Spaza shop owner says ban on alcohol and tobacco sales has cost him R25 000.
“I think the government is violating the rights of smokers by banning cigarettes. It is my money and health and I have a right to decide when to quit,” says … Read More
Category: Human Interest
Sean Hannity warned Los Angles Mayor Eric Garcetti Thursday night that if he chooses to keep some coronavirus-induced restrictions in effect until a vaccine is available, the local economy will pay a heavy price.
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Sean Hannity warned Los Angles Mayor Eric Garcetti Thursday night that if he chooses to keep … Read More
The Transportation Safety Board warned this week that standard rail inspections are missing a majority of brake defects and called on Transport Canada to come up with a better system to ensure brake safety, but an ex-TSB director says the regulator has known …
When Canadian Pacific Railway’s doomed Train 301 left Calgary in early February 2019 heading into the B.C. mountains bound for Vancouver, crew members had no idea it was on a … Read More
The Door of Hope Children’s Mission in Johannesburg says it has received seven abandoned babies since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown.
The Door of Hope Children’s Mission organisation says it anticipates the number of abandoned babies will increase in these times of uncertainty during the Covid-19 pandemic. Since the start of … Read More
The unemployment figures are frightening but the government is selling its ability to help people through the crisis. Labor says too many are being left behind.
According to Philip Lowe, such numbers will only deteriorate further with the Reserve Bank predicting last month a 20 per cent fall in hours worked over the first half of … Read More
Letter seeking the names, addresses and contact details for members of the Orthodox Jewish community and Jewish students drew cries of anti-Semitism.
A police department in Ukraine has been embroiled in an anti-Semitism scandal after requesting the names and personal details of local Jewish community members. Ukraine’s National Police said this week … Read More
The cancellation of a proposed childcare scheme for frontline healthcare workers due to low take-up has been described as an “extremely frustrating” situation.
The cancellation of a childcare scheme for frontline healthcare workers has been described by a Labour Senator as an “extremely frustrating” situation. Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Marie Sherlock said … Read More
But negative interest rates wouldn’t be “very helpful” to the economy, said Zach Pandl, co-head of global foreign exchange, rates and emerging markets strategy at Goldman Sachs.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference in Washington, DC. Another “big setback” in the U.S. economy could prompt the Federal Reserve to consider cutting interest rates … Read More
These are the six key figures you need in order to make sense of the “devastating” job figures released today in the wake of COVID-19 restrictions.
They’re some of the first solid numbers on the impact COVID-19 restrictions are having on Australians’ jobs, and they’ve been described as “devastating” and “terribly shocking” by Prime Minister Scott … Read More
I believe there’s an error in your cagr function: I didn’t look at how it’s used too closely, but whenever you see 365 in financial code it’s usually an error. … Read More