Giorno: 15 Febbraio 2023

Former Italian Premier Berlusconi acquitted in trial tied to sexually charged ‘bunga bunga’ parties

Italian former Premier Silvio Berlusconi was found not guilty Wednesday of witness tampering, in a trial related to the sexually charged “bunga bunga” parties he held at his villa near Milan while he was in office. The six-year-old trial is the third and likely final one in a scandal that made headlines around the world […]

European Medicines Agency expects annual COVID vaccination campaigns, similar to flu shot

The European Medicines Agency expects COVID vaccination campaigns to be conducted once a year, similar to the approach with flu inoculation, it said on Wednesday. Though the COVID-causing virus is not yet behaving like a seasonal virus involved in winter waves in temperate climates, the EMA’s head of health threats and vaccines strategy, Marco Cavaleri, […]

Rep. Bryan Steil to Newsmax: Unleashing US Energy Best Way to Fight Russia

The answer to pushing back against Russia and its unrelenting war against Ukraine is to stop the world’s dependence on Russian oil and natural gas, but President Joe Biden’s tight control over American energy will not let that happen, Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., said.

Nikki Haley targets Biden administration during 2024 campaign launch: ‘Not leading at all’

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley formally announced her bid for the White House on Wednesday, taking aim at President Biden and his administration for “not leading at all” during a campaign event from the Palmetto State. Addressing supporters from Charleston, a little more than 100 miles from the state’s capitol of Columbia, Haley, who […]

KY Senate advances bill to track relief funds after tornado aid went to people unaffected by the disaster

Kentucky lawmakers took an initial step Wednesday toward giving themselves oversight of relief funds like the ones the governor created to help people recover from tornadoes and flooding. The measure, which sailed through a Senate committee, calls for an annual report of relief funds created by a government agency or elected official. The bill stems […]

DOJ Declines to Charge GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz in Sex Trafficking Probe

The Department of Justice will not charge Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., in relation to a federal investigation into possible sex trafficking of a minor.

Otto Warmbier’s mother endorses Nikki Haley for president in heartfelt speech

Cindy Warmbier, the mother of Otto Warmbier, endorsed former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s presidential run in a heartfelt speech on Wednesday. Warmbier, whose son died from injuries sustained in North Korean custody in 2017, said Haley had “changed her life,” and was a “glimmer of light” during the dark times following her son’s death. […]

Nicola Bulley ‘high-risk’ missing person owing to alcohol issues, police say

Read More Nicola Bulley was vulnerable and graded as a “high-risk” missing person the day she disappeared, owing to “some significant issues with alcohol”. In a press conference on Wednesday morning, Lancashire constabulary said Bulley, who went missing nearly three weeks ago, had “individual vulnerabilities” that put her in the highest category, meaning there was […]

First Ardern, now Sturgeon: leaders echo ‘dehumanising’ pressures

Read More She was, she stressed, “a human being”, not just a politician. And as one who had wrestled with accepting she simply no longer had the reserves needed to do the job justice, it was her “duty to say so”. Just three weeks after insisting there was “plenty left in the tank”, Nicola Sturgeon’s […]

Nicola Sturgeon resignation: why now – and what happens next on key issues?

Read More Nicola Sturgeon has resigned as the Scottish National party leader and Scotland’s first minister, signalling the end of a political era and triggering the SNP’s first leadership election campaign in nearly 20 years. After serving as Alex Salmond’s understudy and deputy from 2004, during which time she was the SNP’s leader at Holyrood, […]