Giorno: 19 Marzo 2023

Income strain weighs on financial sector

Read More Downward trajectory: As consumers and businesses reel from tough conditions, insurers have expressed uncertainty over whether there is room for growth GDP data released by Statistics South Africa last week signalled the potential depth of the economic crunch that lies ahead this year, a year that is expected to endure the lowest growth […]

Police are ‘unprepared’ to stem violence linked to planned protests

Read More A suspected looter is fired upon with rubber bullets by Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department officers (EMPD) on patrol inide a flooded mall in Vosloorus, on July 13, 2021. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP) More corruption allegations have emerged within the police’s crime intelligence unit, amid claims the division is “unprepared” to prevent […]

Trump in panic mode as he braces for likely charges in Stormy Daniels case

Read More Donald Trump is bracing for his most legally perilous week since he left the White House, with the Manhattan district attorney likely to bring criminal charges against him over his role in paying hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels, as he huddled this weekend to strategize his legal and political responses. […]

UBS agrees to takeover of stricken Credit Suisse for $3.25bn

Read More The Swiss government has forced through the takeover of stricken bank Credit Suisse by rival UBS for almost $3.25bn (?2.65bn) – well below its market value – amid fears that a failure to protect depositors would trigger a new global banking crisis. After a weekend of frantic talks, the Swiss government and the […]

Vladimir Putin pays surprise visit to occupied Mariupol in Ukraine

Read More Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to the occupied Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Saturday night in a show of defiance after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for him on war crimes charges. Russian state media released footage showing the president on his first trip to Russian-occupied territories in […]

Several Tory MPs may join DUP in voting against Brexit ‘Stormont brake’

Read More Rishi Sunak faces a reckoning from hardline Brexiters on his backbenches who are prepared to follow the Democratic Unionist party in voting against a key element of his “Windsor framework” that overhauls the Northern Ireland protocol. Anger is rising among those in the European Research Group at ministers using a vote on a […]

NHS union members step up campaign to reject ‘paltry’ pay deal

Read More Members of Britain’s biggest health unions are organising a campaign to reject the pay agreement being recommended by union leaders, in a move that threatens to destroy the tentative truce between the government and NHS staff. A cross-union group called NHS Workers Say No has sent out thousands of leaflets, held online calls […]

Sharks Goalie Reimer Declines to Wear Pride Jersey

San Jose Sharks goalie James Reimer declined to wear the National Hockey League team’s Pride jersey during warm-ups ahead of their game against the New York Islanders on Saturday because they do not align with his religious beliefs.

NY prosecutor eyeing Trump has faced repeated criticism for being soft on crime

The liberal New York City prosecutor allegedly set to arrest former President Donald Trump has a history of facing accusations he’s soft on crime. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office may arrest Trump this week after a years-long investigation involving the ex-president’s alleged hush payments to porn star Stormy Daniels during his 2020 election campaign, […]