Private equity is gobbling up large parts of the US nursing home business. This puts patients in danger since private equity can amass lots of money, create an oligopoly, and get away with abuses. The study suggests that “regulation may be needed.” I will take a stronger stand and call for firm limits — perhaps […]
*World “not prepared” for climate disasters after warmest ever January.* Unprecedented disasters have just occurred in California (extreme rains) and the Valparaíso region (wildfires entering a major city).
Julian Assange’s final hearing is Tuesday, February 20. A rally that day at noon is at the State House in Boston. We’re hoping Rep Jim McGovern will send a statement to be read by his staff and are asking other big speakers, and will also want our regulars to speak. We’ll do our best to […]
R&B singer Usher will celebrate 30 years of hits, when he takes to the stage in Las Vegas this weekend.
DJ and businessman Virdi Mazaria says he’s keen to be a positive representative for his community.
Standon Calling founder Alex Trenchard says the move is “the only sensible decision”.
The radio presenter says he would “not wish on anyone” the experience of interrupting breeding foxes.
Forty A-listers appear on outgoing editor-in-chief Edward Enninful’s final British Vogue cover.
Brianna Ghey’s mum Esther has said children under 16 should not be able to access social media apps.
In England, 234 schools have been confirmed to contain reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac).
Grazie ai volontari del Progetto Griffo è online (disponibile per il download gratuito) l’ePub: Esclusi di Giovanni Descalzo. Esclusi è un romanzo del 1937. Carlo Bo così lo valuta: “Uno dei libri più significativi del Descalzo e dell’opera in prosa l’esempio più concreto e riuscito”. Medea e Giancino sono due disgraziati giovani, soli al mondo […]
Jarrar protested against special guest Mayim Bialik, Gaza ceasefire opponent Originally published on Global Voices Image by Daniel José Older. The piece portrays Randa Jarrar being dragged out of the event for protesting by calling out the names of the 13 authors martyred in Gaza. The list of names is displayed prominently on top of […]
Esther Ghey says her priority is to create a “lasting legacy” for Brianna with her mindfulness campaign.
La sonata per pianoforte n. 11 (Klaviersonate Nummer 11) in La maggiore K 331 (K6 300i) è una composizione di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. È molto conosciuta per il suo terzo movimento, il rondò “alla turca”. La data della sua composizione è incerta: datata da Ludwig von Köchel e Alfred Einstein (insieme alle sonate K 330 e K 332) al 1778 a Parigi, in seguito il musicologo Alan Tyson, mediante un’analisi della carta dei manoscritti, ha […]
Following his discovery and circumnavigation of New Zealand recorded in Volume 1, Cook sailed westwards to Australia, whose east coast was at that time unknown. After initially sighting Port Hicks, Cook landed at Botany Bay, where he tried but failed to make contact with the native inhabitants. He proceeded northward, mapping about a thousand miles […]
Heston Blumenthal and Yotam Ottolenghi among those affected by new identity fraud, BBC finds.
Kumail Nanjiani says the reception for Marvel’s worst-rated film of all time was “really hard”.
Il romanzo di Giuseppe Antonio Borgese, I vivi e i morti, è stato pubblicato nel 1923, due anni dopo il noto Rubè. A differenza di quest’ultimo libro, pervaso dall’azione, da una scrittura vivace e dai tumulti politici, sociali e interiori che il giovane Filippo Rubè vive e affronta tra la Prima e la Seconda guerra […]
Questo quindicesimo tomo della Storia degli italiani di Cesare Cantù chiude l’imponente lavoro dello storico, letterato e politico lombardo. Il presente volume contiene un’ampia serie di appendici, già annunciate in parte nella chiusa del volume precedente, che era arricchito da una Cronologia italica, un mero elenco di re, imperatori, papi con l’indicazione del loro periodo […]
Disney’s unexpected announcement sets up a box office battle with the first Wicked film.
Sydney – L’integrazione degli aborigeni nella società australiana e la riconciliazione sociale, culturale e spirituale nella nazione passano attraverso la scuola: con questa convinzione a Sydney è attivo e opera da 10 anni il Redfern Jarjum College , istituto cattolico gestito dai Gesuiti australiani, che offre un’istruzione ai bambini aborigeni che vivono in città o a […]
Eden Golan will represent the country in May, but some artists have called for Israel to be excluded.
Abuja – Sono stati rilasciati i due Claretiani rapiti la notte del 1° febbraio nello Stato del Plateau nella Nigeria centrale.P. Ken Kanwa CMF, parroco della chiesa St. Vincent De Paul Fier, diocesi di Pankshin dello Stato di Plateau, e il suo assistente p. Jude Nwachukwu C.M.F hanno ritrovato la libertà quando i loro sequestratori […]
The Good Morning Britain host returns to work, a month after the death of husband Derek Draper.
Private equity is gobbling up large parts of the US nursing home business. This puts patients in danger since private equity can amass lots of money, create an oligopoly, and get away with abuses. The study suggests that “regulation may be needed.” I will take a stronger stand and call for firm limits — perhaps […]
*World “not prepared” for climate disasters after warmest ever January.* Unprecedented disasters have just occurred in California (extreme rains) and the Valparaíso region (wildfires entering a major city).
Julian Assange’s final hearing is Tuesday, February 20. A rally that day at noon is at the State House in Boston. We’re hoping Rep Jim McGovern will send a statement to be read by his staff and are asking other big speakers, and will also want our regulars to speak. We’ll do our best to […]
di Antonella PrennaBamako – “La Germania è in guerra contro di noi, ha soldati a Gao, Mali, e sta addestrando l’esercito maliano con l’Unione Europea a Kulikoro, sulle sponde del fiume Niger. La presa di ostaggi è la nostra vendetta contro il tuo Paese”. Questa è la risposta che padre Hans Joachim Lohre, dei Missionari […]
Erbil – Nel mondo che appare sempre più “avvolto nelle tenebre”, anche quest’anno il tempo digiuno e penitenza che la Chiesa propone prima della Pasqua viene a indicare alle nostre vite “un nuovo orizzonte”, e ci esorta a “lasciare che lo Spirito Santo ci cambi dall’interno, cambi il nostro sguardo e il nostro modo di […]
The Mobo Awards were held in Sheffield, celebrating the best of black music and culture.
The actor says the monarch’s cancer announcement has prompted discussion about the disease.
The London thug department arrested a homeless man for refusing to leave the tent where he was living. Then, viciously, the thugs stole and destroyed his tent and his other belongings. The department has apologized and agreed to pay damages. That’s better treatment than is normal for thugs. But even when they arrest someone for […]
If misogynistic porn isn’t bad enough, propaganda against masturbation goes one harmful step further. I have a hunch that “masturbation abstinence” advice comes from the same people that campaign to prohibit abortion and birth control.
A UK court has ruled people cannot be fired for being anti-Zionist. That policy is just: whether to be Zionist or anti-Zionist is a matter of political views, and people should not be fired for disagreeing about those. Being antisemitic is a different matter: that is a form of bigotry, like antimuslimism or antiarabism. We […]
Pakistan’s government has democratic forms but the substance is military rule. I have no way of knowing whether Imran Khan is guilty of those corruption charges. (I don’t know the details of them.) I also don’t know whether this is an instance of selective prosecution over something all politicians do. But the “un-Islamic marriage” charges […]
Ambika Mod says she never could have imagined starring in the David Nicholls adaptation while growing up.
Benoît Jacquot denies the accusations made by Judith Godrèche as prosecutors open an investigation.
The announcement comes a day after the firm said it will launch a sports streaming service with Fox and Warner.
The director says he’s “concerned” about what is lost when cinemas offer immersive or 3D screenings.