Giorno: 16 Dicembre 2022

Mahala’s biography restores dignity denied Can Themba for decades

Read More Siphiwo Mahala’s biography of legendary journalist and author Can Themba paints a harrowing image of a gifted genius who was driven to self-destruction by the evil system of racial segregation and prejudice. Although the book Can Themba: The Making and Breaking of the Intellectual Tsotsi focuses solely on the late journalist and author […]

Biden admin issues $1.5 billion grant for ‘woke’ projects promoting racial equity, union jobs, climate healing

Post Content The Department of Transportation (DOT) this week announced $1.5 billion in new grant funding that favors transportation infrastructure projects that address Democratic priorities like environmental sustainability, climate change and the promotion of union jobs. The money is being offered under the department’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program. […]

Incoming Senate GOP campaign chair Daines pledges to ‘do whatever it takes to win’

Post Content EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Steve Daines of Montana, the incoming chair of the Senate Republicans’ campaign committee, says he will do “whatever it takes to make sure we have a Republican majority” as he aims to win back control of the chamber in the 2024 election cycle. That appears to include having the National Republican […]

Abortions Dropped 97 Percent in Texas After Roe Reversal

Abortions in Texas dropped by 97% in the month after the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, according to preliminary data from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

Massive Berlin aquarium with 1,500 fish bursts, injuring 2 and flooding hotel with 260K gallons of water

A massive aquarium in a downtown Berlin hotel burst Friday, releasing 264,000 gallons of water, 1,500 fish and injuring two people, German authorities said. The spill in the lobby of the Radisson Blu caused a wave of debris to sweep the hotel shortly before 6 a.m. local time and rescue dogs are sweeping the area […]

Albanian court convicts Iranian man of terrorism-related charges

An Albanian court has convicted an Iranian man on terrorism-related charges and sentenced him to 10 years’ imprisonment, court officials said Thursday. In a ruling issued Wednesday but made public a day later, Albania’s Special Court on Corruption and Organized Crime found Bijan Pooladrag guilty of funding terrorism and being a member of a terrorist […]

Ramaphosa’s faction to have an 11th-hour meeting to finalise slate

Read More Ramaphosa allies are in last-minute negotiates for party positions ahead of ANC nominations expected to take place later in the night. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Just hours before ANC leadership nominations were set to commence on Friday, no clear line-up had been decided by any of the warring factions.  Nominations from the […]

Traces of suspected cocaine found after parties in Liz Truss’s grace-and-favour house, say staff

Read More Traces of a suspected class A drug were found at a government grace-and-favour home after parties attended by political allies of Liz Truss, the Guardian has been told. The white powder was discovered at the Chevening estate last summer in the days before Truss won the Tory leadership contest and became prime minister, […]

Pelosi pushes to include TikTok ban in $1.7 trillion spending bill

Post Content House Speaker Nancy Pelosi supports the inclusion of language banning TikTok on government devices in the omnibus spending bill she hopes to pass by the end of next week. Pelosi told reporters on Capitol Hill that she would support adding the ban to a $1.7 trillion spending bill that funds the government until […]

Biden to jet back to White House from Delaware for meetings, holiday receptions – then fly back home

Post Content President Biden will travel to from his home state of Delaware to the White House Friday afternoon before turning around and heading back to Delaware later this evening, according to his public schedule. The president, who flew to Delaware Thursday, is scheduled to participate in a town hall with veterans at the Major […]