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.
EU body says approval of Covid vaccine going as quickly as possible
The approval procedure for a coronavirus vaccine in the European Union cannot go any quicker than it is being conducted, but a decision should arrive before December 29, European Medicines Agency (EMA) director Emer Cooke said in Amsterdam on Monday. “We are working around the clock for the approval of the first Covid-19 vaccine,” she […]
US Electoral College vote set to confirm Biden victory
The US Electoral College will confirm Democratic nominee Joe Biden as the next president, in a formal ratification vote on Monday, which comes as President Donald Trump continues to contest the election even as he keeps losing cases in the courts. The 538 electors are generally set to meet in state capitols in all 50 […]
PM declines to be questioned in Beirut blast probe, official source says
Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Hassan Diab, has declined to be questioned by the judge who charged him and three former ministers with negligence over the Beirut port blast, an official source said on Monday. Investigating magistrate Fadi Sawan has been criticized for bringing charges by influential parties including the Shi’ite group Hezbollah and Sunni leader […]
US removes Sudan from state sponsors of terrorism list
The US has officially removed Sudan from a list of state sponsors of terror, according to its embassy in Khartoum. “The congressional notification period of 45 days has lapsed and the Secretary of State has signed a notification stating rescission of Sudan’s State Sponsor of Terrorism designation is effective as of today (December 14), to […]
Belarus protesters demand president’s resignation
Protesters in Belarus weathered icy conditions Sunday, hitting the streets to demand the resignation of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko who is facing down months of historic protests against his rule. The Viasna rights group said dozens of people were detained in Minsk as authorities deployed water cannon and large numbers of law enforcement blocked off […]
