Giorno: 3 Novembre 2022

Wealthy candidates turn to personal fortunes for final midterm campaign boost

Post Content Wealthy candidates on both sides of the aisle are turning to their personal fortunes to boost their campaigns in the final days before Election Day. Joe O’Dea, the Republican Senate candidate in Colorado, invested $1 million of his own cash into his campaign on Monday. Meanwhile, Trudy Busch Valentine, a Democratic Senate candidate […]

Russia troop morale low over fighting in tin ‘cans’ as Moscow leans on Belarus for support

Low morale among Russia’s ranks continues as its troops remain rankled over fighting in tin “cans” while Moscow leans on Belarus for support, according to a U.K. intelligence update Thursday. The U.K.’s defense ministry addressed that “Russian soldiers serving in Ukraine are likely frustrated that they are forced to serve in old infantry combat vehicles” […]

Xi Jinping’s Monopoly on Power Ends CCP’s Power-Sharing Consensus: China Experts

Read More News Analysis After China’s 20th Party Congress, Xi Jinping and his loyalists have taken full control of the top power structure of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Analysts point out that the current structure breaks the CCP’s power-sharing rules, which may bring about a struggle amongst the party’s inner-circle, just like those in […]

ADR Access: First-of-its-kind legal-tech platform for speedy dispute resolution launches in South Africa’s property sector

Read More ADR Access, developed by legal expert-turned-tech entrepreneur Frank Stanley, has released the first end-to-end legal-tech alternative dispute resolution platform in South Africa. The platform is focused on streamlining dispute resolution in the property sector. The legal-tech platform provides individuals and businesses access to a cost-effective, reliable and user-friendly solution that assists in resolving […]

Booked your seats for the Zeitz MOCAA Gucci gala?

Read More The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa’s fundraising gala dinner, themed Art & Opulence, is only a few weeks away.  Supported by luxury brand Gucci, the gala team will host a night where fashion meets art and fine dining. It’s on 19 November at the Cape Town museum, which has the largest collection […]

Imran Khan wounded in ‘assassination attempt’ in Pakistan

Read More A gunman opened fire at a container lorry carrying Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan, wounding him in the leg and also some of his supporters, a senior leader from his party and police have said. A party aide said Khan had been wounded in the shin and was not seriously hurt. “A […]

Bank of England signals interest rates probably won’t go much higher

Read More Interest rates have risen to their highest level in more than a decade but probably won’t go much higher than 3%. That was the message from the Bank of England as it sought to soften the blow from the sharpest rise in the cost of borrowing in more than three decades. Threadneedle Street’s […]

Bank of England hikes interest rates to 3% in biggest rise since 1989

Read More The Bank of England has increased the cost of borrowing by 0.75 percentage points to 3%, despite predicting that higher interest rates would push the economy into the longest recession since the 1930s. In a split vote, the central bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) voted by a 7-2 majority for the biggest increase […]