THREAD: scotland brink

I-TIKTOK I-BRINK: I-Biden's Bold Move to Vin noma Iphoqelele Ukuthengiswa Kohlelo Lokusebenza LwamaShayina

02 May 2024 - I-TikTok ne-Universal Music Group basanda kuvuselela ubudlelwano babo. Lesi sivumelwano sibuyisela umculo we-UMG ku-TikTok ngemuva kwekhefu elifushane. Isivumelwano sihlanganisa amasu okuthuthukisa angcono kanye nokuvikela okusha kwe-AI. Isikhulu esiphezulu kwa-Universal uLucian Grainge uthe isivumelwano sizosiza amaciko nabadali enkundleni.

UMongameli uJoe Biden usayine umthetho omusha onikeza inkampani engumzali we-TikTok, i-ByteDance, izinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye ukuthi idayise uhlelo lokusebenza noma ibhekane nokuvinjelwa e-US Lesi sinqumo singenxa yokukhathazeka kwezinhlangothi zombili zezombusazwe mayelana nokuvikeleka kwezwe nokuvikela intsha yaseMelika ethonyeni langaphandle.

Isikhulu seTikTok, uShou Zi Chew, umemezele izinhlelo zokulwa nalo mthetho ezinkantolo zaseMelika, ethi uyaweseka amalungelo abo akumthethosisekelo. Kodwa-ke, i-ByteDance ingathanda ukuvala i-TikTok e-US kunokuyithengisa uma behlulwa yimpi yabo yezomthetho.

Le ngxabano ikhombisa umzabalazo oqhubekayo phakathi kwezinhloso zebhizinisi zeTikTok kanye nezidingo zokuphepha zikazwelonke zaseMelika. Ikhomba izinkathazo ezinkulu mayelana nobumfihlo bedatha kanye nomthelela wangaphandle ezikhaleni zedijithali zaseMelika ngomkhakha wezobuchwepheshe waseChina.

I-SCOTLAND E-BRINK: Ungqongqoshe Wokuqala Ubhekene Nevoti Elibucayi Lokungamethembi

26 April 2024 - Isimo sezepolitiki saseScotland siyashuba njengoba uNgqongqoshe Wokuqala u-Humza Yousaf ebhekene nokuxoshwa okungenzeka. Isinqumo sakhe sokuqeda umfelandawonye ne-Scottish Green Party mayelana nokungavumelani kwenqubomgomo yesimo sezulu sidale izingcingo zokuthi kube nokhetho ngaphambi kwesikhathi. Ehola i-Scottish National Party (SNP), u-Yousaf manje uthola iqembu lakhe lingenalo iningi lephalamende, okubhebhethekisa le nkinga.

Ukuqedwa kweSivumelwano se-Bute House sika-2021 kudale impikiswano enkulu, okuholele emiphumeleni enzima ku-Yousaf. I-Scottish Conservatives isimemezele inhloso yayo yokubamba ivoti lokungamethembi ngesonto elizayo. Ngawo wonke amabutho aphikisayo, okuhlanganisa ababengabambisene nabo njengeGreens, okungenzeka babumbene ngokumelene naye, umsebenzi ka-Yousaf wezepolitiki umile.

AbeGreens bagxeke ngokusobala ukuphatha kwe-SNP kwezindaba zemvelo ngaphansi kobuholi bukaYousaf. Umholi ohlangene noGreen Lorna Slater waphawula, "Asisathembi ukuthi kungaba nohulumeni oqhubekayo eScotland ozibophezele esimweni sezulu nemvelo." Lawa mazwana acacisa ukungaboni ngaso linye okujulile kwamaqembu asekela ukuzimela mayelana nokugxila kwawo kwenqubomgomo.

Ukungezwani okuqhubekayo kwezombusazwe kubangela usongo olukhulu ekuzinzeni kweScotland, okungenzeka kuphoqelele ukhetho olungahlelelwe ngaphambi kuka-2026. Lesi simo sigqamisa izinselele eziyinkimbinkimbi ohulumeni abambalwa ababhekana nazo ekugcineni ubumbano obuhlangene nokufeza imigomo yenqubomgomo phakathi kwezithakazelo ezingqubuzanayo.

I-US BRIDGES on the BRINK: Isimo Esishaqisayo Sengqalasizinda Edilikayo YaseMelika

31 March 2024 - I-Fishing Wars Memorial Bridge, isakhiwo esinesikhathi eside sahlala e-Tacoma, eWashington, isiphinde yanqunyelwa. Ngaphandle kokuvulwa kwayo kabusha ngo-2019 ngemuva kokuvalwa konyaka wonke futhi nokuthola umklomelo kazwelonke, izikhulu zenhlangano ziveze ukukhathazeka ngesigaba saso sokuguga. Ngaphambili leli bhuloho lalithwala izimoto ezingaba ngu-15,000 ngosuku. Manje isavaliwe unomphela njengoba idolobha lizama ukukhokhela ukuhlanzwa nokuhlolwa okudingekayo.

Amabhuloho ayizici ezibalulekile zengqalasizinda yethu ezivame ukunganakwa zize zisihluleke. Isibonelo sakamuva ukubhidlika kweBhuloho elingukhiye likaFrancis Scott e-Baltimore ngenxa yeshwa lokushayisana komkhumbi wezimpahla. Nokho, lesi sigameko siklwebha kuphela njengoba izinkulungwane zamanye amabhuloho ezweni lonke zisesimweni esibi kakhulu.

Kubikwa ukuthi cishe amabhuloho ase-US angama-42,400 asesimweni esingesihle futhi athwala izimoto ezingaba yizigidi eziyi-167 usuku ngalunye. Izingxenye ezine kwezinhlanu ezimangalisayo zalezi zakhiwo zinezinkinga nezingxenye zazo ezisekelayo. Ukuhlaziywa kwe-Associated Press kuveza ukuthi bangaphezu kuka-15,800 XNUMX abathathwa njengabampofu eminyakeni eyishumi edlule.

Isibonelo esihle ibhuloho eliqhubeka liwohloka ku-Interstate 195 phezu komfula i-Seekonk River e-Rhode Island elivalwe kungazelelwe ngonyaka odlule kwabangela ukubambezeleka okukhulu kubashayeli. NgoNdasa kwamenyezelwa ukuthi leli bhuloho - elithwala izimoto ezingaba ngu-96,000 eziya entshonalanga nsuku zonke - lidinga ukudilizwa.

I-ISRAEL ne-HAMAS Onqenqemeni Lwesivumelwano Sokuthunjwa Esiphawulekayo: Nakhu Okufanele Ukwazi

28 February 2024 - Impumelelo engaba khona iyabonakala njengoba i-Israel ne-Hamas besondela esivumelwaneni. Lesi sivumelwano singakhulula abathunjwa ababalelwa ku-130 abagcinwe eGaza njengamanje, sinikeze ikhefu elifushane engxabanweni eqhubekayo, kusho uMongameli waseMelika uJoe Biden.

Lesi sivumelwano, esingasungulwa ekuqaleni kwesonto elizayo, sizoletha ukuphumula okudingeka kakhulu kubahlali baseGaza abakhathele yimpi kanye nemindeni yabathunjwa bakwa-Israel abathathwe ngesikhathi sokuhlasela kweHamas ngo-Okthoba 7.

Ngaphansi kwalesi sivumelwano esihlongozwayo, kuzoba nokumiswa kokudubulana kwamasonto ayisithupha. Ngalesi sikhathi, i-Hamas yayikhulula abathunjwa abangafika kwabangama-40 - ikakhulukazi abesifazane abangabahlali, izingane, kanye nezithunjwa ezindala noma ezigulayo. Ukushintshisana nalesi senzo somusa, i-Israel izokhulula okungenani iziboshwa zasePalestine ezingama-300 emajele azo futhi ivumele abasePalestine abaxoshiwe ukuthi babuyele emakhaya ezindaweni ezikhethiwe enyakatho yeGaza.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukulethwa kosizo kulindeleke ukuthi kukhule ngesikhathi sokumiswa komlilo njengoba kulinganiselwa ukuthi nsuku zonke kutheleka amaloli aphakathi kuka-300-500 eGaza - okuwumphumela omkhulu ezibalweni zamanje, "kusho isikhulu saseGibhithe esibambe iqhaza ekuhwebeni isivumelwano nabamele i-US kanye neQatar.

IGREECE ESEKUSENI: Isizwe Sama-Orthodox Sizogunyaza Imishado Yabobulili Obufanayo Ngokusemthethweni Naphezu Kokuphikiswa KweSonto

15 February 2024 - Esinyathelweni esiyingqophamlando, iphalamende laseGreece selizovotela ukuthi kube semthethweni ukushada kwabantu bobulili obufanayo. Lesi kungaba isinyathelo esingakaze sibe khona esizweni samaKristu angama-Orthodox, futhi sifika phakathi nokuphikiswa okunamandla okuvela eSontweni LamaGreki elinethonya.

Lo mthethosivivinywa wabhalwa nguhulumeni omaphakathi kwesokudla kaNdunankulu uKyriakos Mitsotakis futhi uthole ukwesekwa amaqembu amane angakwesokunxele, okuhlanganisa neqembu eliphikisayo iSyriza. Ukwesekwa kwalawa maqembu kuthola amavoti angu-243 ephalamende elinezihlalo ezingu-300, okuqinisekisa ukuthi liphasiswa yize bekulindeleke ukuthi lizidelile namavoti aphikisayo.

Ungqongqoshe Wezwe u-Akis Skertsos ugcizelele ukuthi iningi lamaGreki seliyemukela imishado yabantu bobulili obufanayo. Ugcizelele ukuthi uguquko lomphakathi lwedlule izinyathelo zomthetho futhi aludingi kugunyazwa yiphalamende ukuze luqinisekise.

I-UKRAINE WAR Survivor: I-Rare Black Bear's Heartbreaking Uhambo oluya ezokuphepha eScotland

13 January 2024 - Ibhere elimnyama elingandile, elasinda empini yase-Ukraine, selithole ikhaya elisha eScotland. Ibhele elineminyaka engu-12 ubudala, eliqanjwe ngo-Yampil ngesigodi lapho litholakale khona phakathi kwamanxiwa e-zoo yangasese eqhunyiswe ngamabhomu, lifike ngoLwesihlanu.

U-Yampil ungomunye wabasindile abambalwa abatholwe amasosha ase-Ukraine aphinde athumba idolobha lase-Lyman phakathi nempi ekwindla ka-2022. Ibhere lalishayeke kabi ngenxa yezinsalela eziseduze kodwa lasinda ngokuyisimangaliso.

I-zoo elahliwe lapho i-Yampil yatholwa khona yayibone izilwane eziningi zibulawa indlala, ukoma noma ukulimala ngenxa yezinhlamvu nezinhlamvu. Ngemva kokuhlengwa kwakhe, u-Yampil waqala i-odyssey eyamyisa e-Kyiv ukuze athole ukunakekelwa kwezilwane kanye nokuvuselelwa kabusha.

Ukusuka e-Kyiv, u-Yampil waya ema-zoo e-Poland nase-Belgium ngaphambi kokuthi ekugcineni athole indawo yokuhlala ekhaya lakhe elisha e-Scotland.

I-UKRAINE WAR Survivor: I-Rare Black Bear's Uhambo Oluyisimangaliso Oluya Ezokuphepha eScotland

12 January 2024 - Ngendlela emangalisayo, uYampil, ibhere elimnyama eliyivelakancane elasinda empini yase-Ukraine, usethole ikhaya elisha eScotland. Amasosha ase-Ukraine athole i-Yampil phakathi kwezingcucu ze-zoo yangasese eDonetsk. Ibhere elineminyaka engu-12 laliphakathi kwabambalwa abasinda lapho i-zoo iqhunyiswa ngamabhomu futhi ilahlwa.

Uhambo luka-Yampil oluya endaweni ephephile aluyona into emfishane kune-odyssey yamaqhawe. Amasosha amthola ngesikhathi ehlaselwa yi-Kharkiv ngo-2022. Wabe esethuthelwa e-Kyiv ukuze athole ukunakekelwa kwezilwane kanye nokuvuselelwa. Uhambo lwakhe lwaqhubeka ePoland naseBelgium ngaphambi kokuba agcine efikile emzini wakhe omusha waseScotland.

Ukusinda kuka-Yampil kuthathwa njengokuyisimangaliso njengoba ashaywa wumcucu ngenxa yokuqhunyiswa ngamagobolondo eduze ngenkathi ezinye izilwane eziningi ezu zibulawa indlala, ukoma noma zashaywa yizinhlamvu noma izimbotshana. U-Yegor Yakovlev we-Save Wild uthe izimpi zabo ekuqaleni bezingazi ukuthi zingamsiza kanjani kodwa zaqala ukufuna izindlela zokuhlenga.

U-Yakovlev uphinde ahole i-White Rock Bear Shelter lapho u-Yampil alulama khona ngaphambi kokuthatha uhambo lwakhe lwase-Europe. Ibhere lababaleki lafika ngoJanuwari 12, liphawula ukuphela kohambo lwakhe oluyingozi futhi linikeza ithemba phakathi kwezingxabano eziqhubekayo.

UMSEBENZI kaMongameli we-UPenn ose-BRINK: Ingxabano ye-Antisemitism Ivutha Umlilo Wokugxeka

10 December 2023 - UMongameli wase-University of Pennsylvania, uLiz Magill, uthola isikhundla sakhe sincipha onqenqemeni ngemuva kokwanda kokugxekwa ngendlela aphatha ngayo abantu abamelene namaJuda. Ukuzinza kwakhe emsebenzini manje kuyangabazeka kulandela ubufakazi obungabutholanga bekhongolose. Abaxhasi bamanyuvesi, abenzi bomthetho bama-bipartisan, alumni, namaqembu angamaJuda azwakalise ukungenami kwawo.

I-Penn Board of Trustees izohlangana ngaleli Sonto ngo-5 ntambama, lapho inganquma khona ngekusasa likaMagill. Ibhodi libhekene nenselelo yokunquma ukuthi angakwazi yini ukuhola ngempumelelo kanye nokuqongelela imali yenyuvesi phakathi nalesi siphepho kusukela ngo-Okthoba 7 kuhlaselwa kwa-Israel.

UMagill ubhekane nezingcingo ezikhulayo zokuthi esule esikhundleni ngemuva kokwehluleka ukusho ngokungananazi ukuthi izicelo zokuthi amaJuda abulawe zithathwa njengobuxhwanguxhwangu noma ukuhlukunyezwa ngaphansi kwekhodi ye-UPenn ngesikhathi sokulalelwa kwecala. Le mpendulo eyisivivi isivuse ukucasuka okukhulu komphakathi kanye nezimfuno zokuthi ehle esikhundleni.

Ukuphathwa kukaMagill kokumelene namaJuda kuhlangatshezwane nokugxekwa okukhulu okuvela kumbusi weDemocratic Republic of Pennsylvania, ibhodi lesikole iWharton School, kanye nabaxhasi abaphezulu. Omunye umfundi waze wasabisa ngokuhoxisa umnikelo ka-$100 wezigidi ngaphandle uma kukhona ushintsho ebuholini.

Umsebenzi Wamaphupho Uhlwithwe Ngama-Antidepressants: Owesifazane USUSE Amaphoyisa aseScotland Ecaleni Eligqekeza

29 July 2023 - Owesifazane wase-Inverness, uLaura Mackenzie, uthatha izinyathelo zomthetho ngokumelene namaphoyisa aseScotland ngemuva kokuhoxiswa kwakhe "ngomsebenzi wamaphupho" njengephoyisa ngenxa yokusebenzisa kwakhe amaphilisi okucindezeleka.

UMackenzie wayephumelele kuzo zonke izigaba zokuqashwa, waze wafinyelela naseqophelweni lokuthi ahlolwe udokotela futhi afakelwe umfaniswano.

Isiphakamiso somsebenzi sahoxiswa ngenxa yokuthi umhlinzeki wezempilo wamaphoyisa waseScotland uphoqelela umgomo othi abafake izicelo bangabi naleyo mithi okungenani iminyaka emibili.