Giorno: 18 Gennaio 2023

Dumping David Jones will boost Woolworths

Read More The sale of David Jones means Woolworths has lost its foothold in Australia and its desire to be the biggest retailer in the Southern Hemisphere. (Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty Images) The sale of David Jones means Woolworths has lost its foothold in Australia and its desire to be the biggest retailer in the […]

Extinction Rebellion activists pour black paint outside Gove’s office

Read More Extinction Rebellion activists have chained themselves together at the entrance of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in London to protest against a new coalmine in Cumbria approved by its secretary, Michael Gove. As police hurried to block access to the doors, protesters lit smoke bombs and poured black water-soluble paint […]

Revealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest provider are worthless, analysis shows

Read More The forest carbon offsets approved by the world’s leading provider and used by Disney, Shell, Gucci and other big corporations are largely worthless and could make global heating worse, according to a new investigation. The research into Verra, the world’s leading carbon standard for the rapidly growing $2bn (?1.6bn) voluntary offsets market, has […]

Ex-IMF Economist: US Has Overspent Because of Fractured Politics

A former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist blamed the U.S. debt issue partly on partisan politics in Washington.

More McCarthy holdouts added to House Oversight, Judiciary committees

Post Content Kevin McCarthy has added more Republicans who initially opposed his bid to become speaker to two high-profile committees in the House: Oversight and Judiciary. Fox News confirmed McCarthy, R-Calif., placed House Freedom Caucus holdout Reps. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., Scott Perry, R-Pa., Byron Donalds, R-Fla., and freshman Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., on the Oversight […]

Dems ‘want answers’ on Biden documents, Rep. Porter says: ‘Classified documents belong in classified settings’

Post Content Democrats want answers from the White House regarding stashes of classified documents improperly held by President Biden since the Obama administration, Democratic Rep. Katie Porter of California said. Porter, speaking with reporters after a town hall event Tuesday, was asked about her role in the House Oversight Committee and the ongoing investigation into […]

Conference tackles ocean law, environmental justice and human rights

Read More In the law of the sea, which is international law about the relationship between states and how they conduct themselves at sea, there has been an evolution in ocean governance, from the attitude that you can do whatever you like out there — hence the expression “freedom of the seas” — to the […]

UK police forces told to hunt rogue officers who ‘slipped through the net’

Read More The National Police Chiefs’ Council is to ask all forces to check their officers against national police databases to help identify anyone who “slipped through the net” before vetting standards were toughened, in response to the David Carrick rape case. The home secretary, Suella Braverman, has also asked the College of Policing to […]

New York City Mayor Eric Adams demands ‘national czar’ for migrant surge, a role VP Kamala Harris already has

Post Content New York City Mayor Eric Adams called on the appointment of a “national czar” tasked with handling the influx of migrants across the southern border – even though that’s the same role Vice President Kamala Harris was tapped to fulfill nearly two years ago by the White House. Hosting a question-and-answer session with […]

Comer sets sights on Penn Biden Center, demands list of employees who could access classified documents

Post Content House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer is calling for a deeper look into the Penn Biden Center after Obama-era classified documents were found inside a closet at the think tank. Comer is shifting his sights away from the documents found in President Biden’s Wilmington garage after White House lawyers claimed no visitor log […]