Giorno: 14 Marzo 2023

Japan Court Orders Retrial for 87-year Death Row Ex-boxer

Read More TOKYO—Tokyo’s high court on Monday ordered a retrial for an 87-year-old former boxer who has been on death row for more than five decades after his murder conviction that his lawyers said was based on forced confession and fabricated evidence. The Tokyo High Court said Iwao Hakamada deserves a retrial because of a […]

Rethinking Shipping to Reduce US Vulnerability to China: A Hudson Institute Event

Read MoreThe pandemic triggered supply chain chaos in the past two years, which also provided the United States a chance to see America’s vulnerability in shipping bottlenecks, given that less than 100 ships out of a global fleet of 50,000 are American. As the concern that China could weaponize its growing control over supply chains […]

Health with heart: Reflections on the intelligence of biomimicry

Read More My youngest daughter is 14 months old. Her vocabulary is limited to “mama”, “up” and “here”. Her ability to mimic other’s behaviour is more complex. Every morning and night, perched on my hip, she mimics spitting into the bathroom sink as I brush her sisters’ teeth. She pretends to blow her nose with […]

City of Tshwane council implosion gathers momentum

Read More The implosion in the City of Tshwane council has continued, with ActionSA terminating the membership of one of its councillors, Nkele Molapo, and more expulsions expected in coming days.  In a letter to Molapo, the chairperson of the party’s ethics and disciplinary committee, Alistair Shaw, said she was no longer an ActionSA councillor […]

Joya Mooi explores social change in new album

Read More With South African and Dutch roots, singer and songwriter Joya Mooi has established a unique sound that plays on her love for indie R&B and electronic music with hints of jazz inspired by her upbringing.  The artist’s appreciation for music was sparked in her formative years by her exposure to legendary jazz pianist […]

South Africans can now transfer money instantly via phones

Read More The South African Reserve Bank and clearing house BankservAfrica have launched a new rapid, interbank payment programme, called PayShap, which will allow people to transfer money instantly using their phones. PayShap is a low-value, real-time rapid payment platform aimed at deepening the  financial inclusion of consumers and small businesses by making digital payments […]

Two pedestrians dead and nine injured in Canada truck collision

Read More Two men have died and nine other pedestrians were injured in Canada, after they were hit by a truck on Monday, police said. Quebec police spokesperson Helene St Pierre said a 38-year-old man had been arrested and investigators were looking into whether the incident in the town of Amqui, north of Quebec City, […]

Prison thrown into chaos by policy change

Read More A prison which specialised in people convicted of violent crimes has been “thrown into chaos” by a policy change introduced by Dominic Raab’s Ministry of Justice to cope with a national rise in inmate numbers, an official watchdog has found. HMP Aylesbury was “suddenly and without sufficient consultation, notice or support” changed into […]

Braverman policies are ‘heartless’, says ex-Home Office adviser Nimco Ali

Read More Suella Braverman should consider her position for putting forward “cruel and heartless” immigration policies that discriminate against war refugees of colour, a former Home Office adviser has said. Nimco Ali, a one-time Conservative campaigner who in December left her job as an adviser on violence against women, said the home secretary was “the […]