Let’s get straight to the point. We live in SA and the road death statistics are frightening. With that in mind when this dash cam video from America came across our desk we were unsure of what we would find. Miraculously, the rider of this motorcycle had his guardian angle riding with him, because what […]
International
Protesters aim to disrupt Trump inauguration
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the hundreds of thousands of people expected to fill the nation’s capital for the inauguration of Donald Trump say they plan to do their best do disrupt the day. A coalition calling itself DisruptJ20 after the date of the inauguration says people participating in its actions will attempt to shut […]
You can’t go lower than this – Madonna
NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna is trying to put a positive spin on President-elect Donald Trump’s Friday inauguration. The superstar spoke at the Brooklyn Museum Thursday night with artist Marilyn Minter about art in a time of protest, among other things. Madonna says Trump has done the public a great service because she believes the […]
‘Quotas could reduce boardroom gender inequality’
JOHANNESBURG – The gender gap in boardrooms came under the spotlight on Thursday at the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters in Switzerland. Some delegates suggested that increasing the number of women in the boardroom and other parts of companies could be achieved through gender quotas and programmes. In a WEF statement, managing […]
Middle East expects big changes under Trump
CAIRO (AP) — Donald Trump’s all-but-dismissal of human rights as a foreign policy principle could land like an earthquake across a Middle East landscape beset by warring factions and beleaguered governments, with some players eyeing the prospect of once unimaginable new alliances. Syria is the foremost test of Trump’s promise of a return to a […]
Time for narrative of hope
DAVOS-KLOSTERS – Events such as the US elections and the Brexit referendum had created negative narratives led to uncertainty in many parts of the world, and this called for a new narrative of hope – especially for those who felt a severe form of dislocation. Leading tech and cultural leaders debated the current global climate […]
Trump’s stance on Mexico ‘could cost hundreds of thousands of US jobs’
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to firms using Mexico as a manufacturing base will be counterproductive and could eventually cost thousands of American jobs, Lawrence Summers, the former U.S. Treasury Secretary, warned Wednesday. Summers noted that Trump’s “rhetoric and announced policies” over Mexico have led to a big fall in the value […]
Man arrested for threatening to kill Donald Trump
MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida man has been charged with threatening to kill President-elect Donald Trump in a video posted online. A Miami Beach police report released Wednesday identified the suspect as 51-year-old Dominic Puopolo. Jail records show Puopolo is being held without bail on state charges of threatening harm against a public servant. […]
Independent courts ‘erroneous Western ideal’
BEIJING (AP) — China’s top judge dismissed the concept of judicial independence as an “erroneous Western ideal” in remarks that seemed to emphasize the Communist Party’s ultimate control over all areas of public life. Zhou Qiang, the head of the Supreme People’s Court, has at times been seen as a reformer keen on limiting the […]
US-led coalition pummel Islamic State sites in Iraq and Syria
WASHINGTON, January 18 (Sputnik) – The US-led coalition against the Islamic State carried out 23 airstrikes in Iraq and Syria on Tuesday, including five near the Iraqi city of Mosul, Operation Inherent Resolve said in a press release. “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged three ISIL [Islamic State] tactical units, destroyed three tunnel entrances, two vehicles, […]