Giorno: 6 Novembre 2022

Ready or not, here comes the opening kick-off in the 2024 White House race

Post Content After more than a year and a half of early moves in the 2024 presidential election cycle, the starting gun in the next White House race fires immediately after Tuesday’s midterm elections. “There have been a half dozen or more Republicans who have been circling around the midterms as a pretense for running […]

Boris Johnson ‘quit PM race over risk to ?10m earnings’, sources say

Read More Boris Johnson would have forfeited earnings of at least ?10m a year from speeches and sales of his memoirs if he had fought a leadership battle against Rishi Sunak and lost, according to informed sources in the entertainment industry, who believe financial considerations played a part in his decision to pull out. Since […]

Obama tells Democrats ‘Sulking and moping is not an option’ ahead of midterm elections

Post Content Top Democrats warned voters during campaign rallies on Saturday that abortion access, Social Security and democracy are on the ballot as the nation prepares for the midterm elections this week. “Sulking and moping is not an option,” former President Barack Obama told Democratic voters in Pittsburgh. “On Tuesday, let’s make sure our country […]

Norway plans sanctuary for ‘spy’ whale Hvaldimir who came in from cold

Read More When a beluga whale started to play with Norwegian fishing boats and interact with tourists in 2019, it became an internet sensation. The sociable creature seemed drawn to humans, and they were drawn to him. But Hvaldimir’s story seems to be a sad one; wearing a tight harness stamped with “equipment of St […]

Suella Braverman was warned ‘hate speech’ could inspire far right

Read More The home secretary, Suella Braverman, who last week caused outrage by referring to asylum seekers entering the UK as an “invasion“, had been warned by government lawyers that inflammatory immigration rhetoric risked inspiring a far-right terror attack. Braverman’s comments came just one day after a man with links to the far right threw […]

‘This is why a forever war kid like me is friends with gangsters’

Read More I have been working with gangsters on the Cape Flats for more than three years. When I spend time with them, there’s nostalgia in the air. I often wonder, had it not been for the funnel of the school system, the example set by authority figures and the safety net of both parents, […]

Boris Johnson’s attacks behind fall in support for overseas aid, says minister

Read More The failure of Boris Johnson and successive Tory governments to defend overseas aid has led to a fall in public support for it, the new international development minister has warned. In revealing comments made just days before he was appointed to the role, Andrew Mitchell, a veteran defender of overseas aid, said that […]

Ministers have no idea how many beaches in England shut due to sewage

Read More The government has no idea how many beaches in England have been shut due to sewage pollution this year, ministers have admitted. This summer, scores of beaches across the country were forced to close in high season after raw sewage was dumped into the sea near the coast. Surfers Against Sewage found that […]

‘It just rings and rings’: Home Office helpline for asylum seekers rated inadequate

Read More The government’s round-the-clock helpline for asylum seekers has been rated inadequate after callers faced “unacceptable” delays, official documents have revealed. Run for the Home Office by the charity Migrant Help, the helpline is the main point of contact for asylum seekers needing support with housing, money and access to healthcare. It also handles […]