Giorno: 11 Giugno 2023

Johannesburg earthquake is strongest in six years

Read More A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 was reported in Johannesburg in the early hours of Sunday morning, and has been confirmed by seismologists at the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake was also later confirmed by South Africa’s Council for Geoscience. According to Earthquakelist.org, a resource for earthquakes happening […]

Revealed: huge disparities in birth control prescriptions across UK

Read More Doctors in areas of England with the fewest ethnic minorities spend more than four times as much on contraception prescriptions per 1,000 women as those with the largest ethnic minority populations, new data shows. Last week, a Channel 4 documentary, Davina McCall’s Pill Revolution, turned the spotlight on the current state of contraception […]

Maturità 2023, come si arriva al punteggio finale. Così si prende 100 (e la lode)

Read More Il voto finale della Maturità 2023 si calcola a partire dalla somma dei crediti del triennio, dati dalla media di ciascun candidato, e il punteggio di ogni prova (primo scritto, secondo e orale). Il voto massimo che si può prendere all’esame di Stato è pari a 100, il voto minimo è 60. Le […]

Inter, beffa urticante dopo una gara giocata alla pari col City

Read More Arrampicarsi quasi in cima all’impossibile e fermarsi lì, a tre millimetri. Un destino crudele per l’Inter che è andata assai vicina al suo grande sogno: aveva chiuso la gabbia del leone perfettamente per quasi 70 minuti, poi si è distratta un attimo, uno soltanto, ed è stata divorata. Ma quella differenza abissale che […]

Bambina di cinque anni scomparsa a Firenze, la mamma: “Aiutatemi”

Read More Una bambina di cinque anni è scomparsa a Firenze, nella zona di Novoli. Sabato mattina Kataleya, questo il nome della piccola di origini peruviane, era nell’edificio in cui vive, l’ex hotel Astor che è occupato da varie famiglie, mentre la madre era al lavoro. Intorno alle 16 di ieri pomeriggio è sparita. A […]

The world has moved on from Boris Johnson, says Grant Shapps

Read More The “world has moved on” from Boris Johnson, a senior cabinet minister has said, as he sought to quell the intensifying row among Tory MPs about the former prime minister’s decision to quit parliament. Despite Johnson resigning on Friday in a fit of rage over the results of an inquiry into Partygate, the […]

UK food giant calls for higher fat, sugar and salt taxes

Read More One of the country’s biggest food firms has said ministers should consider taxing products high in fat, sugar or salt to combat the obesity crisis. Danone UK & Ireland, which sells the Actimel yogurt drink brand, says government intervention is required to ensure consumers are offered healthier products. It says some food firms […]

‘Sold a dream’: migrant workers at children’s care chain left without pay for months

Read More Nurses hired from abroad to work for one of Britain’s biggest social care chains have been left in debt and are in some cases suicidal after being stranded without pay for months. They have also been paid lower wages than they were told they would receive and were in some cases given false […]

Jo’burg is filthy because R1.3bn has been syphoned from PikitUp

Read More What a mess: Pikitup executive was ‘grossly dishonest’, but the mess outdoors mirrors the political ‘shambles’ inside the City. The city has reappointed a ‘grossly dishonest’ executive found by a forensic investigation to have ‘wasted’ its finances This article is only available to subscribers. View subscription options If you are already a subscriber, […]

Johannesburg shaken by 5.0 earthquake

Read More A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 was reported in Johannesburg in the early hours of Sunday morning, and has been confirmed by seismologists at the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Benoni resident Delwyn Verasamy said he felt the tremors at about 2.39am “with 10 to 15 seconds of continuous shaking, […]