Giorno: 13 Febbraio 2023

Elezioni regionali 2023. Gli exit poll: il centrodestra vince sia in Lazio che in Lombardia. Rocca e Fontana sopra il 50%

Read More Il centrodestra è in vantaggio nel Lazio e in Lombardia. I candidati Attilio Fontana e Francesco Rocca, secondo i primi exit poll Consorzio Opinio Italia per Rai, sarebbero sopra al 50%: Fontana al 49,5-53,5% e Rocca al 50,5-54,5%. Gli sfidanti del centrosinistra si attesterebbero molto sotto il 40%, con Pierfrancesco Majorino in Lombardia […]

Cambodia Secures $44 Million Grant From China for Railway Construction

Read More The two countries pledged to build “diamond-like cooperation’ with new agreements. China has offered Cambodia a grant package worth 300 million yuan ($44 million) to support its railway construction as the two communist-ruled nations seek to build a “diamond cooperation framework” in six areas. Chinese leader Xi Jinping announced the grant package after […]

Explore the inaugural Cape Town Furniture Week

Read More The inaugural Cape Town Furniture Week (CTFW) will be on from 15 to 18 February. Centred around a curated programme of showrooms, exhibitions, product launches and window displays, anyone can attend the free, walkable event in the central business district.  The four-day festival of furniture is curated by Cape Town Furniture Focus (CTFF) […]

The (un)making of mayoral leadership behind coalition city governments

Read More The ousting of the City of Johannesburg mayor, Mpho Phalatse, last week has sparked an implicit public debate about the suitability of the newly elected young mayor, Thapelo Amad.  It raises long overdue questions. What constitutes mayoral leadership and what criteria are political parties using to determine a mayoral candidate during a vote […]

Gauteng health department fails to provide bulk of care promised to cerebral palsy patient

Read More Back to where it began: The child in the precedent-setting judgment was born with cerebral palsy following the negligence of maternity staff at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital. Photo: Lesedi Sikwe Nearly all of the medical services, products and devices which the Gauteng health department undertook to provide to a cerebral palsy patient in lieu […]

ChatGPT: the promises, pitfalls and panic

Read More Excitement around ChatGPT —  an easy to use AI chatbot that can deliver an essay or computer code upon request and within seconds —  has sent schools into panic and turned Big Tech green with envy. The potential impact of ChatGPT on society remains complicated and unclear even as its creator Wednesday announced […]

Modern slavery survivors could be retrafficked in UK, charities warn

Read More Fears are mounting that modern slavery survivors could be left at risk of retrafficking within the UK due to a lack of resources to support them, charities are warning. The Salvation Army says it has taken an “unprecedented emergency measure” to suspend accepting referrals of potential victims, while other charities doing similar work […]

Vivek Ramaswamy, conservative challenger of ‘woke’ ESG business practices, considering White House bid

A number of Republicans have been rumored to be considering joining former President Trump in the race for the White House in 2024, and the latest is businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. Ramaswamy has been making the rounds in Iowa, delivering a message against the invasion of woke liberal ideology in the business world, according to a […]

White House says China’s claims that US flew balloons over its airspace 10 times in last year are ‘false’

The White House is firing back Monday at fresh claims from China that U.S.-owned high-altitude balloons have “illegally flown” over its airspace more than 10 times since last year, calling them “false” and the “latest example of China scrambling to do damage control.” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the allegations but gave no details […]

Mengoni pigliatutto, oltre al Festival vince anche al FantaSanremo

Read More Marco Mengoni vince anche il FantaSanremo. Il vincitore del Festival di Sanremo 2023, si è aggiudicato la vittoria del fantagioco (a cui ha partecipato anche Repubblica) con 670 punti, guadagnati più con il primo posto in classifica in ogni serata della gara, che per gesti plateali sul palco a caccia di bonus. L’autore […]