Новости за 19.03.2023

Shootout at the truckyard

Two new things on the climate front this week, both bad news. Typhoons used to be like drive-by shootings: one pass, one hit and then gone. Now they're starting to come back for a second hit.

I got into a tangle last week referring to the Italian immigrant restaurateur Caesar Cardini as Senor when of course it should have been Signore. Apologies to all. I should have known better than to start dabbling with foreign honourifics. I have enough problems dealing with Mr, Mrs and Ms.

Thailand, a predominantly Buddhist country, takes pride in having compassion as a core societal value. Thus, how astonishing the contradiction that it is the only nation that officially refuses to aid child refugees.

After years of uncertainty, ConocoPhillips’ Willow project has finally got the green light in Alaska. Stakeholders were unsure whether Willow would go ahead after several delayed oil and gas leases and cancelled oil pipelines in the U.S. However, following repeated bids from ConocoPhillips and Alaskan politicians for the project to go ahead, to support Alaska’s economy, which still relies heavily on oil and gas, Biden approved Willow. Willow was previously approved under the Trump administration... Читать дальше...

Democrats on Capitol Hill are defending their vote for a 2018 banking deregulation bill that President Biden and other members of the party are blaming for last week’s stunning collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. Forty-nine Democrats — 33 in the House and 16 in the Senate — plus Sen. Angus King (I-Maine),...

Thousands of U.S. troops remain in Iraq — and the legal authorities underpinning the war remain on the books.

MP Natalie Elphicke is presenting a new law to Parliament to stop age discrimination and to protect older workers from companies that take away vital workplace benefits.

Rishi Sunak has negotiated a better deal to get Brexit done with The Windsor Framework.

PREGNANCY suits Gemma Atkinson. The 38 year old, who is expecting a baby boy this summer with her partner Gorka Márquez, 32, is glowing.

Rosalind Wiseman is asking to be paid 'for her work that has changed our culture and changed the zeitgeist.'

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