UK PM Sunak, Spain warn against Biden’s decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine ahead of NATO summit
The United Kingdom and Spain warned against President Biden’s controversial decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine ahead of the NATO summit in Lithuania this week. “The U.K. is signatory to a convention which prohibits the production or use of cluster munitions and discourages their use,” British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in a video […]
Tennis, Wimbledon: il programma di oggi, a che ora gioca Sinner
Read More Dopo Matteo Berrettini, anche Jannik Sinner si giocherà le proprie chance di andare avanti a Wimbledon sul campo n. 1. Gli organizzatori, infatti, hanno deciso di piazzare l’altoatesino, testa di serie n. 8, come secondo incontro dopo il match tra la statunitense Jessica Pegula (n. 4) e l’ucraina Lesia Tsurenko, che aprirà il […]
Luisito Suarez, morto il regista della Grande Inter
Read More Si è spenta un’altra stella della Grande Inter. A 88 anni se n’è andato Luisito Suarez, geniale regista della squadra di Helenio Herrera, acquistato dal Barcellona e poi ceduto alla Sampdoria nel finale di carriera. Malato da alcuni giorni, ha vissuto fino all’ultimo in serenità, con al fianco le persone che gli erano […]
Il padre della ragazza che ha denunciato Leonardo La Russa: “Credo a mia figlia, lei è devastata: ora niente sconti ai responsabili”
Read More «Se verrà dimostrato quello che racconta mia figlia, e io credo a mia figlia, lei resterà segnata per tutta la vita. Spero che chi deve indagare e giudicare sappia valutare oggettivamente i fatti, indipendentemente dalla potenza politica del padre». Dopo il clamore provocato dall’iscrizione nel registro degli indagati per violenza sessuale di Leonardo La […]
July 2021: Riots? What riots?
Read More Possible threat: Army vehicles during the 2021 riots and looting in KwaZulu-Natal. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP/Getty Images Two years to the day since KwaZulu-Natal, and Gauteng to a lesser extent, was rocked by widespread looting and riots, authorities remain unwilling — or unable — to divulge who the “masterminds” of the unrest were. […]
Ramokgopa: Less load-shedding ‘not an act of God’
Read More Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. The current recovery in energy supply availability to about 60% is sustainable, Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said on Sunday. It was not luck that has allowed Eskom to improve output and keep load-shedding below stage three in recent days but rather the result of a concerted effort to reduce […]
BMW battery-mobile bolts like lightning
Read More Into the future: There’s little on the exterior to tell you that the new BMW iX3 is electric. (Deon van der Walt) From in-line-six aeroplane engines, notably the “IIIa”, to motorcycles that redefined two-wheel aerodynamics, BMW’s history is one of stark contrasts. Add to that what it’s best known for — silicone-and-metal boxes […]
Jeremy Hunt reveals he was refused Monzo bank account
Read More Jeremy Hunt was refused a bank account with Monzo last year, which the chancellor said was an example of the “barriers” faced by people wanting to work in public life. Hunt said he believed he was denied the account – before he became chancellor – because he was a “politically exposed person” (PEP). […]
Just Stop Oil applauds Osborne wedding protest but denies responsibility
Read More Just Stop Oil has applauded a woman who threw orange confetti at the wedding of the ex-chancellor George Osborne but denied that it, as a campaign group, was responsible. The protest took place as Osborne and his bride, Thea Rogers, left a church in the village of Bruton, Somerset on Saturday. As bells […]
Revealed: shares held ‘in secret’ by scores of MPs raise questions about vested interests
Read More More than 50 MPs have owned stakes in publicly listed companies that raise questions about possible conflicts of interest and that until now have been in effect secret, the Guardian can reveal. Parliamentary rules mean MPs’ shareholdings, including ones that were held by the former prime minister Theresa May and the former education […]