Giorno: 14 Giugno 2023

Belarus president says Russia now sending over nuclear weapons amid Ukrainian counteroffensive

Russia has begun delivering nuclear weapons to Belarus, including some that are supposedly three times as powerful as those detonated over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced Wednesday. The tactical nuclear warheads are the first Russia has moved since opening its invasion of Ukraine last year. The weapons’ arrival comes one week after […]

“Kata trascinata oltre il cortile”. Caccia ai rapitori nello slum dell’Hotel Astor

Read More FIRENZE –  Kata non c’è. C’è il suo peluche verde, c’è il suo zainetto dell’asilo, ma Kataleya, la bambina peruviana vestita di rosa è altrove, missing, scomparsa. Entrando nell’hotel occupato ciò che prende alla gola non è soltanto il tanfo della sporcizia, ma è l’odore della disperazione. Dov’è Kata Mia Chillo Alvarez, 5 […]

Flavia Franzoni, la first lady discreta: “Non chiamatemi la moglie di Prodi”

Read More BOLOGNA – Quando Flavia Franzoni Prodi si è accasciata per il malore che se l’è portata via a 76 anni, durante un trekking ad Assisi funestato da un violento temporale, il Professore era al suo fianco. Esattamente come hanno passato tutta la loro vita. Fianco a fianco. Insieme. Sempre e comunque. Insieme al […]

Funerali Berlusconi: partito il feretro da Arcore verso il Duomo. Fascina siede accanto a Marina e i figli del Cav. Veronica in seconda fila coi nipoti

Read More Decine di sostenitori sono davanti a Villa San Martino ad Arcore per l’ultimo saluto a Silvio Berlusconi, morto all’ospedale San Raffaele lunedì. Dalla residenza, il feretro raggiungerà il Duomo di Milano per i funerali in programma alle 15. Berlusconi ha scelto di essere cremato. Le sue ceneri potranno così essere collocate nel mausoleo […]

Japanese Teen Soldier Arrested After Shooting Leaves at Least 1 Dead

Read More Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) bring down the Japanese national flag in the early evening, at the JGSDF Miyako camp on Miyako Island, Okinawa prefecture, Japan, on April 20, 2022. (Issei Kato/Reuters) A teenage Japanese soldier allegedly opened fire with a rifle at an army training base on Wednesday, resulting […]

US Concerned Over Possible North Korea Weapons Transfer to Russia

Read More The United States has voiced concern over the potential transfer of additional weapons from North Korea to Russia as the communist state’s leader vowed “full support” for Russia amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. A State Department spokesperson confirmed that North Korea delivered infantry rockets and missiles to the Russian private military firm […]

‘Criminal’ that Rooiwal’s upgrade comes at the cost of lives

Read More Unprocessed sewage that is sent to farmers to irrigate their crops with that has caused contamination. Photos: Delwyn Verasamy The unbearable stench of sewage hangs over a portion of Andre Louwrens’s farm in Vastfontein, north of Pretoria. The culprit looms less than a kilometre away — the dysfunctional Rooiwal wastewater treatment works, which […]

FinTech: The battle for control of Africa’s financial sector

Read More As internet and cellphone infrastructure expanded across the continent, so did financial inclusion of Africans with little or no prior access to banking. (Getty Images) About 1.4 billion people worldwide are “underbanked”. They do not have bank accounts as they often work in the informal economy and lack stable incomes or assets such […]