Giorno: 3 Luglio 2023

Sunak faces transparency questions over jet travel and Tory donations

Read More Rishi Sunak is facing transparency questions over private jet travel and thousands of pounds in Conservative party donations after they were recorded as coming from a small company linked to a multimillionaire businessman. Labour has written to two standards watchdogs to ask if any rules have been broken over declarations of more than […]

Labour considering graduate-led nurseries to fight inequality

Read More More graduate teachers would be parachuted into nurseries under plans being considered by Labour to improve education for under-fours, the Guardian has learned. There could also be more nursery places in primary school settings as the opposition works up proposals to drive up standards and formally integrate early years into the English education […]

Sanders taps Arkansas GOP chairman, ex-federal prosecutor, for state Supreme Court seat

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday named state Republican Party chairman and former federal prosecutor Cody Hiland to the Arkansas Supreme Court, giving it a conservative majority as justices prepare to take up a challenge to her education overhaul. Hiland was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Robin Wynne last […]

Georgia universities spent millions on DEI efforts prior to state budget cuts: Report

The University System of Georgia spent millions on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts prior to cuts from the state budget approved earlier this year, according to a Monday report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC). The report detailed a nearly 200-page response from system Chancellor Sonny Perdue to Georgia Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who […]

Lee Greenwood to Newsmax: ‘Help Lift’ Veterans With Concert

Country music star Lee Greenwood, who released “God Bless the USA” 40 years ago, told Newsmax on Monday that Americans can “help lift” up military veterans by sending them to a one-night-only concert event in November that “will give tribute” to them “as they deserve.”

Greece rebukes EU border agency’s threats to leave country over migrant deaths: ‘unthinkable’

Greece’s new minister for migration said Monday he would consider it “unthinkable” for the European Union to pull out its border protection force from the country, and promised to address a growing list of international grievances over dealing with migrants. A dispute between Greece’s government and the EU border agency Frontex worsened after a trawler […]

French riots: New report details thousands of arrests, hundreds of attacks on police since violence broke out

A new report from France’s Ministry of Interior quantifies the damage done after nearly a week of protests in response to the police killing of a teen of North African heritage. The report, obtained by the French newspaper Le Parisien, recorded 5,662 vehicle fires and more than 1,000 damaged buildings. Since rioting first broke out […]

Turkish President Erdogan delays ratification of Sweden’s NATO membership, demands fulfillment of obligations

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signaled Monday that his country is not ready to ratify Sweden’s membership in NATO, saying Stockholm had to work harder on the “homework” it needs to complete. Speaking after a Cabinet meeting, Erdogan also renewed his condemnation of a Quran-burning protest that took place in Sweden last week, describing the […]

US pushes workers’ rights in Mexico amid labor market boom

The U.S. wants Mexico’s government to build strong institutions to protect worker rights as companies aiming to avoid supply chain disruptions in far-off production spots bring more jobs to the country, a top U.S. labor official told Reuters. Mexico has begun to benefit from “nearshoring” in which companies seek to move production closer to the […]

Senegalese president foregoes re-election after deadly political violence shakes nation

Senegalese President Macky Sall declared Monday evening that he will not run for a third term in next year’s elections, ending years of uncertainty over his political future that had helped fuel deadly opposition protests last month. Top opposition leader Ousmane Sonko already had called for more demonstrations around the West African country in the […]