In Bulgaria you can’t make an omelette or bring down a government without breaking a few eggs it seems. Anti-government protesters there have turned to good old-fashioned political eggings to show their dissent. It’s...
Green as in ‘dollar’ | EU banks drill for Amazon oil while backing calls to stop climate change
Some of Europe’s biggest banks claim they are committed to backing action on climate change while pumping lots of money into oil extraction in the Amazon at the same time. This begs the question – which shade of ‘Green’...
Shock and anger as A-level algorithm strips pupils of their grades
Leyton Sixth Form College has had 47% of students A-levels downgraded from predicted grades, leaving many disappointed. Private schools seem to have benefited most from this year’s A-levels results change...
France, Malta and Netherlands added to quarantine list after coronavirus cases jump
The government has announced that France, Malta and the Netherlands are being added to the UK travel quarantine list, following sharp increases COVID-19 cases.
People react to the Israel-UAE deal to establish diplomatic ties
Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced a peace deal to normalise diplomatic ties. Palestinians criticised the agreement and called it a ‘conspiracy against the Palestinian people’ while Israelis in #Jerusalem...
Residents donate hair to help soak up oil from leaking ship
Locals in Mauritius are going to great lengths to help clean up a devastating oil spill off the country’s southeastern coast. A Japanese tanker ran aground late last month, and then started leaking more than a thousand...
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris blast ‘whining’ Trump – BBC News
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris have attacked “whining” President Donald Trump as an incompetent leader who has left the US “in tatters”. The pair held...