Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum: Who is Dubai’s ruler?
AFP Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the 71-year-old billionaire ruler of Dubai and vice-president of the United Arab Emirates. In the Middle East, he is renowned for overseeing the transformation of Dubai into a top business and tourism destination. Elsewhere, he is perhaps best known for his connection to horseracing, as the owner […]
Jeane Freeman would not have supported gender reform law
‘I wouldn’t have supported gender bill in its current form’ – Scotland’s former health secretary One of Nicola Sturgeon’s allies has said she would not have supported gender law reforms passed by Holyrood. Former health secretary Jeane Freeman said “legitimate concerns” about the controversial legislation had not been addressed by MSPs. Meanwhile, SNP MP Joanna […]
How China-US rivalry is dividing the internet
Hyunjin Seo Hyungin Seo says China does not need western technology firms When Hyunjin Seo visited Beijing in July last year, she scrolled through Google News on her smartphone and discovered several reports about an attack on the city’s US embassy. An associate professor at the University of Kansas’s journalism department, she bypassed China’s strict […]
Suffolk New College to build £2m health and care centre
BBC The college received match-funding from the government for a new health and care facility A new health and care facility is to be built at a college after it was given government funding of £1.1m. Permission for the £2m centre at Suffolk New College, in Ipswich, was granted last month. The government grant was […]
Mark Robinson: Warwickshire coach on Sarah Taylor, Alex Hartley and the County Championship
The cold is one of the things Mark Robinson hasn’t missed about county cricket. In his former life in charge of the England women’s team, home games were at the height of summer, away games were somewhere hot. Now, in the week of his first competitive match as Warwickshire’s head coach, snow is falling in […]
Auschwitz inmate’s notes from hell finally revealed
Ifz-muenchen.de A page of Nadjari’s faded notes after processing – the original is on the right Chilling testimony from an Auschwitz inmate forced to help the Nazi murder squads has finally been deciphered, thanks to painstaking detective work and digital imaging. On scraps of notepaper Marcel Nadjari, a Greek Jew, described how thousands of Jews […]
The Tunisian MP who was slapped but not beaten
AFP Abir Moussi is a thorn in the side of political Islamists in Tunisia When Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur hit global headlines for becoming the first North African woman to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals, another Tunisian woman also made the news but for all the wrong reasons. Abir Moussi, the outspoken leader of the […]
Tory MP criticised over Taliban re-engagement call
Getty Images A senior Conservative MP has been criticised for saying Afghanistan has been “transformed” under the Taliban. In a video posted from the country on Monday, former defence minister Tobias Ellwood said corruption was falling and security had “vastly improved”. Fellow Tory Mark Francois called the video “bizarre”, whilst former Tory leader Sir Iain […]
NHS dashboard to predict protective gear shortages
EPA The NHS tool should help identify when hospitals and clinics are about to run out of specific PPE products The NHS has begun feeding health workers’ use of personal protective equipment (PPE) into a “data store”. The system is designed to identify which hospitals and GP surgeries are most at risk of running out […]
Phil Neville: England women’s boss says Pep Guardiola has advised him to manage a club
England women’s manager Phil Neville says Manchester City counterpart Pep Guardiola has advised him to return to coaching in club football. Neville will leave his role with the Lionesses in the summer of 2021 after three and a half years in the job. He told the 606 Savage Social podcast: “I spoke to Pep and […]