Giorno: 14 Giugno 2023

Mali bus crash kills at least 15 people, injures dozens of others

At least 15 people were killed and dozens injured when two passenger buses collided with a truck in Mali, the government said. The accident occurred Tuesday morning between Fana and Konobougou cities in the country’s south, said Mama Djenepo, the secretary general for Mali’s ministry of transport. SECOND UN PEACEKEEPER DIES IN MALI ATTACK AS […]

Climate activists arrested after vandalizing Monet painting at Stockholm museum

Two women were detained in Stockholm after they threw “some kind of paint” at a painting by French artist Claude Monet and then glued themselves to the frame, Sweden’s National Museum said Wednesday. The painting, “The Artist’s Garden at Giverny,” was on display as part of an exhibition at the museum. Spokesperson Hanna Tottmar said […]

Japan’s Prime Minister Announces ‘Last Chance’ to Reverse Declining Birthrate

Read More Japan’s leader unveiled a plan on June 13 to reverse the country’s falling birthrate, warning that Japan has entered its “last chance” period to address the crisis and avoid facing a “shrinking” society. “Now is the last chance to reverse the downtrend in childbirth by the 2030s,” Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said […]

Denel posts R390 million profit

Read More State-owned defence company Denel posted a profit of R390 million before interest and tax for the year ending March 2023, it told parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) on Wednesday. The company posted a loss of R1.5 billion in 2020, the same year it last tabled an annual report, and has not […]

Southern Water refuses order to release memos about sewage discharges

Read More Southern Water is refusing demands by the information watchdog to publish internal communications between board members relating to discussions about raw sewage discharges. The company, which was fined ?90m in 2021 for discharging billions of litres of raw sewage into protected coastal waters, was ordered to publish 53 documents by the information commissioner […]

River in ‘wettest place in England’ in Lake District almost completely dry

Read More The upper River Derwent in Borrowdale in the Lake District – famous for its reputation as the wettest place in England – is almost completely dry, leading experts to warn of “disastrous conditions for wildlife”. This was the third year in a row where prolonged serious drought had dried out large parts of […]

Covid testing was a weakness in early pandemic response, DHSC tells inquiry

Read More The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has admitted Covid testing was “a significant weakness” in the UK’s early pandemic response and stressed the need for proper funding to prepare the nation for the next emergency. While the DHSC said it would not claim “it did everything right”, its opening statement to […]

Trump raises over $2 million at Bedminster fundraiser following arraignment

Former President Donald Trump hauled in more than $2 million at the first major fundraiser of his campaign, which was held just a few hours after he was arraigned in federal court. The Trump campaign confirmed to Fox News that the former president brought in $2.04 million on Tuesday evening as he huddled with top […]