Giorno: 27 Maggio 2023

Polish lawmakers look to investigate Russian influence in move opponents say targets ex-PM

Polish lawmakers on Friday approved a contentious draft law on Russia’s alleged influence in Poland that is targeting the opposition and may affect the outcome of fall parliamentary elections. The new law would establish a state commission for investigating Russian influences in Poland. It is generally seen as targeting former Prime Minister Donald Tusk, now […]

Killer whales may be attacking boats as revenge for injured matriarch: scientists

Orcas have reportedly attacked and sunk three boats off the coast of Spain in apparent acts of revenge that experts worry other whales in their pod might copy. “The little ones shook the rudder at the back while the big one repeatedly backed up and rammed the ship with full force from the side,” Werner […]

RFK Jr. remains thorn in Biden’s side as 2024 polls show Kennedy holding onto sizable chunk of Dem voters

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. may be here to stay as new polling shows Democratic voters are unenthusiastic about re-electing President Biden 2024. Kennedy’s polling numbers have remained steady since he launched his 2024 presidential campaign, and the most recent Fox News Poll from this week shows the challenger commanding 16% of the […]

Jane Fonda a Cannes: “Amavo Robert Redford ma sul set non voleva baciarmi. Adesso ai party di Hollywood non mi invitano più””

Read More CANNES – Jane Fonda è a Cannes. “Ieri ero molto nervosa per questo nostro incontro e allora ho dormito tredici ore”. Un faccia a faccia travolgente con l’attrice due volte premio Oscar, pronta a dare ogni tipo di consiglio: da quelli di bellezza a come realizzare i propri sogni. Di fronte a una […]

Elezioni comunali, quando e dove si vota per i ballottaggi e il primo turno in Sicilia e Sardegna

Read More Dei 595 comuni che il 14 e 15 maggio sono andati al voto, 41 affronteranno anche il secondo turno. Le urne saranno aperte il 28 e il 29 maggio. Si vota domenica 28 dalle ore 7 alle 23 e lunedì 29 fino alle ore 15. Per quanto riguarda i capoluoghi, saranno 7, rispetto […]

Alluvione Emilia-Romagna, le news di oggi in diretta. E’ allerta rossa per le piogge. L’appello di Gene Gnocchi: “Date una mano”

Read More Una giornata di maltempo annunciato dalle previsioni: temporali forti saranno più probabili sulle zone di pianura. Intanto riaprono alcune linee ferroviarie dei treni regionali. Per la ricostruzione il sindaco Matteo Lepore insiste: “Si nomini subito il commissario e sia Bonaccini”. Il comico e conduttore Gene Gnocchi, sfollato a Faenza, lancia un appello: “Date […]

Timor Leste’s Xanama Gusmao Poised to Push Australia for Gas Pipeline to Country’s South Coast

Read More Timor Leste’s independence fighter and first president Xanana Gusmao is set on pushing Australia for a gas pipeline to be built from the Greater Sunrise fields in the Timor Sea to his country’s south coast if his party wins the country’s parliamentary election. Currently, Gusmao’s party, the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), […]

See the Moments After a Passenger Opened a Plane Door During Flight

Read More Asiana Airlines’ Airbus A321 plane, of which a passenger opened a door on a flight shortly before the aircraft landed, is pictured at an airport in Daegu, South Korea, on May 26, 2023. (Yonhap via Reuters) SEOUL, South Korea—A passenger opened an emergency exit door during a plane flight in South Korea on […]

Strong Earthquake Shakes Eastern Japan; No Tsunami Warning

Read More An electronic message board (upper L) at Narita International Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, shows notice of an earthquake that occurred on May 26, 2023. (Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO—A strong earthquake shook Tokyo and other areas of eastern Japan on Friday, but no tsunami warning was issued. The magnitude 6.1 quake […]

When criminalising speech, we need to toe the constitutional line

Read More File photo by Delwyn Verasamy/M&G The Hate Speech Bill is a return to the apartheid-era criminalisation of speech. The bill controversy concerns not only its criminalisation of speech but the wide scope of its hate speech prohibition. South Africa is a signatory to several international treaties that obligate it to prohibit and address […]