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Labor confirms it will allow schools to hire secular workers under chaplaincy program
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Former Coalition education minister Alan Tudge has warned Labor’s plan to give schools a choice of secular pastoral care workers will “effectively end” the use of religious chaplains in some schools. The new education...
Grant Shapps says law change could allow agency workers to break strikes
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The government is considering legal changes to allow agency workers to fill in for striking staff, to reduce disruption to services. It is understood the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, has not ruled out the option...
France to challenge Grenoble’s move to allow burkinis in public pools
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The French government is to challenge a town council decision to allow bathers to wear the burkini – a full-body swimsuit – in its pools. The interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, said the move was an “unacceptable prov...
Overcoming Trumpery review: recipes for reform Republicans will never allow
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The great abuses of power by Richard Nixon’s administration which are remembered collectively as Watergate had one tremendous benefit: they inspired a raft of legislation which significantly strengthened American demo...
Blue-sky thinking: new rules allow digital nomads to work in the sun
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The pandemic locked us down, but at the same time freed many workers from the confines of the office. A new breed of digital nomads emerged – people who took their laptops, jumped on planes and set up shop in some of ...
New York will allow non-citizens to vote under controversial law
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Più di 800,000 non-citizens and “Dreamers” could vote in New York City municipal elections as early as next year, after Mayor Eric Adams allowed legislation to become law on Sunday. Opponents have vowed to challeng...
Universities must not allow those killed in Tiananmen Square to be forgotten
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The ruthless campaign by the Chinese government to extinguish all memories of the massacre at Tiananmen Square has now resulted in the removal of the sculpture from the campus of the University of Hong Kong (Outcry as...
‘We need to be alarmed’: food banks in overdrive as politicians allow Australians to go hungry
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Food banks in Australia were overwhelmed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Whole industries shut down, shedding jobs, and vulnerable people were suddenly more numerous and visible than ever. The demand for food relief exp...
Facebook tests tool to allow users to manage content they see
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Facebook is testing a feature allowing users to control how much content they view from friends, groups and public figures, amid accusations that the social media platform is not doing enough to curb inflammatory post...
Pfizer strikes deal to allow generic versions of its Covid pill for world’s poor
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US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has announced a deal to make its prospective antiviral Covid-19 pill available more cheaply in the world’s least-wealthy countries. Pfizer will allow generic manufacturers to supply its ...
Allow us the option of a humane, painless death
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Jane Campbell says disabled people need more help to live, not to die (22 ottobre). As a disabled person myself, with a condition which will continue to deteriorate but which won’t kill me, I say we need both. We do n...
US to allow Americans to ‘mix and match’ boosters of Covid vaccine
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American regulators plan to let Americans “mix and match” booster shots of the Covid-19 vaccine. This means that people aren’t required to get the booster from the same brand that was used in their original inoculatio...
Non dobbiamo permettere che i decessi da Covid vengano "normalizzati"
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La scorsa settimana la risposta del governo al Covid è stata criticata in un rapporto di due comitati dei Comuni per aver apparentemente perseguito l'immunità di gregge per infezione all'inizio della pandemia. Il permanere di alti tassi di Covid indica...
English council urges parents not to allow children to watch Squid Game
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A council in the south of England has advised parents not to let their children watch the Netflix show Squid Game, after reports children as young as six are copying its violent challenges. The education safeguarding ...
Gene editing ‘would allow us to create hardier farm breeds’
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Leading UK researchers, vets and farmers have urged ministers to free livestock science of unnecessary legal curbs as the country prepares, post-Brexit, to ease gene-editing rules. Such a move would allow the creation...
Ireland to delay indoor dining and only allow access to fully vaccinated
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Ireland has delayed the reopening of indoor hospitality and plans to limit indoor dining to people who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19. The government announced the changes on Tuesday after health official...