Giorno: 15 Marzo 2023

Uganda president’s controversial son unnerves country with tweets about succeeding his father

On Twitter, the Ugandan president’s son has mused about invading neighboring Kenya, praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and offered cattle for the Italian prime minister’s hand in marriage. While many of his tweets are dismissed as laughable, the ones about succeeding his father in this East African nation are a source of concern for some. […]

UK prime minister gets heat for allowing his dog to roam free in park despite leash rules

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his family were spoken to by a police officer after letting their dog off the leash in London’s Hyde Park, police said Tuesday. It comes after a video was shared on TikTok appearing to show the prime minister and his family allowing their Labrador, Nova, to roam freely in […]

Napoli – Eintracht Francoforte: guerriglia e scontri tra tifosi, incendiata auto polizia

Read More Guerriglia urbana a Napoli, incendiata un’auto della polizia. Scontri tra i tifosi dell’Eintracht (600 in piazza nel capoluogo nonostante il divieto di trasferta) e i supporter azzurri. I tedeschi sono riusciti a forzare il cordone della polizia e a entrare in contatto con i partenopei. Terrore tra i residenti Punti chiave 17:22 Guerriglia […]

Nehawu-led public sector strike at an end, bargaining council says

Read More Nehawu members protest outside George Tabor Technical College in Soweto on 8 March 2023. (Fani Mahuntsi/ Gallo Images) A strike by the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu), which turned violent and caused major disruptions at several public hospitals, has come to an end after resolution of an impasse on the […]

Biden admin buckles to environmental groups, makes sudden reversal on key land decision

The Biden administration announced late Tuesday that it would reverse a Trump-era land swap deal facilitating the construction, in an Alaska wilderness area, of a potentially life-saving road opposed by environmental groups. The Department of the Interior (DOI) withdrew the land exchange — which had been finalized by former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in 2019 […]

Amid Bank Strains, Dems, GOP Spar Over Budget

The U.S. Senate Budget Committee debated Democratic President Joe Biden’s $6.8 trillion budget proposal on Wednesday, as new financial strains at Credit Suisse threatened to raise the stakes in a partisan standoff over spending and debt.

Biden admin hit with lawsuit over approval of massive oil drilling project: ‘We are enraged’

A number of prominent environmental organizations filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday morning against the Biden administration, challenging its decision to green-light a massive oil drilling project in Alaska earlier this week. The coalition of groups said President Biden’s approval of the Willow Project — an oil drilling project in northern Alaska forecasted to produce more […]

European Union wants to step up naval visits, engage in joint military exercises in disputed South China Sea

The European Union wants to step up its naval visits and possibly engage in joint military training exercises to promote freedom of navigation and respect for international law in the disputed South China Sea, an EU official said Wednesday. EU special envoy to the Indo-Pacific region Richard Tibbels said the 27-nation bloc is also ready […]

Austrian police warn of possible ‘Islamist-motivated attack’ targeting Vienna churches

Austrian police warned Wednesday of a possible “Islamist-motivated attack” in Vienna against churches and other houses of worship, citing undisclosed information received by the country’s intelligence service. Police in Vienna tweeted that they had heightened security in front of certain buildings and increased the presence of officers in the Austrian capital. “There is a nonspecific […]

Missing man was lured into bathroom for sex, ended up in shallow backyard grave: police

A teacher in the U.K. stabbed her partner and buried him in the backyard after deciding he had cheated on her, prosecutors told a court this week. “The police recovered a notebook from the place where she had been renting that detailed a chilling account of how she had planned and killed someone, but it […]