The International Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest and most representative representative of the private sector, openly called on the UN not to adopt the convention at the General Assembly in September.
What happened, how it happened, and who made it happen is not a pretty story.
For those with control over their own money, my suggestion is to simply invest in businesses that offer the best returns, and ignore those that virtue signal.
The release of the footage from the tunnels in Rafah has sharply brought home to both the political leadership and the wider Israeli public the terrible conditions under which the hostages still alive are being held – airless, dark and humid tunnels too low to even stand up in.
The End of Life Choice Act only provides a ‘right’ to one choice – premature death. There is no corresponding right to palliative care. Good palliative care and hospice services are resource intensive: euthanasia is cheaper.
A review into the devastating June flood in Wairoa has criticised the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council for its lack of a clear plan to manage the river mouth.
The letter concluded by urging the government to show leadership in ensuring guidelines reflect both fairness and safety for all athletes, saying, “We owe our next generation of female athletes a fair, safe future in sport.”
Identity politics is now part of criminal law. Far from fighting against ‘hate’, this is likely only to further fuel resentment and racial antagonism.
If you or I moved to another country, we would be expected to try to assimilate. But a lot of the people that are crossing our borders illegally have no intention of doing that.
If the government really wants to do everything it can to keep kids safe online, it needs to do more than just ban them from social media.
Brooke van Velden is planning to withhold the report from phase one of the RCI, possibly until 2026. Why?
I have had enough of the nice and the useless. Bring on the gunslinger.
All of this, combined, provides the backdrop for the decisions that the Israeli government has made and is now taking regarding the war against Hamas (and Iran via her proxies
This isn’t much consolation to those losing their jobs today but let’s hope that the unavoidable correction to Labour’s six years of over-cooking the economy with borrowed money doesn’t come with too much more pain.
