Giorno: 30 Maggio 2023

McCarthy Vows Contempt Charge if FBI’s Wray Refuses to Turn Over Biden Doc

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., warned Monday he will hit FBI Director Christopher Wray with a contempt charge if he misses a subpoena deadline to turn over a classified document showing President Joe Biden’s alleged involvement in a $5 million bribery scheme.

Dodgers Ace Kershaw Against Team Inviting ‘Nuns’ to Game

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw said in an interview this week that he disagreed with the team’s decision to invite a group that satirically portrays nuns wearing drag to their Pride Night event.

Chamber of Commerce Study: 1 in 4 Americans ‘House Poor’

More than a quarter of American homeowners spend more than 30% of their monthly income on housing, a new study shows.

Bheki Cele: Police weekend operations key to reducing murder rate

Read More Police Minister Bheki Cele. Photo: Michele Spatari/AFP Police Minister Bheki Cele said weekend police operations were part of the reason behind the 16.7% drop in murder cases from January to March 2023 compared with the previous quarter, as well as annual decreases in recorded rapes and bank and truck robberies. On Tuesday, Cele […]

Democratic Alliance wants court to force Ramaphosa to arrest Putin

Read More Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (L). (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images) DA leader John Steenhuisen has argued in a court application that the government has failed to give a clear decision on its position on the Russian president’s expected visit This article is only available to subscribers. […]

BREAKING: Eusebius McKaiser dies

Read More Eusebius McKaiser. The Mail & Guardian has confirmed that it’s former columnist, Eusebius McKaiser, 45, died on Tuesday from a suspected epileptic seizure. This story will be updated.

Sudan fighting hits home

Read More Gutted: Businesses and homes have been torn apart in Sudan’s capital. (Photo by Omer Erdem/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Over the past month there have been several attempts at a ceasefire between the warring armies in Sudan, with little success.  But reports from Khartoum, Omdurman, El Geneina and Nyala suggest that the latest […]

South Africa joins countries grappling with cholera on the continent

Read More Healthcare workers move a body from a makeshift mortuary at a cholera treatment centre at Bwaila district hospital in Lilongwe in February. Photograph: Fredrik Lerneryd/AFP/Getty Images The cholera outbreak, which has caused the death of more than 20 people, has rattled South Africans, but in Eastern and Southern Africa, the disease is a […]

Glastonbury festival announces full lineup, adding Queens of the Stone Age, Skepta and more

Read More Queens of the Stone Age, the Chemical Brothers, Skepta, Caroline Polachek and Digga D are among the new names added to the 2023 Glastonbury lineup, as the weekend’s entire programme has been announced. Additions to the Pyramid stage – joining previously announced big names such as Guns N’ Roses, Elton John and Lizzo […]

Covid lab leak theory should not be ruled out, top Chinese scientist says

Read More The former director of China’s Center for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) has said the lab leak theory for the origins of Covid-19 should not be discounted. George Gao, an internationally respected virologist, also said another branch of the Chinese government had investigated the lab leak theory – the first such acknowledgment that […]