Giorno: 17 Luglio 2023

Tour de France, assolo di Poels. Tra Vingegaard (che tiene la gialla) e Pogacar è pari. Maxicaduta in gruppo per un selfie

Read More Saint Gervais-Mont Blanc – Pareggio, alla fine, e questa volta non c’è stato lo spettacolo dei giorni scorsi, ma solo fine, sottilissima strategia. Vingegaard e Pogacar si sono guardati sull’ultima salita, in una partita a scacchi in cui nessuno ha voluto fare la prima mossa. Alla fine, sulla forza dei nervi, è stato […]

Guerra Ucraina – Russia, le news di oggi. “Emergenza sul ponte di Crimea”, stop al traffico. Almeno due morti nelle esplosioni. Scade l’accordo sul grano

Read More Vladimir Putin minaccia di usare le bombe a grappolo se lo farà Kiev, e lo farà a breve secondo il consigliere per la sicurezza nazionale Usa Jake Sullivan. Il leader russo sostiene che la controffensiva ucraina “non ha successo” mentre Kiev ammette difficoltà sul fronte Est. Preoccupa a livello internazionale la scadenza oggi […]

Fourteen giraffes find new home in Angola

Read More Giraffe in the boma before being released into the wild in Iona National Park, Angola. Photo by Casey Crafford Fourteen giraffes have been moved from a private game reserve in Namibia to Iona National Park in Angola. According to a statement by African Parks, this is the first of multiple giraffe translocations to […]

Zimbabwe opposition finally launches election campaign

Read More Nelson Chamisa. File phto by Jekesai Njikizana/AFP Zimbabwe’s largest opposition party on Sunday finally managed to launch its election campaign after multiple bans of planned rallies ahead of August 23 general polls. The southern African nation, long prone to political and economic instability, is bracing for another electoral battle between opposition leader Nelson […]

Truck drivers forum denies planned national shutdown

Read More As five suspects are expected to appear in the Ermelo magistrate’s court on Monday in connection with the torching of trucks, the All Truck Drivers Forum and Allied South Africa (ATDF) – which the suspects are allegedly part of – has denied there will be a national shutdown.  A provincial notice by the […]

Iran’s ‘morality police’ resume patrols 10 months after nationwide protests

Read More Iranian authorities have announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf, as “morality police” returned to the streets 10 months after the death of a woman in their custody sparked nationwide protests. The morality police had largely pulled back after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last September, as […]

Betting firm logos shown on TV up to 3,500 times in Premier League matches, study finds

Read More Betting company logos appear as often as 3,500 times during the course of a televised football match, the majority on pitchside hoardings, prompting renewed scepticism about top-flight clubs’ plan to give up front-of-shirt betting ads only. A study led by psychology experts from four universities measured the volume of gambling adverts during 10 […]

Extreme heatwave live updates: hundreds of millions from US to Europe and Asia hit by severe heat

Read More Schools and the stock market have been closed in Hong Kong as Typhoon Talim swept south of the city. As the financial hub braced for rainy and windy weather, more than 100 people sought refuge at temporary shelters. Some government and ferry services were halted and various events were postponed. The city’s airport […]

Government on track to break Boris Johnson’s ’40 new hospitals’ promise

Read More The government is on track to break a key election promise from Boris Johnson to build 40 new hospitals in England by the end of the decade, a damning report by the public spending watchdog has found. Delays to projects mean the target is unlikely to be met, with work on buildings in […]

Russia-Ukraine war live: traffic stopped on Crimean bridge due to ‘emergency’, governor says, as explosions reported

Read More Two people from Russia’s Belgorod region, a mother and father, were killed in the “emergency” on the Crimean bridge and their daughter was injured, the region’s governor has said on Telegram. “This morning we all started with information about the emergency that happened on the Crimean bridge. We all saw a video on […]