Giorno: 3 Febbraio 2023

Wave of Employee Turnover Hits China’s IT Industry

Read More China’s IT industry has seen a wave of resignations and layoffs since last year, affecting the Chinese communist regime’s online censorship. Former employees believe political reasons and economic factors are behind the wave of employee turnover. Liu Jiang (pseudonym), a former employee of ByteDance, which is the parent company of TikTok, told The […]

Pentagon tracking Chinese spy balloon over US

Read More The Pentagon said on Thursday that it was tracking a Chinese spy balloon flying high over the United States that appeared to be surveilling highly sensitive nuclear weapons sites. At President Joe Biden’s request, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and top military officials considered shooting the balloon down but decided doing so would endanger […]

Sub-Saharan Africa world’s most corrupt region, but conflict and corruption are linked

Read More The Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released this week by global anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International delves into the correlation between corruption and insecurity, and ranks states on their performance in 2022.  In the CPI analysis of regional trends, sub-Saharan Africa has once again retained its position as the most corrupt region in the world. […]

Daniel Mminele, the leader of the presidential climate finance task team bows out

Read More Daniel Mminele, who played a key role in securing climate finance for South Africa, has stepped down as the head of the presidential climate finance task team. On Friday, Business Day reported that the former Absa chief executive had departed the task team after his contract expired at the end of December. Bloomberg […]

City of Johannesburg slapped with directive over raw sewage pollution into tributary of Klip River

Read More The Gauteng department of water and sanitation slapped the City of Johannesburg with a directive for polluting the Harringtonspruit, a tributary of the Klip River, with raw sewage. The directive was issued for the city’s failure, under section 19 and section 20 of the National Water Act, to take reasonable measures to “prevent […]

Lest we forget: Remember Langa’s history during the township’s centenary celebrations

Read More Langa township outside Cape Town was established 100 years ago and celebrations are planned for its centenary.  The celebrations will focus on the many people who have contributed to the South Africa that we have.  Another reason for these celebrations is to highlight the importance of remembering; it is a way of acknowledging […]

Spanish fashion designer Paco Rabanne dies aged 88

Read More The Spanish fashion designer Paco Rabanne, best known for his space-age metal dresses, eccentric pronouncements and a signature range of fragrances, has died at the age of 88. His death was announced on Friday in a statement by the Puig group, which owns the Paco Rabanne brand. “I am profoundly saddened by the […]

Nicola Bulley: police think missing dog walker fell into river

Read More Police investigating the disappearance of Nicola Bulley are working on the assumption that she has “sadly fallen into the river” as she walked her dog and there is no criminal involvement. Bulley, 45, a mortgage adviser from Inskip, Lancashire, vanished while walking her springer spaniel, Willow, after dropping off her daughters, aged six […]

House GOP announces aggressive, first-of-its-kind effort to combat ESG movement

Post Content EXCLUSIVE: Republican leaders on the House Financial Services Committee are creating a first-of-its-kind task force to coordinate their response to various proposals related to the environmental, social and governance (ESG) movement. Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., said Friday that the ESG working group would lead the Republican effort to combat the […]

Trump joins calls for Biden admin to ‘shoot down’ suspected Chinese spy balloon

Post Content Former President Donald Trump has weighed in on the suspected Chinese spy balloon hovering above the northern United States, calling on President Biden and his administration to “shoot” it down. “SHOOT DOWN THE BALLOON,” Trump wrote in a Friday morning post to Truth Social. Trump, who announced last November that he would make […]