‘Ndrangheta, operazione del Ros in Calabria: 11 arresti
Read More I carabinieri del Ros, con il supporto in fase esecutiva dei militari del Comando provinciale di Vibo Valentia, hanno eseguito un’ordinanza di custodia cautelare in carcere emessa dal Gip distrettuale di Catanzaro, su richiesta della Direzione distrettuale antimafia, a carico di 11 persone indagate, a vario titolo, per associazione per delinquere di tipo […]
China Offers to Extend Sri Lanka’s Debt by 2 Years Over IMF Deal
Read More China has reportedly offered Sri Lanka a two-year debt moratorium as “an immediate contingency measure” to support Sri Lanka in securing a $2.9 billion bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In a letter sent to Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry on Jan. 19, the Export-Import Bank of China said that it would […]
Lessons in feminism from the leadership of New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Read More On 19 January, the BBC ran a story with the controversial headline: “Jacinda Arden: Can women really have it all?”, in its coverage of her landmark decision to resign, reached by a woman who was the youngest woman in the world to be elected prime minister, at the age of 37, in 2017. […]
The Taliban cannot defeat Afghan women’s thirst for education
Read More In the weeks since the Taliban’s December 2022 decree banning women from attending university, Afghans have shown that they will not take this latest outrage lying down. Brave female students have launched a campaign of resistance — risking beatings, arrest or worse — and their male counterparts (and many professors) have shown solidarity […]
Sports betting battle pitting casino owner against tribes could go all the way to Supreme Court
Post Content TUKWILA, Wash. – A Washington card room owner argued that tribal casinos have unfairly monopolized sports betting and is suing state and federal officials for the right to get in on the game. But local tribes — including his own — say his suit threatens their economies and sovereignty. “There’s zero circumstances in […]
Biden, Trump, Pence under scrutiny for classified records, potentially complicating 2024 White House bids
Post Content President Biden, former President Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence are all under scrutiny for their improper retention of classified documents, potentially complicating their bids, or potential bids, for the White House in 2024. Trump announced his 2024 presidential campaign in November, months after the FBI seized classified records during an unprecedented […]
Child brides in Zimbabwe condemned to rape and death
Read More On 2 January, three days after giving birth to a baby girl, 14-year-old Delight Masomeke died from labour related complications. This was shortly after she had been married to an older man — in violation of Zimbabwean law, which makes it illegal to get married under the age of 18. The circumstances of […]
Celebrities call on UK banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coal fields
Read More A raft of famous names including Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Mark Rylance have joined activists and businesses in calling on the UK’s big five banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coal expansion. Make My Money Matter, a campaign set up by Richard Curtis, the screenwriter, director and Comic Relief co-founder, […]
‘He doesn’t care’: Rishi Sunak is failing nurses and NHS, say voters in Stoke
Read More Rishi Sunak should pour money and staff into the “crippled” NHS, and reward striking nurses with better pay, Conservative 2019 voters from a “red wall” constituency have said. Stoke-on-Trent residents in a focus group organised by More in Common for the Guardian described the health service as “struggling”, being in an “absolute mess” […]
Nearly half of asylum seekers facing removal from UK to Rwanda are married
Read More Nearly half of asylum seekers facing removal to Rwanda are married and a fifth have children, according to a new survey. The findings were released by the campaign coalition Together With Refugees, a coalition of more than 500 national and local organisations representing refugees, on Wednesday. The charity Care4Calais carried out the analysis. […]
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