LONDON: British TV news presenter Huw Edwards, who has been off air since last year after allegations that he paid a young person thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos, has resigned following medical advice, the broadcaster said on Monday (Apr 22). Edwards, 62, was the BBC’s highest-paid news presenter and…
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LORDS WANT SAFEGUARDS The legislation returned on Monday to the House of Commons – the elected lower house – where lawmakers removed changes proposed by the Lords before the upper chamber considered it again. Some Labour and unaffiliated peers wanted the legislation to include safeguards for Afghans who previously helped British troops and to establish a committee to monitor asylum seekers’ safety in Rwanda. But eventually the Lords let the legislation pass its final parliamentary…
The launch is the second in less than a week by Pyongyang, which on Friday…
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The government recently announced a S$4000 SkillsFuture credit top-up for Singaporeans aged 40 and above. While this is good news for those keen on upskilling themselves, others may not know where to start. Peggy Lim, director of the Public Engagement Division at SkillsFuture Singapore, guides the way on this week’s…
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MOSUL, Iraq: At least five rockets were launched from Iraq’s town of Zummar towards a US military base in northeastern Syria on Sunday (Apr 21), two Iraqi security sources and a US official told Reuters. The attack against US forces is the first since early February when Iranian-backed groups in Iraq…
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MOSCOW : A military court in Moscow on Monday sentenced Meta Platforms spokesperson Andy Stone to six years in prison for “publicly defending terrorism”, a verdict handed down in absentia, RIA news agency reported.Meta itself is designated an extremist organisation in Russia and its Facebook and Instagram social media platforms…
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DO LIKE THE KIDS DO Jill Dreves, the founder of Wild Bear Nature Center in Nederland, Colorado, has a simple recipe for getting dirty: Make a mud pie. She suggested throwing something similar to a sip and paint event: Ask everyone to bring an old cake pan and get creative…
