In brief: The week in business
Read More Pick n Pay stocks over 300 plant-based products Grocery retailer Pick n Pay said this week it had doubled the number of plant-based products it stocks over the past two years, and sales continue to grow year-on-year, with newness driving this growth among local customers. “Veganism is a growing trend as customers increasingly […]
Sade – the smooth operator who is always by your side
Read More Unlike hardcore fans, who have been sharing images, personal recollections and music ever since I was assigned this to story to coincide with Sade turning 63 this week, I didn’t grow up listening to her. I don’t have the strong memories of hearing Your Love is King in some uncle or neighbour’s backyard, […]
Political din will only get louder in 2023
Read More If you’re hoping for less drama in our political life this year, think again. This is a pre-election year. It’s time for political parties to build up material for use in their electoral campaigns in 2024. But this pre-election year is likely to yield even more drama than previous pre-election years. Besides the […]
Russia-Ukraine war live: Zelenskiy expecting ‘strong decisions’ as Kyiv’s allies meet in Germany
Read More Hello and welcome to today’s live coverage of the war in Ukraine. My name is Helen Sullivan and I’ll be bringing you the latest for the next while. Our top story this morning: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his government was expecting “strong decisions” from defence leaders of Nato and other countries meeting […]
What businesses and chief executives are most afraid of in 2023
Read More Businesses worldwide are gearing up for a difficult year, citing a number of crises that include cybercrime, Russia’s war on Ukraine, rising energy and commodity prices, and accelerating wage and price inflation. Two reports released this week — the Allianz Risk Barometer and the PwC Global CEO survey — highlighted the biggest problems […]
US sending another $2.5 billion in military aid to Ukraine
Post Content The Pentagon announced Thursday that it is sending an additional $2.5 billion in military aid to Ukraine, including 90 Stryker combat vehicles for the first time and another 59 Bradley fighting vehicles. The latest package will also replenish the U.S.-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, and […]
Nordio contro i pm antimafia “Le Camere non siano supine”
Read More ROMA – Nordio sulle intercettazioni non demorde. Sì “per mafia, terrorismo e reati satelliti”. Ma non cita la corruzione. Parole sempre uguali, alla Camera ieri, al Senato il giorno prima. Le stesse da quando è Guardasigilli, e prim’ancora da magistrato. Stavolta con una punta di fastidio vagamente snob: “Non c’è peggior sordo di chi […]
“Sulle intercettazioni parole sbagliate e fuori linea”. Il governo prova a contenere le uscite di Nordio
Read More Contenere la “bomba” Nordio. «Com’è possibile aver fatto questo capolavoro, cioè inimicarsi il fronte antimafia nella settimana in cui la giustizia in Italia scrive una pagina storica?», si sfoga un senatore FdI. Ovattare le provocazioni del Guardasigilli con l’elmetto. Era difficile, in effetti, segnare un colpo come la cattura di Matteo Messina Denaro […]
Ucraina – Russia, le news dalla guerra oggi. Direttore della Cia ha incontrato in segreto Zelensky. L’ambasciata russa : ‘Sequestrati missili anticarro italiani’. Kiev: basta tremare davanti a Putin
Read More Il direttore della Cia William Burns è volato in gran segreto a Kiev alla fine della scorsa settimana e ha incontrato il presidente Volodymyr Zelensky, al quale ha comunicato quali sono le aspettative per le prossime mosse militari della Russia. Lo riporta il Washington Post citando alcune fonti. E mentre Medvedev torna a […]
Larry Elder takes aim at San Francisco’s $5 million reparations plan: ‘When do we stop?’
Post Content Conservative TV and radio host Larry Elder on Thursday took aim at a new proposal by San Francisco’s reparations committee to pay each Black longtime residents $5 million – while warning that the movement in support of reparations is growing as young people are being “indoctrinated” into its supporting narrative. “I think the […]