Giorno: 17 Maggio 2023

Retail sales decline 1.6% in March as belts are tightened

Read More Retail trade sales decreased by 1.6% in March 2023 compared with March 2022, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Wednesday. Retail trade sales decreased by 1.6% in March 2023 compared with March 2022, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Wednesday.   The largest negative contributors to the decrease were retailers in food, […]

Biosecurity risk due to rising antimicrobial resistance to disinfectant

Read More UFS team undertakes research to test the presence of ammonium compounds used in sanitisers in the ecosystem, which lead to resistant micro-organisms in water systems The storm is coming and it has, in fact, already had significant effects in health care and agriculture. This is the storm of resistance to disinfectants. In the […]

Ramaphosa’s Russia-Ukraine peace initiative to kick off in June

Read More President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg/Getty Images The six nation African Union peacemaking mission led by President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to meet both Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in June. The group of African leaders will shuttle between Kyiv and Moscow in a bid to kickstart peace […]

Ivan Toney hit with eight-month football ban for breaching betting rules

Read More The Brentford and England striker Ivan Toney has been suspended for eight months for breaching the Football Association’s betting rules. Toney was charged with 262 breaches between 25 February 2017 and 23 January 2021. The FA withdrew 30 of these charges and he admitted to the remaining 232. He has also been fined […]

Rishi Sunak cites cheap beer and sanitary products as benefits of Brexit

Read More Rishi Sunak has insisted Brexit is working by citing cheaper beer and sanitary products, as he claimed the economy was looking up and people’s household incomes were “hugely outperforming” expectations. Despite consumers struggling with high inflation and the cost of living crisis, the prime minister claimed there were “lots of signs that things […]

DeSantis signs bills targeting transgender treatments for minors, pronoun use in schools

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed several new bills into law Wednesday, including a ban on transgender treatments for children and legislation regarding the use of pronouns in schools. The Republican offered his signature at an event in Tampa after delivering a speech at a podium with the message “Let Kids Be Kids.” “I feel very […]

Biden refuses to accept work requirements for Medicaid in GOP debt ceiling talks

President Biden said Wednesday that he will not accept any of the Medicaid work requirements in the Republican debt ceiling plan, leaving no room for negotiation even as he admitted to supporting work requirements in the past. “I’m not going to accept any work requirements that’s going to impact on medical health needs of people,” […]

Arnold Schwarzenegger: ‘I’ll Be Back’ Tagline Was an ‘Accident’

Regardless of how many remakes and reboots there are – and will be – the “Terminator” franchise will forever be associated with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s tagline, “I’ll be back,” which it turns out came about by sheer chance.

Russian losses in Ukraine surpass 200,000: Ukraine intel

The death toll among Russian troops in Ukraine continues to climb with some 200,590 fighting forces being reported as “liquidated” Wednesday by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Fox News Digital could not independently verify these figures and the Pentagon has yet to confirm the number of Russian troops allegedly killed in […]

Retired U.S. Special Forces member killed by Russian mercenaries in Ukraine

An American killed in a barrage of artillery fire in Ukraine this week is believed to be a retired U.S. Special Forces member. Russia’s Wagner mercenary group highlighted his death in a propaganda video. Former Green Beret Nicholas Maimer, 45, was identified as the person killed in fighting around Bakhmut, his uncle Paul Maimer and […]