Reporter’s Notebook: A week of up-close horrors and heroics in the Turkish earthquake zone
ISKENDERUN, Turkey – It hung in the air of the streets of the Turkish city of Iskenderun Monday. The smell of death. One week after twin earthquakes rocked the region, dramatic rescues were getting infrequent and instead replaced by a grim recovery of bodies crushed under the rubble of the quake’s horrific force. The hard-hit […]
Molinari: “Il 60 per cento di astensioni è un dato agghiacciante per la nostra democrazia”
Read More 14 febbraio 2023 https://video.repubblica.it/dossier/tv/maurizio-molinari-il-60-percento-di-astensioni-e-un-dato-agghiacciante-per-la-nostra-democrazia/438222/439188?rss <iframe class=”rep-video-embed” src=”https://video.repubblica.it/embed/dossier/tv/maurizio-molinari-il-60-percento-di-astensioni-e-un-dato-agghiacciante-per-la-nostra-democrazia/438222/439188&width=640&height=360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”></iframe> “L’idea di descrivere la realtà con le battute è un modo di fare giornalismo che si commenta da sé. La realtà vera è che gli italiani hanno seguito Sanremo come fanno ogni […]
Papuan Rebels Demand Negotiations With New Zealand Govt After Abducting Pilot
Read More An armed separatist group in Indonesia’s Papua province has demanded negotiations with New Zealand’s government for the release of their pilot who they abducted on Feb. 7, according to multiple reports. The pilot was identified as Philip Mehrtens, a citizen of New Zealand. He was kidnapped by the West Papua National Liberation Army […]
Home tests for sexually transmitted infections could be coming to SA’s free medicine pick-up points
Read More Free home tests for four common — and curable — sexually transmitted infections (STIs), namely gonorrhoea, chlamydia, syphilis and trichomoniasis, could soon be available at chronic medicine pick-up points around the country, according to a draft of South Africa’s fifth HIV, TB and STI action plan. Government clinics will also roll out STI […]
Joburg has lost its seat among the world’s iconic capitals
Read More Since early spring last year, I have spent three months away from home, visiting old friends in some of the world’s most iconic capitals. In August, at the height of the northern hemisphere summer, I spent just under a month in London, returning to that city for the first time since 1999. How […]
Eight-year-old Tazné van Wyk’s murderer receives nine life sentences
Read More Moyhdian Pangkaeker, convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering Tazné van Wyk, was on Tuesday handed down nine life sentences by the Western Cape high court. The sentences will run concurrently. “I am of the view that the accused poses a danger to society and a danger to women and children in particular. He […]
Brianna Ghey killing being investigated as possible transphobic hate crime
Read More Police investigating the killing of Brianna Ghey, a 16-year-old girl who was stabbed to death in a Warrington park on Saturday, have said they have not ruled out the possibility it was a transphobic hate crime. Brianna, who was trans, was found with fatal stab wounds in Culcheth Linear Park, on Saturday afternoon. […]
Four pulled from rubble in Turkey as earthquake rescue efforts pass 200-hour mark
Read More Four more people have been rescued almost 200 hours after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, but hopes are dwindling of finding more survivors of what the World Health Organization called Europe’s worst natural disaster in 100 years. As the first UN aid team since the quake entered north-west Syria, the combined […]
Sen. Ted Budd introduces bill forcing Biden admin to restart border wall construction, unlock $2.1B in funding
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., will introduce a bill Tuesday to restart construction of the wall at the southern border, removing obstacles that are currently obstructing the process and unlocking $2.1 billion in unspent wall funding. Dubbed the Build the Wall Now Act, the legislation is the first measure to be introduced by Budd since […]
Auto inquinanti, il Parlamento europeo vota lo stop dal 2035 a diesel e benzina
Read More ROMA – Via libera definitivo dell’Eurocamera all’accordo, raggiunto dall’Ue lo scorso novembre, sullo stop ai veicoli inquinanti (quindi a benzina e diesel) di nuova immatricolazione a partire dal 2035. L’ok definitivo della Seduta Plenaria è avvenuto con 340 voti favorevoli 279 contrari e 21 astenuti. La nuova legislazione è parte del pacchetto Fit […]