Giorno: 26 Ottobre 2022

Covid Italia, il bollettino del 26 ottobre 2022: 35.043 nuovi casi e 93 morti

Read More Sono 35.043 i nuovi casi di Covid-19 in Italia nelle ultime 24 ore con 93 decessi. È quanto emerge dal bollettino quotidiano del ministero della Salute. Il totale dei casi da inizio pandemia sale a 23.443.429 e il totale delle vittime a 178.846. Con 216.735 tamponi processati in Italia nelle ultime 24 ore, […]

Social relief of distress grant extended for another year

Read More Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on Wednesday extended the Covid-19 social relief of distress grant for another year until the end of March 2024. The extension announced in the treasury’s medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS) indicates that the state is still grappling with the prospect of introducing a basic income grant, and will make […]

US government warns of attack in Sandton, but has no specifics

Read More Without providing any specifics as to which form it would take, the United States embassy has warned of a possible terror attack in Johannesburg’s wealthy Sandton area this Saturday.  In an advisory posted on its website on Wednesday, the US embassy said it had received information about a possible terrorist attack in Sandton […]

Mom of suspect in Rubio canvasser attack denies political motivation: ‘My son has never voted’

Post Content A canvasser for Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., suffered injuries from an attack Sunday night, but despite how the senator described the incident, the suspect’s mother insists it was not politically motivated. Diana Rosa Lopez, the mother of suspect Javier Lopez, told the Miami Herald that her son “deserves” whatever consequences he faces but […]

Hundreds of state, local government entities vulnerable to Chinese espionage: report

Post Content EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of state and local government entities have purchased technology from Chinese companies that are restricted at the federal level and have been flagged as concerns for potential espionage by the communist regime – with a new report warning of a potential national security threat as a result. At least 1,681 state […]

North Korea warned of ‘unparalleled’ response from US, Japan, South Korea if it launches a 7th nuclear test

North Korea was warned on Wednesday that there would be an “unparalleled” response from the U.S., Japan and South Korea if it conducted a seventh nuclear test this year. The warning comes not only after Pyongyang conducted a series of unannounced missile tests earlier this month, including a ballistic missile launched over Japan, but as […]

Mini-budget: Transnet, Sanral and Denel get lifelines

Read More Finance MInister Enoch Godongwana on Wednesday announced bailouts for South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral), Transnet and Denel, by way of a special appropriations bill that will see more than R30-billion flowing to the struggling state-owned entities. He offered no such reprieve for other struggling parastatals, with the major exception of a […]

Mini-budget flags public sector wage bill — again

Read More The public sector wage bill remains a considerable fiscal risk, even as the government’s efforts to rein in spending start to bear fruit. Public sector wage negotiations have deadlocked, with a number of key unions — including the National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) and the Public Servants Association — rejecting […]

Rishi Sunak will keep ban on fracking in UK, No 10 confirms

Read More Fracking will in effect remain banned under Rishi Sunak’s government, his spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday, saying the new prime minister was committed to the policy in the 2019 manifesto. The confirmation came after the prime minister told the Commons that he “stands by” the manifesto, which put a moratorium on shale gas extraction. […]

‘Trounced by a PM who lost to a lettuce’: Starmer attacks Sunak at first PMQs – video highlights

Read More Keir Starmer launched an attack on Rishi Sunak at PMQs on Wednesday, pointing out the new prime minister lost the initial Tory leadership race to Liz Truss ‘who herself got beaten by a lettuce‘. The Labour leader took advantage of Sunak’s first prime minister’s questions to confront him on his wealth, on non-dom […]