Giorno: 24 Giugno 2023

Russian missile attack on Kyiv causes fire at apartment building, killing 2, injuring 8

Fragments from downed Russian missiles started a fire that killed at least two people and injured eight others in Kyiv, on Saturday, according to Ukrainian officials. A Telegram post from Serhiy Popko, the head of Kyiv’s military administration, revealed that falling debris caused a fire on several floors of a 24-story apartment building in a […]

Caso Santanchè, plusvalenze “fittizie” da 3 milioni e i trucchi per coprire le perdite

Read More ROMA – Bilanci irregolari, crediti inesistenti, passaggi di rami di azienda con plusvalenze fittizie perché alla base c’erano conti sovrastimati. E, ancora, strani drenaggi di denaro da queste società che non navigavano certo nell’oro per finanziamenti solo in parte riscossi e dati anche ad aziende terze ma riconducibili sempre a lei, la ministra Daniela […]

EXCERPT: The Most Evil of Them All

Read More PATHOLOGICAL NARCISSISM IN ITS PRIME There are many cases, each as calculating and manipulative as the next.  Neither deranged, nor excused by the affliction of severe mental illness; neither forced to live on the edges of society, nor products of unhappy homes and childhoods, these individuals are privileged, with loving families and every […]

Wagner chief vows to topple Russia top brass, says fighters ‘ready to die’

Read More Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attend a ceremony, marking the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow, June 22, 2023 in Moscow. (Contributor/Getty Images) The head of the Wagner mercenary group on Saturday said he had crossed into Russia and seized control of a key military headquarters, vowing to topple Moscow’s […]

Netflix and not-so chill: How streamers shape South Africa’s film industry

Read More Charlie Brooker’s latest offering takes aim at the very platform his anthology series Black Mirror has called home since 2016: Netflix.  In the dystopian universe created by Brooker, Netflix finds its avatar in Streamberry — a subscription service that is unabashed in its exploitation of its subject matter, and the people behind it, […]

Tanks and armed Wagner rebels deploy in southern Russia town

Read More Armoured vehicles and fighters of Wagner on the streets after the Wagner paramilitary group took control of the headquarters of Russia’s southern military district in Rostov-on-Don, Russia on June 24, 2023. (Photo by Arkady Budnitsky/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) The sound of ambulance and police sirens filled the air on Saturday in Rostov-on-Don […]

Volvo enters electric avenue with C40

Read More Battery flattery: The C40 Recharge is Volvo’s first standalone EV nameplate, which the Swedish brand claims has a driving range of just under 450km. Volvo SA has launched the second model in its electric vehicle (EV) range, the C40 Recharge, following last year’s introduction of the XC40 Recharge in the P6 (single electric […]

Steve Barclay ‘frustrated health officials by delaying vaccine programme signoff’

Read More Steve Barclay frustrated health officials by delaying the Treasury’s signoff on the Covid vaccine programme, amid wider hold-ups by the department in approving the financing for the project, a new book about the NHS has claimed. Barclay, who is now the health secretary, has rejected the claim. But one senior figure in the […]