Giorno: 13 Giugno 2023

The axing of Ace is the start of what the ANC needs

Read More Former ANC secretary general Ace Magashule was expelled from the party on Monday. There are a few images that stand out for me in the decline of the ANC over the past two decades. The first being of the celebrations of people such as Fikile Mbalula when Jacob Zuma had finally managed to […]

UK exports in last decade worse than any G7 country except Japan

Read More Britain has endured the worst exports record of any member of the G7 besides Japan over the last decade, according to a new analysis that will raise pressure on the government to reconsider its post-Brexit trade deal with the EU. As most of the world’s other major seven economies have rebounded from the […]

US military helicopter ‘mishap’ in Syria leaves 22 service members injured, CENTCOM says

A helicopter “mishap” in Syria over the weekend left 22 service members injured, the U.S. military announced Monday evening. U.S. Central Command said in a press release that said the service members suffered “various degrees” of injuries during the incident Sunday in northeastern Syria. Central Command said the injured service members are “receiving treatment for […]

New CBI chief to face MPs’ questions on future of lobby group

Read More The new boss of the Confederation of British Industry will be asked whether the lobbying group can still claim to speak for big businesses when she faces MPs on Tuesday. Rain Newton-Smith, a former CBI chief economist who has rejoined as director general while it grapples with the fallout from a sexual misconduct […]

UK innovators get ?4.3m to develop space-based solar power

Read More UK universities and tech companies are to receive ?4.3m in government funding to develop space-based solar power. The technology, which collects energy from the sun using satellite-mounted panels and beams it to Earth, had huge potential to boost the UK’s energy security, the UK’s energy security secretary, Grant Shapps, said. Although the idea […]