Giorno: 17 Marzo 2023

ICC judges issue arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes

Read More The international criminal court (ICC) in The Hague has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for overseeing the abduction of Ukrainian children, sending Russia another significant step on the path to becoming a pariah state. In granting the request for warrants by the ICC prosecutor, a panel of judges agreed that there […]

NHS doctors offered up to ?5,000 to recruit colleagues for private hospitals

Read More NHS doctors are being offered cash bonuses of up to ?5,000 to recruit colleagues for jobs at private hospitals, as commercial healthcare providers compete for staff with an overstretched public health service. US-owned HCA Healthcare, which runs more than 30 facilities in London and Manchester, and claims to be the largest private provider […]

Rishi Sunak preparing for fresh concessions to end public sector strikes

Read More Rishi Sunak is preparing to make fresh concessions to end months of debilitating public sector strikes, as negotiations with teachers begin. With No 10 now keen to see all the disputes resolved in the coming weeks, talks between teaching unions and the Department for Education started on Friday and are expected to continue […]

Newsom makes abrupt reversal after tough talk on Big Oil

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom made a sudden reversal this week on his effort to hit oil companies with price gouging penalties amid record-high gas prices and an energy crisis. Newsom unveiled a proposal Thursday creating a new watchdog arm within the California Energy Commission (CEC) that would monitor daily petroleum market price fluctuations to […]

New Jersey congressman rebukes green energy company for ignoring whale deaths

EXCLUSIVE: A New Jersey congressman blasted Orsted, a green energy giant, Friday after the company refused to attend his hearing on the environmental impacts of offshore wind. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., noted that Orsted, a Denmark-based power company worth more than $240 billion, has been absent from the ongoing review of offshore wind impacts […]

GOP to fight back against Biden’s ‘war on energy’ in key vote next week

House Republicans will vote next week on a bill countering Biden administration’s “war on energy,” one that attacks everything from President Biden’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office, to broad restrictions on oil and gas development, to last year’s creation of a $27 billion “green bank” fund at EPA. […]

Florida moves one step closer to universal school choice

School choice supporters scored a win on Friday with the Republican-led Florida House of Representatives passing legislation making state-funded vouchers for students universal. The bill, HB1, aims to expand parents’ access to education savings accounts by removing income caps for eligibility. It passed mostly along party lines 83-27, with three Democrats joining the majority. “Florida […]