Giorno: 10 Luglio 2023

Zelenskyy: Ukrainian Forces Advance in South

Ukrainian troops pressed on with their campaign to recapture Russian-held areas in the southeast as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in broadcast comments that his country’s forces had “taken the initiative” after an earlier slowdown.Giving an early update on Monday from…

Russia warns NATO summit to discuss Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant given most allies in ‘direct impact zone’

Russia’s Foreign Ministry warned Sunday that those attending the upcoming NATO summit in Lithuania this week should discuss the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, given “the vast majority of the alliance members will be in the direct impact zone” should any impending disaster occur at the facility. In a Telegram message, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova […]

Hard-living Kim Jong Un earns unflattering nickname over massive appetite for European booze, food: expert

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reportedly indulges in popular European food and alcohol, favoring Parma ham and whiskey commonly found on grocery store shelves, according to a U.K. defense expert. “Kim Jong Un is the 36th richest man in the world and in 2018 took delivery of two special Maybach Mercedes S600s, has 17 […]

Britain gripped with ‘a lot of unhappiness’ at state of country’s politics amid Biden visit

President Biden faces a difficult task smoothing over wrinkles in his relationship with the U.K. as infighting continues to plague the ruling Conservative Party and as the country’s traditionally impartial bureaucracy appears to weigh in on affairs, according to experts. “Joe Biden has been the most anti-British U.S. president of the modern era,” Nile Gardiner, […]

Ucraina – Russia, Biden: “Ora Ucraina non può entrare nella Nato”. Kiev: “Avanti a sud di Bakhmut”. Riappare in video Gerasimov

Read More Mentre si prepara il vertice Nato a Vilnius di domani in cui si discuterà anche l’ingresso – improbabile in tempi brevi almeno finché è in corso il conflitto con la Russia – dell’Ucraina nell’Alleanza, Mosca continua a evocare un incidente alla centrale nucleare di Zaporizhzhia. Questa volta, secondo però fonti di Kiev, è […]

Unravelling the complex Naspers machine

Read More A logo of Naspers Ltd. sits on the side of the headquarters of the Media24 Ltd. building in Cape Town, South Africa. (Graeme Williams/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Ask someone in a bookshop or a pub or even a newsroom what Naspers is, chances are they’ll say: a media company. Dead wrong. Going by […]

Suicide of a son … ‘Rikhado is gone’

Read More Stay shining: Riky Rick performs in Johannesburg. The musician committed suicide on 23 February last year at the age of 34. Photo: Oupa Bopape/Gallo Images Bianca called me in February 2022, her words strangled by the sobs she was suppressing. “Something is wrong,” she said.  She had gone to Rikhado’s studio to check […]

Greek shipwreck: hi-tech investigation suggests coastguard responsible for sinking

Read More Attempts by the Greek coastguard to tow a fishing trawler carrying hundreds of migrants may have caused the vessel to sink, according to a new investigation by the Guardian and media partners that has raised further questions about the incident, which left an estimated 500 people missing The trawler carrying migrants from Libya […]

Six people killed in southern China knife attack at kindergarten

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Andrea Leadsom held shares in Barclays when questioning bank’s ex-boss

Read More It was her robust questioning of the former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond that first brought Andrea Leadsom to political prominence. During the Treasury select committee’s review of Diamond’s part, as head of the bank, in the Libor rate-fixing scandal, the Conservative MP was viewed as having been masterly in her command of […]