Giorno: 19 Dicembre 2022

Almost 20m people in UK watched World Cup final on TV

Read More Almost 20 million Britons watched the World Cup final on Sunday afternoon, with the BBC once again beating ITV in the ratings. A peak audience of 14.9 million viewers tuned in to see Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer front BBC One’s coverage, with 4.3 million watching ITV for the combination of Gary Neville […]

Ex-mafia Boss ‘Cadillac Frank’ Salemme Dies in Prison at 89

Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme, the once powerful New England Mafia boss who was serving a life sentence behind bars for the 1993 killing of a Boston nightclub owner, has died at the age of 89, according to the Bureau of Prisons. Salemme died on Tuesday, according to…

Ramaphosa wins second term as ANC leader, beating Zweli Mkhize

Read More Cyril Ramaphosa has secured his second term as president of the ANC with a significant victory over challenger Zweli Mkhize. Despite a late surge by Mkhize in the days leading up to the vote, held at the ANC’s 55th national conference in Johannesburg, and discord among Ramaphosa’s supporters over who would stand on […]

Dutch expected to apologise for 250 years of slavery

Read More The Netherlands looks set on Monday 19 December to finally embark on a path leading to a formal apology for its tainted 250-year history of slavery. Prime Minister Mark Rutte is giving a speech on slavery in The Hague in what he has called a “meaningful moment” while Dutch ministers are travelling to […]

UK set for ruling on plan to deport migrants to Rwanda

Read More UK high court judges are on Monday December 19 due to rule on challenges to the British government’s controversial policy of deporting migrants and asylum seekers to Rwanda. Irregular migration is a thorny political issue for the UK government, which promised to tighten borders after the country left the EU. It is currently […]

Ambulance staff need firm promise on pay to call off strike, says union

Read More Ambulance staff would require a definite commitment from ministers on pay rather than just a promise of talks to call off their planned strike on Wednesday, according to a union leader who said trust had largely broken down with the government. Christina McAnea, the general secretary of Unison, one of three unions involved […]

‘Like paradise’: Argentina erupts in celebration of World Cup win

Read More If there’s one thing Argentina fans have learned in this World Cup, it’s that you can’t rest on your laurels when you’re 2-0 up. But after a dramatic penalty shootout, there was delight in Buenos Aires that Argentina will be bringing home football’s most coveted trophy. In La Puerta Roja, a bar in […]