This is Jo’burg Season 1 Episode 8: All that Jo’burg Jazz
Read More Jo’burg hasn’t got much to boast about at the moment. But there’s one thing Jo’burgers can be proud about: the city’s jazz. In this episode Charles Leonard speaks to a city musician who’s just released an album through one of the most respected international record labels, explores how this brash mining town’s history […]
The farmers British American Tobacco left behind
Read More Tobacco farmers sort leaves of similar standard, to be sent to the Limpopo Tobacco Processors plant, where a price will be set. (Delwyn Verasamy) Rabelani Mamagwa, 37, plants her hands nervously on her hips. She is standing in the middle of the piece of farmland in Mianzwi, just outside Thohoyandou, which she inherited […]
Crown estate enjoys huge rise in profits thanks to offshore wind
Read More The crown estate has generated record profits of almost half a billion pounds from Britain’s offshore windfarms, as talks continue over how much of the windfall should be shared with King Charles. The royal property manager made ?443m in profits in its last financial year, up by almost ?130m from the year before, […]
Music of the spheres: astronomers detect ‘cosmic bass note’ of gravitational waves
Read More Astronomers have detected a rumbling “cosmic bass note” of gravitational waves thought to be produced by the slow-motion mergers of supermassive black holes across the universe. The observations are the first detections of low-frequency ripples in the fabric of spacetime and promise to open a new window on the monster black holes lying […]
Thames Water in crisis talks over potential ?10bn black hole
Read More The government has “no true grasp on the costs” involved in preventing a collapse of Thames Water, with estimates presented to ministers and regulators suggesting the company could be facing a hole of ?10bn in its finances, the Guardian can reveal. The water company, which serves 15 million customers, is in emergency talks […]
All four types of NHS doctor could strike before general election, BMA fears
Read More All four types of doctors working in the NHS could be locked in a wrangle with the government in the run-up to the general election, the head of the British Medical Association has warned. GPs and specialist doctors may join junior doctors and hospital consultants in England in going on strike, Prof Philip […]
Connecticut Rep. Khan allegedly assaulted at Muslim holiday service in Hartford, suspect arrested: report
A man is behind bars after allegedly assaulting a state representative in Hartford, Connecticut, Wednesday afternoon during a religious holiday celebration, officials announced. Andrey Desmond, 30, of New Britain, was arrested by Hartford police after he allegedly assaulted Rep. Maryam Khan, a Democrat, when she and her family were observing Eid al-Adha, one of Islam’s […]
DOJ Joins ‘Foreign Interest’ Discrimination Lawsuit Against Fla.
The Department of Justice is joining a lawsuit challenging a Florida law that restricts foreign interests from certain countries buying real estate and getting contracts for government work.
IRS whistleblower says ‘most substantive felony charges were left off the table’ in Hunter Biden probe
An IRS whistleblower said critical steps in the federal investigation into Hunter Biden were put “on the back burner” as the 2020 presidential election approached and stressed that “the most substantive felony charges were left off the table,” while doubling down on his claim that that the entirety of the Justice Department’s probe into the […]
Mike Huckabee to Newsmax: Biden Economy ‘Gut Punch’ to Americans
Despite the rosy picture President Joe Biden tried to paint of the economy under his watch during a speech Wednesday in Chicago, his policies have been a gut punch to Americans, former Arkansas GOP Gov. Mike Huckabee told Newsmax.
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