3 d. ago Further Education Minister visits Ayrshire College to discuss skills, innovation and regional growth

The visit focused on the College’s contribution to Scotland’s skills and innovation agenda.

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6 d. ago Bid to force Education Minister Givan from office over Israel trip fails

Paul Givan called the no-confidence motion against him a ‘calculated attempt to drive a unionist minister from office’.

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9 d. ago The president is groped in broad daylight, and Mexican women cry: MeToo, MeToo, MeToo | Mona Eltahawy

After Claudia Sheinbaum was assaulted this week, her opponents claimed she staged it. From their own experiences, the women I met know she didn’t have to“Machismo in Mexico is so fucked up not even the president is safe,” said Caterina Camastra, a professor and feminist, when I talked to her in Morelia, a city west of the Mexican capital this week. Succinct and to the point, it is a sentiment shared by many women in Mexico after watching the now viral video of a drunk man groping the country’s first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum, as she walked from the National Palace to the education ministry on Monday. Sheinbaum, who has pressed charges against the man, said much the same at her daily press briefing on Wednesday: “If they do this to the president, what happens to all the other women in the country?”Sheinbaum’s unprecedented position has made this a teaching moment in a country where women have long complained that sexual harassment and assault on streets and public transport...

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2 w. ago Israel puts off signing $35 billion gas deal with Egypt, prompts US energy secretary to cancel visit

Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen has said that his refusal to sign a $35 billion gas agreement with Egypt has prompted his U.S. counterpart Chris Wright to cancel a planned trip to Israel

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2 w. ago Government minister speaks out on Andy Burnham's 'education revolution' in Greater Manchester

"I think it’s really exciting for people. I think there will be great take-up"

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2 w. ago Stormont Opposition pledge to press Givan to respond over Israel trip

The Education Minister has been criticised after his department publicised his visit to a school during the trip.

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2 w. ago Man United hero kidnapped for hours to force through deal – 'I trusted him'

Dimitar Berbatov has revealed how he was kidnapped at a young age and held hostage in a restaurant in a bid to force him to change clubs years prior to his transfer to Manchester United from Tottenham

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2 w. ago Stormont Education Minister Paul Givan under fire over visit to Israel

The Northern Ireland Teachers’ Council said the visit was ‘deeply troubling’.

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2 w. ago Donald Trump reveals he is thinking about running for a third term as president

DONALD Trump admits he is thinking about running for a third term as president. Musing on another White House bid, he told reporters on Air Force One as they headed to Japan yesterday: “I would love to do it. I have my best numbers ever.” The 22nd Amendment of the US Constitution prohibits anyone from...

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2 w. ago President Donald Trump reveals he is thinking about running for a third term in 2028 as he boasts about poll numbers

DONALD Trump admits he is thinking about running for a third term as president. Musing on another White House bid, he told reporters on Air Force One as they headed to Japan yesterday: “I would love to do it. I have my best numbers ever.” The 22nd Amendment of the US Constitution prohibits anyone from...

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2 w. ago Expert calls Welsh Government literacy plan 'not fit for purpose' and quits

Elizabeth Nonweiler has written to Education Minister Lynne Neagle saying Wales' literacy panel has achieved next to nothing in a year of work

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3 w. ago Amazon's delivery drivers will be forced to wear AI GLASSES that give them turn

In a bid to shave seconds off deliveries, Amazon will soon force its delivery drivers to wear smart glasses.

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4 w. ago Bridget Phillipson blasts SNP for failing generation of young people

Phillipson, who is Keir Starmer's Education Secretary in England, accused Nats ministers of failing a generation of young Scots.

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