Giorno: 20 Giugno 2023

Xi Rejects US Bid for a Military Crisis Hotline: Blinken

Read More China has refused to resume direct military communication with Washington despite repeated efforts from Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the top U.S. diplomat said on June 19 shortly after meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. While he “raised repeatedly” the prospect of setting up a crisis communication line between the U.S. and Chinese militaries, […]

North Korea Calls Failed Spy Satellite Launch ‘The Most Serious’ Shortcoming, Vows 2nd Launch

Read More SEOUL, South Korea—Top North Korean officials vowed to push for a second attempt to launch a spy satellite as they called their country’s first, and failed, launch last month “the most serious” shortcoming this year and harshly criticized those responsible, state media reported Monday. In late May, a North Korean rocket carrying a […]

New Zealand Prioritising Maori and Pacific Island Patients Over Others in the Name of ‘Equity’

Read More New Zealand’s National and ACT parties have decried the Labour government for promoting racial discrimination after it was revealed that surgery waitlists in Auckland take ethnicity into consideration when prioritising healthcare. National’s health spokesperson, Dr Shane Reti, has called on the government to drop the ethnicity requirements “immediately.” “While there has been historical […]

Study Reveals 33 Percent of Health Foods Contain Incorrect Information

Read More Many sports foods—powders, bars and snacks, and ready-made shakes—sold in grocery stores, pharmacies, and health food stores are marketed as being healthy food for an active lifestyle, but they may not be as nutritious as they claim to be, with approximately a third being mislabelled, an in-depth investigation by Australian researchers has found. […]

Soaring costs and load-shedding hits children’s feeding scheme

Read More Learners queue for a meal. (Madelene Cronje) The Tiger Brands Foundation (TBF) is struggling to keep up its in-school breakfast programme which has been feeding thousands of needy students for more than a decade, because of soaring food prices and financial constraints linked to the economic fallout from load-shedding. The foundation’s breakfast programme, […]

Free internet for over 300 schools

Read More Cool Schools initiative provides fibre connectivity to hundreds of schools across SA Digital connectivity is no longer a luxury but rather a necessity, as access to information has become an essential part of modern-day life. UNICEF recently reported that connecting schools has the potential to boost GDP by up to 20% in the […]

Cancer test and treatment delays in UK have put ‘100,000 lives at risk’ since 2014

Read More At least 100,000 people across the UK have had their lives put at risk over the last decade because of delays to them getting tested or treated for cancer, a new report claims. In some cases, patients’ treatment options narrowed or their cancer spread or became incurable as a direct result of their […]

UK economy in growth ‘doom loop’ after decades of underinvestment

Read More More than half a trillion pounds’ worth of underinvestment by government and business over recent decades has left Britain’s economy trapped in a growth “doom loop”, according to a thinktank. Sounding the alarm as the economy struggles to gain momentum, the Institute for Public Policy Research said the UK risked falling further behind […]

Search for missing Titanic submersible a ‘challenge’ as rescuers race against time

Read More Authorities are rushing “all available” resources to help with search efforts under way in the Atlantic Ocean after a submersible vessel carrying five people to the wreckage of the Titanic went missing. The submersible – known as Titan – is operated by OceanGate Expeditions and was reported overdue on Monday. Contact was lost […]

Russia-Ukraine war live: attacks reported across Ukraine; Putin nuclear weapons threat is ‘real’, says Biden

Read More From 1h ago Russia launched attacks across Ukraine overnight, including on the capital Kyiv and the western city of Lviv, close to the border with Poland. Kyiv’s military administration said Moscow had launched a drone attack in the early hours of Tuesday, warning residents to find shelter, in a post on the Telegram […]