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Day: January 5, 2018

May wades into Royal Wedding homelessness row
Featured, United Kingdom

May wades into Royal Wedding homelessness row

    Theresa May has distanced herself from a Tory council leader who called for rough sleepers to be cleared from Windsor before the Royal Wedding. The Prime Minister said she disagreed with comments made by Simon Dudley, who said beggars may show the town in a sadly unfavourable light when Prince Harry marries American actress Meghan Markle in May. He has been slammed for his tweets that said some rough sleepers had made a commercial life choice praying (sic) on residents and tourists. In a letter to police, Mr Dudley also complained about aggressive begging and intimidation, and bags and detritus on the streets. Asked about the remarks during a visit to a hospital in nearby Camberley, the Prime Minister said: "I don't agree with the comments that the leader of the c...
Lot of students tried to cheat in exams using phones
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Lot of students tried to cheat in exams using phones

    Unauthorised materials accounted for half of all students given penalties for cheating, the Ofqual figures for 2017 show. Students smuggling mobile phones into exam halls are the reason for a sudden rise in the number of pupils caught cheating during last summer’s GCSE and A-level exams in England, according to official data. The figures also show that the number of teachers and school staff involved in exam malpractice more than doubled between 2016 and 2017. Ofqual, the exam regulator for England, said that the most common category of malpractice was the introduction of unauthorised materials into exam venues. In most cases, this was a mobile phone or other electronic communications device, Ofqual said. Unauthorised materials accounted for half of all students ...
North Korea has accepted the south’s offer for talks
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North Korea has accepted the south’s offer for talks

    The rival Koreas agreed Friday to revive their first formal dialogue in more than two years next week to find ways to cooperate on the upcoming Winter Olympics in the South, a sign of easing animosities that followed a period of rising nuclear tension that saw fears of war on the Korean Peninsula. The announcement by Seoul’s Unification Ministry came hours after the United States said it has agreed to delay annual joint military exercises with South Korea until after the Winter Olympics. The exercises have been a major source of tension because North Korea considers them an invasion rehearsal, although South Korea and the United States have repeatedly said the drills are defensive in nature. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a New Year's speech at an undisclo...
Nurses sacked for squeezing ill baby’s face
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Nurses sacked for squeezing ill baby’s face

    Three Saudi nurses have been sacked after video of them squashing an ill baby's face as they laughed was shared online. The video, which was posted on YouTube, showed one of the women holding the baby's neck and forehead while squeezing its face. Her two colleagues watched and laughed. The baby had been admitted to the children's hospital in the Saudi city of Taif with a urinary tract infection. Abdulhadi Al-Rabie, Taif Health Affairs spokesman, confirmed the women had been fired for mistreating the baby. The baby's father told reporters that he had been shocked by the video, which racked up 57,000 views in two days. He called on the Ministry of Health to take tough action on the nurses and those who had circulated the video, according to a report in the Saudi G...
Macron warns Europe could split after Britain leaves EU
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Macron warns Europe could split after Britain leaves EU

    Emmanuel Macron has warned fellow European leaders to remain focused on their collective interest during Brexit negotiations lest an unfavourable situation befall the remaining 27 EU members. The French President said the continent could suffer if individual countries used Brexit to follow their own interests and that states must avoid the “prisoner’s dilemma”. In the famous game theory scenario, two people act for their own gain and both lose out even though they pursued an apparently rational course of action. I think this is the right method as it avoids divisions and once again allows us to preserve the collective interest, Mr Macron told the Daily Telegraph.  Each of us can have our own interests. That’s what the prisoner’s dilemma is all about. Everyone can ha...