Giorno: 24 Marzo 2023

Over 170 ex-ministers and officials take jobs linked to old policy briefs since 2017

Read More More than 170 former ministers and senior officials have taken private sector roles related to their old policy briefs in the past six years, research has found, with Sajid Javid, Robert Buckland and Gavin Williamson among the Tory MPs declaring lucrative second jobs in the last few weeks. A report from Transparency International […]

Only 1% of ?1.1bn lost in Covid business scheme recovered, report finds

Read More Just 1% of the estimated ?1.1bn lost from the government’s Covid business support programme in England as a result of fraud and error has been recovered so far, the public spending watchdog has said in a report urging ministers to learn lessons from the scheme. The “overwhelming majority” of fraud and error occurred […]

Germany urges North Macedonia to amend constitution for EU bid

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock urged North Macedonia’s leaders Thursday to deliver on a pledge to amend the constitution to speed up the country’s path toward European Union membership. North Macedonia has promised neighboring Bulgaria, an EU member since 2007, to add a reference in its constitution to the existence of an ethnic Bulgarian minority. […]

Woman finds 6-foot-long deadly snake ‘lying in bed looking at me’

An Australian woman found one of the world’s most venomous snakes in her bed Monday. Images of the massive Eastern Brown snake were posted to Facebook by Zachery Richards of Zachery’s Snake and Reptile Relocation. The photos show the long snake on a bed in a Queensland home. WOMAN TRIED TERRIFYING SNAKE MASSAGE “When I […]

North Korea claims it tested ‘nuclear underwater attack drone’ amid joint U.S.-South Korea military drills

North Korea claimed on Friday morning that it tested a “nuclear underwater attack drone” this week amid joint U.S. and South Korean military drills, according to state media outlet Korean Central News Agency. The new underwater weapon is designed to “stealthily infiltrate into operational waters” and target naval striker groups and enemy ports, North Korea […]

Slovakia delivers first four MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, defense minister says

Slovakia handed over the first four Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine on Thursday, with nine more expected to be delivered in the coming weeks, Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad announced. Ukrainian pilots traveled to Slovakia to pick up the planes before flying them home. “Slovakia is on the right side, and with this gesture, […]

US retaliates with airstrikes in Syria after Iranian drone strike kills US contractor

The U.S. military carried out several airstrikes in Syria on Thursday in response to a drone strike Iranian forces conducted earlier in the day on a coalition base that killed one American. The Defense Department said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps crashed a UAV into a building near Hasakah in northeast Syria at approximately 1:38 […]

Florida mayor rage quits during meeting over this ‘reckless’ proposal

A Florida former mayor resigned abruptly earlier this week because he disagreed with the “reckless” way the city council wanted to spend tax dollars, he told Fox News. “We’ve had very little debt, but the spreadsheets that we were looking at this past Monday showed a number of projects and the funding shortfall was a […]

Biden considering tearing down key green energy source over eco concerns

President Biden announced this week that he is committed to working with lawmakers who have backed tearing down four hydropower dams in Washington to protect salmon species. Biden remarked during a conservation event Tuesday that he would work with tribes, Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, to “bring healthy […]

Fetterman expected back ‘soon’ after weeks of inpatient treatment at Walter Reed for post-stroke depression

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn., is expected back to work “soon,” his office said Thursday, though a return is still more than a week away. Fetterman, 53, was only weeks into his service when he checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Feb. 15. During his campaign in Pennsylvania, Fetterman’s health was […]