Rishi Sunak urged by Scottish Tory MSP not to block Holyrood’s gender recognition bill – UK politics live
Read More Starmer ends the phone-in by praising Arsenal for its performance yesterday, and saying he hopes the fan who kicked the Arsenal goalkeeper gets banned. Q: Would Labour support Ukraine even more than the current government? Starmer says Labour would certainly do as much as the government is doing. He says it might go […]
Italy’s most-wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrested
Read More Italy’s Carabinieri police have arrested Matteo Messina Denaro, the country’s most wanted mafia boss who had been on the run for three decades. Denaro, who was detained at a clinic in the Sicilian capital Palermo, is alleged to be a boss of Sicily’s Cosa Nostra mafia. He has been sentenced in absentia to […]
Caro-carburanti, ispezioni Anitrust-Gdf nelle sedi dei big del petrolio: irregolarità sui prezzi dei distributori
Read More ROMA – Nel giorno in cui i benzinai potrebbero decidere di scioperare ugualmente il 25 e 26 gennaio contro il decreto trasparenza del governo, l’Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato si muove con la Guardia di Finanza per ispezionare le sedi di alcuni big del petrolio: Eni, Esso Italiana, Italiana Petroli, Kuwait […]
Matteo Messina Denaro è stato arrestato, in manette dopo 30 anni di latitanza il boss della mafia
Read More Il boss mafioso Matteo Messina Denaro è stato arrestato dai carabinieri del Ros, dopo 30 anni di latitanza. L’inchiesta che ha portato alla cattura del capomafia di Castelvetrano (Tp) è stata coordinata dal procuratore di Palermo Maurizio de Lucia e dal procuratore aggiunto Paolo Guido. È quanto apprende l’ANSA da fonti qualificate. Secondo […]
Tennis, Australian Open: Sinner batte Edmund, avanzano anche Nadal e Sonego. Kyrgios si ritira per infortunio
Read More Via agli Australian Open di tennis. Djokovic dopo la mancata partecipazione dello scorso anno per non essersi vaccinato contro il Covid, torna a Melbourne dove insegue il decimo successo della carriera nello Slam che apre la stagione. Nel primo turno subito protagonista Jannik Sinner, che ha battuto il britannico Kyle Edmund in tre […]
Nearly 1,000 police officers operating in UK schools, figures show
Read More Nearly 1,000 police officers are operating within UK schools, figures show, with these officers being more likely to be based in areas with higher numbers of pupils eligible for free school meals. Analysis by the Runnymede Trust shows that of the 979 police officers operating in UK schools, half are based in London. […]
Sondaggi politici: quasi un elettore su due vota centrodestra. Sale ancora il M5s, stabile il Pd
Read More Crescono i tre principali partiti della maggioranza. Se si votasse oggi, quasi un elettore su due voterebbe Fratelli d’Italia, Forza Italia o Lega (44,5 per cento). E’ FdI a prendersi buona parte del bottino. Secondo Termometro politico (in una rilevazione condotta tra il 10 e il 12 gennaio) il partito della premier Giorgia Meloni […]
How to address inequality embedded in the fourth industrial revolution
Read More Ongoing progress with the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) worldwide has been promising. But it appears that, as with the third industrial revolution (3IR), the promised productivity is being delivered to those with online access or monetary means. In other words, the current approach of 4IR will progress “those who have the means” and […]
Will Mangaung mark the birth, decay and death of the ANC?
Read More The ANC needs to be more than restored, it needs to be rebuilt and repurposed. In the renaming of towns since 1994, Mangaung is probably the most fitting new name. Meaning “a place of cheetahs”, the name predates the colonial period. Natives referred to the place as Mangaung and continued even after Boers […]
Focus on improving the energy availability factor as a quick win to stop load-shedding
Read More There is no doubt that the future of electricity generation will be largely renewable energy and possibly nuclear energy. But in the short to medium term the South African electricity grid will be largely powered by coal-based electricity generation. The Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) of 2019 captures the roadmap and policy direction adopted […]