A passenger boat carrying 240 people caught fire Monday off southern Indonesia, killing 14, rescue officials said. The KM Express Cantika 77 was […]
AG, parliament want answers on R31-million Ingonyama Trust Board ‘loans’
Read More The trust’s officials couldn’t say how the money was invested because the information was not forthcoming from the ITB’s investment wing. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G) The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) and parliament’s land reform portfolio committee want answers from the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB) about “loans” worth R31-million it gave to Ingonyama Holdings […]
EcoFlow – the load-shedding survival kit is here
Read More South Africans are getting used to the idea of being left in the dark by Eskom — but that no longer has to be the case, thanks to EcoFlow’s Delta range South Africans, tired of power outages, often refer to the outdated Victorian description of living in “Darkest Africa” as a humorous way […]
Rishi Sunak is Britain’s first Asian prime minister – but it’s no progressive victory | Hashi Mohamed
Read More Congratulations to Rishi Sunak on becoming the first Asian prime minister of the UK. It’s a momentous day for a number of reasons, not least because the Conservative leadership race was a shining example of that old immigrant adage: you have to work twice as hard to achieve your goals. On his second […]
America’s ‘most dangerous’ law? Illinois candidate warns of ‘anarchy’ after criminal justice overhaul
Post Content Crime in Illinois could “spiral out of control” after a new law overhauling the state’s criminal justice system goes into effect in January, the mayor of a Chicago suburb said. “When I said that this is the most dangerous law I’ve ever seen, I believe that,” said Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau, who […]
White House, top Dems silent on historic migrant deaths while GOP blames Biden, vows action at southern border
Post Content Top Democrats are declining to comment on staggering new numbers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection that show a record 856 illegal migrants were killed trying to cross the southern border last fiscal year, while Republicans are blaming the Biden administration and vowing action to stop the crisis. According to CBP data obtained […]
Muslim-Americans find common ground with conservatives over politicization of America’s schools
Post Content An alliance is forming in some communities across the country between Muslim American parents and conservative groups over what they see as leftist, woke politicization of America’s schools. Muslim Americans have increasingly begun showing up at school boards from Minnesota to Virginia to excoriate education officials for embracing woke priorities, including critical race […]
Widow claims Virgin Atlantic lost luggage containing husband’s cremated remains
A woman in the U.K. claimed her plans to bury her late husband at Walt Disney World in Florida were ruined after an airline temporarily lost her luggage containing his cremated remains. Joyce Jackson, 78, of Wales alleged that Virgin Atlantic accidentally left the suitcase containing the ashes of her husband Gordon at Manchester Airport, […]
Turista violentata sulle scale del b&b nel centro storico di Firenze
Read More Spinta sui gradini del palazzo e abusata da uno sconosciuto. Indagano i carabinieri sulla violenza sessuale denunciata sabato scorso da una donna sud americana di 51 anni, a Firenze da alcuni giorni per un periodo di vacanza. La vittima sarebbe stata sorpresa alle spalle mentre entrava nell’edificio del bed and breakfast in cui […]
Airstrike in Burma Kills Dozens of Concertgoers in Kachin Rebel Territory, Reports Say
Read More The Burmese military on Sunday launched airstrikes on a music festival hosted by an ethnic minority group in northern Kachin State, killing at least 50 civilians and injuring 100 more, according to local reports. Three military jets dropped bombs on A Nang Pa in Hpakant Township—where hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the […]