United States President Donald Trump has turned Iran-US negotiations into a test of Brics power after threatening to destroy Iran’s bridges and power plants unless Tehran accepts Washington’s terms and reopens the Strait of Hormuz. The warning places China and Russia before a defining question. Can the multipolar order protect one of its strategic members […]
Nearly 8,000 people died or disappeared on migration routes last year, with sea routes to Europe the most deadly and many victims lost in “invisible shipwrecks”, a UN agency said on Tuesday.
Law enforcement to intensify road safety compliance over long weekends
The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has identified high-risk areas across all provinces to ramp up coordinated, intelligence-led law enforcement operations over the next two long weekends, as traffic volumes are expected to rise.
Authorities will increase the visibility of police patrols to ensure...
Demographic changes will cause a glut of school places, according to National Audit Office report
A failure to account for England’s falling birthrate is leading to a glut of school places and a potential £1bn fall in pupil funding over the next three years, according to a National Audit Office report.
The government’s spending watchdog said the Department for Education started to...
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda — As the government prepares to overhaul teacher payment by linking pay more closely to days attended or lessons delivered, education experts and union leaders are urging a more thought-through approach.
Appeals court ruling is a victory for conservatives who have long sought to incorporate more religion into schools
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Texas can require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms, a US appeals court ruled Tuesday in a victory for conservatives who have long sought to incorporate more religion into...
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Federal authorities are now reviewing a string of deaths and disappearances involving scientists tied to sensitive U.S. aerospace and nuclear work, though officials have not established any confirmed link between the cases. The FBI says it “is spearheading the effort to look for connections into the missing and deceased scientists,” adding that it “is working with the Department of Energy,...