Covid Italia, il bollettino del 25 ottobre: oggi 48.714 contagi e 120 morti
Read More E’ ancora in leggero calo la curva epidemica in Italia. Sono 48.714 i nuovi casi di Covid nelle ultime 24 ore, contro i 11.606 di ieri (ma con meno tamponi come ogni lunedì) e soprattutto i 58.360 di martedì scorso. I tamponi processati sono 297.268 (ieri 80.319) con un tasso di positività che […]
Bangladesh Orders Mass Evacuation as Cyclonic Storm Makes Landfall
Read More People wade through a flooded street amid continuous rain before the Cyclone Sitrang hits Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 24, 2022. (Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters) Bangladesh authorities have evacuated hundreds of thousands of people from the Cox’s Bazar coast to temporary storm shelters as the deadly Cyclone Sitrang made landfall in the country. The cyclone […]
Will the mini-budget bring certainty to SMEs?
Read More There’s an elephant in the room. Any sized elephant would make it a little difficult to focus on the upcoming medium-term budget policy statement, but when the elephant is as big as the problems inflicted upon the economy by Eskom, it’s even tougher to ignore. It’s tougher still for you, me or any […]
Mechanisation is still to come into its own in South Africa’s gold industry
Read More The recent R75-million investment by Gold Fields in the Rhino, a drill rig that allows for faster, more accurate drilling and a bigger breaking point for blasting during longhole stoping, will still not see it surpass output of traditional mining methods soon. Gold Fields’ South Deep is the only fully mechanised gold mine […]
Sterling rises to highest level since before Liz Truss’s mini-budget – business live
Read More From 3h ago Investors have bought UK government debt, pushing down bond yields to the level seen before Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng announced their disastrous “mini-budget”. Prices on UK government debt, known as gilts, plummeted after Truss and Kwarteng announced steep tax cuts for the wealthy without saying how it would affect […]
Penn State, Fearing Violence, Cancels Show by Proud Boys Founder
A planned comedy event featuring the founder of the Proud Boys was canceled by Pennsylvania State University on Monday.
Calif. Study: COVID Lockdown Hurt Kids’ Reading, Math Scores
Schools across California showed a “significant” decline in test scores since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in less than half of third graders showing proficiency in reading, and only a third proficient in math, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Monday.
Calif. Study: COVID Lockdown Hurt Kids’ Reading, Math Scores
Schools across California showed a “significant” decline in test scores since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in less than half of third graders showing proficiency in reading, and only a third proficient in math, the San Francisco Chronicle reported…
UK’s Rishi Sunak officially becomes prime minister amid economic crisis
Former finance minister Rishi Sunak met with King Charles III as he officially entered the top job as the U.K.’s newest prime minister Tuesday. The meeting with the Charles and Sunak, the first British Asian to hold the high office, is part of the ceremonial transfer of power known as “kissing hands,” following Liz Truss’ […]
New UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak acknowledges ‘some mistakes were made’ under Liz Truss
In his first address as prime minister Rishi Sunak listed Britain’s economy as his number one priority as he takes up the high office and noted that “some mistakes were made” by his predecessors. Sunak, the third leader to hold the top job in seven weeks and the first British Asian prime minister, paid tribute […]