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UK moves to end early GCSE teaching in Year 7–9 shake-up

UK moves to end early GCSE teaching in Year 7–9 shake-up

The UK government plans to stop secondary schools from routinely teaching the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) content before Year 10, as part of a curriculum overhaul aimed at making the first three years of secondary school more engaging.
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Trump’s history in tweets

Trump’s history in tweets

United States (US) outgoing president, Donald Trump, had made Twitter his favoured channel for sharing unflattering nicknames, insults, video montages and even policy decisions. But he no longer has that soapbox, as the social platform permanently suspended his account, @realDonaldTrump, on Friday. Here’s a look back at some of his most memorable tweets: – ‘Fake […]

US is North Korea’s ‘biggest enemy’ ― Kim Jong Un

US is North Korea’s ‘biggest enemy’ ― Kim Jong Un

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the United States is his nuclear-armed nation’s “biggest enemy”, state media reported Saturday, as he threw down the diplomatic gauntlet to the incoming administration of Joe Biden. The declaration comes less than two weeks ahead of the new US president’s inauguration and after a tumultuous relationship between Kim […]

Trump accuses Twitter of conspiring ‘to silence me’

Trump accuses Twitter of conspiring ‘to silence me’

US President Donald Trump on Friday accused Twitter of conspiring with his political enemies “to silence me,” after the social media platform permanently suspended his account. “Twitter has gone further and further in banning free speech, and tonight, Twitter employees have coordinated with the Democrats and the Radical Left in removing my account from their […]

Power struggle leaves U.N. rights body without leader

Power struggle leaves U.N. rights body without leader

Russia and China have opposed a candidate from Fiji seen as a staunch human rights defender to lead the top U.N. rights body, diplomats and observers say, creating a deadlock just as Washington may seek to rejoin the forum it quit in 2018.

BREAKING: Twitter permanently bans Donald Trump’s account

BREAKING: Twitter permanently bans Donald Trump’s account

Social media giant, Twitter Inc, has permanently banned United States President Donald Trump’s personal account for repeated rules violations, marking the most high-profile punishment the social-media company has ever imposed. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on […]