Social employment could transform South African society
Read More Times are tough. In South Africa, one in three adults is unemployed. Load-shedding is pummelling our economy and only four in 10 children who attend preschool programmes are on track to thrive by the time they start school. It is easy for funders, policymakers, and community organisations to feel torn. Is it more […]
Forget Oxbridge: St Andrews knocks top universities off perch
Read More Oxbridge is being replaced at the apex of UK universities by “Stoxbridge” after St Andrews overtook Oxford and Cambridge at the top of the latest Guardian University Guide. It is the first time the Fife university has been ranked highest in the Guardian’s annual guide to undergraduate courses, pushing Oxford into second and […]
Taiwanese Academic Warns Australia About Beijing’s ‘Dangerous Expansion’
Read More The recently assassinated former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe once said “A Taiwan emergency is a Japanese emergency, and therefore an emergency for the Japan–U.S. alliance.” Australia should adopt the same stance now, according to a Taiwanese expert. Dr. David Yeau-Tarn Lee called on Australia to play a stronger role in combating the Chinese […]
One in six UK public procurement contracts had tax haven link, study finds
Read More One in every six public procurement contracts issued by the government over a five-year period were won by businesses with connections to a tax haven, analysis has found. The companies behind the taxpayer-funded deals were owned by firms that were at least partly domiciled in one of 27 tax havens around the world, […]
UK EuroMillions ticket-holder wins ?171m jackpot
Read More A UK ticket-holder has won more than ?171m with the EuroMillions jackpot, operator Camelot has announced. Friday’s national lottery EuroMillions winning numbers were: 14, 15, 22, 35, 48. The lucky stars were: 03, 08. No information will be released on whether the claimant is an individual, or a syndicate winner, unless the ticket-holder […]
Roger Federer bids emotional farewell in doubles defeat alongside Rafael Nadal
Read More Over the course of the past decade and more, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have thrived regardless of circumstance. They have stared each other down in the finals of the grandest tournaments around the world and they have brought out their best time after time, even when the tension was most suffocating. Their […]
Russia-Ukraine war latest updates: Kyiv says residents coerced to vote as Moscow holds ‘referendums’ in parts of Ukraine
Read More Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the world to condemn the “pseudo-referendums” under way in four provinces of Ukraine. Agence France-Presse reported the Ukrainian president as saying in his daily address to the nation: The world will react absolutely justly to pseudo-referendums – they will be unequivocally condemned. The ballots in the provinces fully or […]
Air Force brass has little to say on woke initiatives despite backlash
Post Content NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. Air Force leadership was silent when asked by Fox News Digital whether it supported various woke programs being taught to cadets. Fox News Digital has reported this week that the Air Force Academy (AFA) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, has backed woke initiatives that promote […]
Virginia Gov. Youngkin says ‘silent thief’ of inflation, worsening border crisis at the top of voters’ minds
Post Content NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! AUSTIN, Texas — Many of the same issues that propelled Glenn Youngkin to an upset victory in Virginia’s gubernatorial race last November, including education and public safety, are still at the top of voters’ minds ahead of the midterm elections, the Virginia governor told Fox […]
Cambodia Searches for 23 Missing Chinese After Boat Sinks
Read More Volunteer rescuers search in the sea for survivors close to the location where a boat carrying Chinese nationals sank off the coastal town of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, on Sept. 23, 2022. (Cindy Liu/Reuters) PHNOM PENH—Cambodian rescue teams searched on Friday for 23 Chinese nationals missing after their boat sank near islands off a coastal […]