Giorno: 27 Giugno 2023

Eskom board dithers over suspending Jan Oberholzer for his part in Fidelity security contract

Read More Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Eskom’s board is divided over whether to suspend Jan Oberholzer, the utility’s former chief operating officer and now an adviser, who was allegedly involved in a controversial contract worth R500 million for the emergency procurement of security services from Fidelity. Eskom said that although […]

Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide blamed on jail’s ‘negligence and misconduct’

Read More The US justice department watchdog said on Tuesday a “combination of negligence and misconduct” enabled the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to take his own life at a federal jail in New York City while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. The justice department inspector general, Michael Horowitz, cited the federal Bureau of Prisons’ […]

Matt Hancock says he is ‘profoundly sorry’ for ‘huge error’ in UK’s pandemic planning – UK politics live

Read More From 5h ago Hancock expands on his belief that the UK’s pandemic planning was wrong. And he says this was a problem for other countries too. He says that is why is “emotionally committed” to the inquiry. It must get to the bottom of this “huge error in the doctrine”, he says. He […]

Russia-Ukraine war live: Lukashenko confirms Prigozhin has arrived in Belarus; Putin hails military for ‘stopping civil war’

Read More From 3h ago Vladimir Putin on Tuesday told members of Russia’s security services that they “essentially prevented a civil war” by acting “clearly and coherently” during Yevgeny Prigozhin’s armed mutiny on Saturday. “The people and the army were not on the side of the mutineers,” Putin said, speaking outside the Kremlin in front […]

Nicola Bulley died accidentally from drowning, coroner rules

Read More Nicola Bulley’s death was accidental and took place after she fell in a river and drowned, a coroner has concluded. The senior coroner for Lancashire, James Adeley, on Tuesday recorded a verdict of accidental death after a two-day hearing into one of the most high profile missing person cases in living memory. The […]

Mobile and broadband firms accused of fuelling UK ‘greedflation’ with major price hikes

Read More The UK’s largest mobile and broadband companies have been accused of fuelling “greedflation” after pushing through the biggest round of price hikes for more than 30 years. It comes ahead of a meeting on Wednesday at which the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, will order industry regulators to take tougher action to curb inflation. Analysis […]

Jeffrey Epstein Suicide Blamed on Negligence, Misconduct

The Justice Department’s watchdog said Tuesday that a “combination of negligence and misconduct” enabled financier Jeffrey Epstein to take his own life at a federal jail in New York City while he was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

Supreme Court Rejects N.C. GOP’s Bid on Congressional Districts

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that North Carolina’s top court did not overstep its bounds in striking down a congressional districting plan as excessively partisan under state law.

Trump, DeSantis to Make Dueling Stops in New Hampshire

Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will hold dueling campaign events Tuesday in New Hampshire after some squabbling over the close timing of the appearances.

CDC: Florida, Texas Have First US Malaria Cases Since 2003

The United States has seen five cases of malaria spread by mosquitos in the last two months — the first time there’s been local spread in 20 years.