Williamson under growing pressure to keep all schools in England closed as union launches legal action

Photo: Credit Pinterest By Ashley Cowburn Unions call for immediate switch to remote learning amid concerns over staff safety Gavin Williamson is coming under intensifying pressure to delay the reopening of all schools in England, as one of the country’s largest education unions hit out at what it described as the government’s “reckless” strategy. On

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Iran plans 20% uranium enrichment ‘as soon as possible’

FILE – This Nov. 4, 2020, file satellite photo by Maxar Technologies shows Iran’s Fordo nuclear site. Iran has told international nuclear inspectors it plans to enrich uranium up to 20% at its underground Fordo nuclear facility, a technical step away from weapons-grade levels, as it increases pressure on the West over its tattered atomic

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The latest: 4 killed, 5 Turkish workers injured in suicide attack in Somalia

File Photo/Somali Times Four people, including a Turkish national, and several other Turkish laborers were injured after a suicide bomber carried out an attack on a road construction site in Somalia, security sources said Saturday. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said that the attack took place near the Mogadishu-Afgoya road construction work, which was

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5 Turkish workers injured in suicide attack in Somalia

Photo/Somali Times At least five Turkish laborers were injured after a suicide bomber carried out an attack on a road construction site in Somalia, security sources said Saturday. One of the workers is in critical condition, the sources said. Dismissing reports that the attack targeted Turkish troops in the country, sources said the perpetrator carried

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Suicide bomber strikes Turkish engineers outside Mogadishu

File Photo/Somali Times The suicide bombing on the road took place between Mogadishu and Afgoye, where Turkish engineers and other workers are building. The blast, which was carried out by a suicide bomber, took place between Lafole and Hawa Abdi, killing and injuring several people. Reports say that the blast targeted Turkish engineers who are

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French policy in West Africa ‘silent on human rights’

French news outlet denounces France’s diplomacy in region, calling it ‘diplomacy based on security and economic concerns’ Amid the visit of French prime minister and armed forces minister to French soldiers in Chad, the country’s policy in the West African region received strong criticism in an analysis published in a French online news outlet. The

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Amin Amir’s sister, Basmo Amir apologizes for insulting Galmudug players

Photo/Somali Times The Benadir regional commissioner for Social Affairs Basmo Amir has apologized for a statement she made yesterday about the Benadir region team’s victory in a football tournament in Mogadishu. Basmo said she was overwhelmed by the excitement of her region’s victory, which led to her losing to the Galmudug players in a penalty

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Quiet New Year gives breathing room after UK-EU Brexit split

People watch the first truck, from Estonia, entering the Eurotunnel terminal Friday, Jan.1, 2021 in Coquelles, northern France. Eleven months after Britain’s formal departure from the EU, Brexit becomes a fact of daily life on Friday, once a transition period ends and the U.K. fully leaves the world’s most powerful trading bloc. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly,

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Kenya: Ministry officials to be questioned over expired drugs

National Assembly Health Committee vice chairman and Cherangany MP Joshua Kutuny. He has said Parliament will summon Ministry of Health officials over the controversial expiry of a consignment of vaccines in a warehouse at the JKIA. By Angela Oketch Among those to be questioned are officials who served at the ministry at the time of

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Report: Ethiopian forces killed scores in June-July unrest

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed responds to questions from members of parliament at the prime minister’s office in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. The fugitive leader of Ethiopia’s defiant Tigray region on Monday called on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to withdraw troops from the region as he asserted that fighting continues

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