Giorno: 24 Novembre 2022

Bereaved relatives write to Rishi Sunak on anniversary of Channel drowning

Read More Sixteen bereaved relatives of 31 refugees who drowned in the Channel have written to Rishi Sunak on the first anniversary of their loved ones’ deaths, urging him to make changes to prevent future tragedies. On 24 November 2021, 31 people slowly froze to death in the Channel. They had repeatedly made SOS calls […]

Eastern Cape receives the most clean audits in its history

Read More The Auditor-General of South Africa recovered financial losses of R14 million while R509 million was in the process of being recovered, auditor general Tsakani Maluleke said on Wednesday afternoon. The announcement was during the release of the auditor general’s annual consolidated general report on national and provincial audit outcomes for the 2021-22 financial year.  Maluleke […]

Russia-Ukraine war live: Zelenskiy condemns ‘energy terror’ at UN meeting after 10 die in latest mass strikes

Read More Ground battles continue to rage in eastern Ukraine, where Russia is pressing an offensive along a stretch of front line west of the city of Donetsk, which has been held by its proxies since 2014, Reuters reports. Ukraine’s general staff said Russian forces tried again to make advances on their main targets in […]

Anwar Ibrahim appointed Malaysian prime minister after unprecedented hung parliament

Read More Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been appointed prime minister and will be sworn in by the king at 5 pm local time, the country’s palace said on Thursday. A general election on Saturday ended in an unprecedented hung parliament with neither of the two main alliances, one led by Anwar and the […]

More than 70,000 UK university staff go on strike over pay and pensions

Read More Up to 2.5 million students could face disruption as tens of thousands of university staff begin industrial action on Thursday in what has been billed as the biggest strike in the history of UK higher education. More than 70,000 staff, including lecturers, librarians and researchers, are due to take part in the first […]

Celtic gold coins stolen from German museum in stunning heist

On Tuesday, a huge horde of ancient Celtic gold coins was stolen from the Celtic and Roman Museum in Manching, Germany, according to Bavarian State Police. Authorities estimate the value of the coins, which together weighed about 4 kilograms (8.8 pounds), to be above 1 million dollars. “The loss of the Celtic treasure is a […]

Airport security rules on liquids and laptops could be lifted in UK in 2024 – reports

Read More Security restrictions on liquids and laptops in airport hand luggage could be abolished in the UK in 2024 due to the deployment of hi-tech 3D scanners. The government is considering rolling out the advanced technology, which is similar to CT scanners used in hospitals, in two years although a final decision has yet […]

European Parliament attacked by hackers after vote naming Russia terrorism sponsor

The European Parliament’s website was down for several hours on Wednesday after “Pro-Kremlin” hackers retaliated against Russia being designated as a state sponsor of terrorism, according to reports. Earlier in the day, Reuters reported, European lawmakers voted in favor of declaring Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, saying the country’s use of military strikes on […]

Turkey planning to launch ground invasion of Syria, targeting Kurds and putting US troops at risk

EXCLUSIVE – A Kurdish general told Fox News that NATO ally Turkey is planning to carry out a massive ground invasion into Syria, targeting the very same Kurdish groups the US military has partnered with and relied on to fight ISIS in Northeast Syria. The attack could put nearly 1,000 U.S. troops stationed in Syria […]

Inflation climbing, but our political class keep their heads in a cloud

Read More Today, the South African Reserve Bank will yet again in all likelihood raise interest rates to fend off the rising tide of inflation In the election or re-election campaigns the world over, politicians the world over have been speaking about the threat of inflation to their economies and the livelihood of the most […]