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After months of political turmoil over former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s imposition of martial law, his trial harkens back to the chaotic days after South Koreans ousted a junta and enshrined democracy.
These Olympians Excel on Two Types of Tracks
Among elite athletes exists an even more exclusive club: people who compete at both the Summer and Winter Games. Many are sprinters who turn to bobsled.
Policy Flip-Flops Hurt the British Leader. Then Came a New Political Threat.
Already weakened by “U-turns” on his agenda, Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced calls to step down over appointing a close friend of Jeffrey Epstein as U.S. ambassador.
Russia Celebrated Him. Now He’s Accused of Having Troops Shoot Themselves.
A lieutenant colonel is on trial after being accused of skimming payments for battlefield injuries. He denies the specifics of Russia’s accusation but acknowledges engaging in a payouts scheme.
Councils in England call for ‘radical’ means testing of Send school transport
Demand is rising at unsustainable rate and could cost £3.4bn by 2030-31, local authorities warnFamilies who have children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) should be means tested for school transport, according to councils in England, who say demand is rising “at an unsustainable rate”.Local authorities are urging the government to be “radical” in its Send reforms, which are expected imminently, warning that annual costs on home-to-school transport for children with Send could rise to £3.4bn by 2030-31, up from £2bn last year. Continue reading...
Retailers in UK plan to cut staff hours and jobs amid rising employment costs
BRC survey finds finance bosses expect technology to improve productivity, with 69% pessimistic about the economyUK retailers are planning to cut staff hours and jobs amid rising employment costs and pessimism about the economy.Almost two-thirds (61%) of finance bosses at retail companies said they planned to reduce working hours or cut overtime, according to the latest survey from the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the trade body that represents most big retailers. More than half (55%) said they would cut head office jobs and 42% said they would reduce jobs in stores. Continue reading...
Beef and lamb get 580 times more in EU subsidies than legumes, study finds
Report says common agricultural policy provides ‘unfair’ levels of support to unhealthy, meat-heavy dietsBeef and lamb receive 580 times more in EU subsidies than legumes, a report has found, despite scientists urging people to get more of their protein from less harmful sources.Analysis by the charity Foodrise found the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) provides “unfair” levels of support to meat-heavy diets that doctors consider unhealthy and climate scientists consider environmentally destructive. Continue reading...
US funding for global internet freedom ‘effectively gutted’
Programme that funds groups building tech to evade oppressive government controls under serious threatFor nearly two decades, the US quietly funded a global effort to keep the internet from splintering into fiefdoms run by authoritarian governments. Now that money is seriously threatened and a large part of it is already gone, putting into jeopardy internet freedoms around the world.Managed by the US state department and the US Agency for Global Media, the programme – broadly called Internet Freedom – funds small groups all over the world, from Iran to China to the Philippines, who built grassroots technologies to evade internet controls imposed by governments. It has dispensed well over $500m (£370m) in the past decade, according to an analysis by the Guardian, including $94m in 2024. Continue reading...
What To Know About the Trial of Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s Ousted Leader
Judges will rule on Thursday in the insurrection trial of former President Yoon Suk Yeol. He could get the death penalty for his short-lived imposition of martial law in 2024.