Giorno: 24 Gennaio 2023

Japan Higher Rates Expand Debt Pile, Balanced Budget Seen Delayed Again

Read More TOKYO—Japan raised its estimates for long-term interest rates over the coming few years in government’s twice-yearly fiscal projections issued on Tuesday, following the central bank’s decision last month to allow 10-year bond yields to move more widely. Higher rates will test the government’s ability to service the industrial world’s heaviest debt burden at […]

Public protector has completed Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala inquiry

Read More President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo: Reuters) The office of the public protector has concluded its investigation into a complaint that the burglary at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Limpopo game farm revealed that he had violated the executive ethics code and the Constitution. This is according to an update provided to the leader of the African […]

Oscars 2023: Everything Everywhere All at Once leads nominations

Read More Everything Everywhere All at Once, the action comedy starring Michelle Yeoh as an unsuspecting launderette owner who battles evil by connecting with different versions of herself in parallel universes, heads into this year’s Oscar race the title to beat. As well as nods for Yeoh and her supporting co-stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Stephanie […]

In India, ancient tradition of archery thrives across northeastern villages

Thirty archers armed with bamboo bows and arrows sit on a platform awaiting instruction. Then they take aim at a straw cylinder 60 feet away. They each have 34 arrows to shoot in four minutes. They release one arrow after another, their movements languid and practiced. The next round of the competition soon follows, when […]

Mine explosion in Kenya kills 3, injures 3 others

A gold mining company said that three workers have been killed after a blast in western Kenya and blamed illegal mining activities. Karebe gold mining company said in a statement late Monday that a wall built to prevent flooding and illegal incursion was blasted by illegal miners, causing an explosion. Three other workers were injured […]

Finland’s top diplomat suggests that the country may have to join NATO without Sweden

Finland’s top diplomat appeared to suggest Tuesday that the country may have to consider joining NATO without Sweden after Turkey’s president cast serious doubt on the expansion of the military alliance. “We still have to evaluate the situation if it turns out that Sweden’s application is stalling for a long time to come,” Foreign Minister […]

Hard-right McCarthy holdouts land spots on House Rules Committee after speaker fight

Post Content Several hard-right House Republicans who were initially opposed to voting for now-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have been seated on the House Rules Committee, which sets the terms for debate and voting on bills considered on the House floor. Reps. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Ralph Norman, R-S.C., were appointed by McCarthy to the House […]

NM bill aimed at protecting communities from climate crisis advances in Legislature

Post Content A legislative panel advanced a bill Monday that would help local governments plan in advance for climate-related threats to public health such as wildfires, flooding, extreme heat and rapid erosion. The initiative from Democratic state Sen. Liz Stefanics of Santa Fe aims to foster greater resilience to climate change through grants of up […]