Chinese Companies Submit to US Audit Watchdog Inspection, Avert Delisting Threat for Now
Read More The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), accounting watchdog in the United States, has received full access to inspect and investigate companies operating in China for the first-ever time. The PCAOB is also tasked with overseeing registered public accounting firms worldwide. The PCAOB had the sole discretion to select which firms to audit, […]
Ramaphosa rejects Zuma’s bid to bring private prosecution
Read More President Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected Jacob Zuma’s attempt, on the eve of the ANC’s elective conference, to add him as an accused in his private prosecution of state prosecutor Billy Downer. Jacob Zuma’s eponymous foundation announced on Thursday evening that the president is being charged as “an accessory after the fact” and has […]
Overheard at day one of the ANC 16 December at Nasrec
Read More President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President David Mabuza at the ANC’s 55th elective conference. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G) Related stories WELCOME TO YOUR M&G Advertising Latest stories Advertising press releases Loading latest Press Releases…
Ramaphosa hits back at detractors at ANC conference
Read More President Cyril Ramaphosa fired a salvo at his detractors while delivering his political report at the beginning of the ANC elective conference, making reference to state capture which visibly raised the ire of his predecessor Jacob Zuma. Zuma — who had just hours before announced that he had opened a private criminal case […]
Woman arrested after bodies of two young boys found in Dagenham
Read More A woman has been arrested after a two-year-old and a five-year-old boy were found dead at a home in Dagenham, east London, the Metropolitan police said. A statement from the force said: “Emergency services were called at around 2pm on Friday 16 December, to the bodies of two young children found at a […]
More than 1 in 10 species could be lost by end of century, study warns
Read More Earth could lose more than a tenth of its plant and animal species by the end of the century on current trends, according to new research which comes as nearly 3,000 scientists call for action from governments to stop the destruction of nature in the final days of negotiations at Cop15. The climate […]
Immigration bill to abolish per-country green card caps pulled amid bipartisan opposition
Post Content An immigration bill that would have abolished per-country caps on green cards was pulled from the House floor ahead of a vote on the legislation Wednesday evening marking a significant win for immigration hawks. The Equal Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment (EAGLE) Act would remove per-country caps on the numbers of […]
Court Rules Trans Athletes Can Compete on Conn. Sports Teams
A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed a challenge by four cisgender runners who argued they were deprived of wins, state titles and athletic opportunities by being forced to compete against two transgender sprinters.
Lebanese court upholds death sentence for Uber driver convicted of killing British woman
A Lebanese court has upheld the death sentence for an Uber driver convicted of killing a British woman who worked for the U.K. Embassy in Beirut five years ago, the embassy said Friday. According to a statement from the embassy, Lebanon’s Court of Cassation rejected an appeal by Tariq Houshieh in the case and affirmed […]
German tennis legend Boris Becker released from prison early
German tennis legend Boris Becker has returned to Germany after serving eight months in prison in Britain, his lawyer said Thursday. The 55-year-old German, who has lived in Britain since 2012, was released on Thursday morning and traveled back to Germany shortly thereafter. Becker “has thus served his sentence and is not subject to any […]
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