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Türkiye aiming to host 500,000 international students by 2028
Türkiye is aiming to host 500,000 international university students by 2028, building on a decade of substantial growth in its higher education sector. Currently, the country hosts approximately 340,000 foreign students. The plan reflects a...
Two sisters, two paths
The twins report that they sometimes encountered racism or discrimination at school because of their background and very dark skin colour. But these experiences were limited. In Kenya’s multiethnic society, which includes refugees or migrants from...
12 Life-Changing Books So Addictive You'll Lose Sleep Over Them
12 Life-Changing Books So Addictive You'll Lose Sleep Over Them (Picture Credit - Instagram) Have you ever told yourself, "Just one more chapter" at midnight, only to look up and see the sunrise? That's the magic of a truly captivating book. Some...
The 1 mistake I made when agreeing to co-write Freddie Forsyth's new book
Freddie Forsyth retired from his weekly Daily Express column on his 85th birthday in August 2023 (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster) Freddie Forsyth’s thrilling 1972 novel about a sinister secret organisation dedicated to protecting former Nazis...
Funding cuts and war threaten effort to wipe out polio
Nations divided by conflict face the greatest threat from a resurgent polio virus and a 30 per cent cut in global funding that could badly hamper efforts to eliminate the disease by the end of the decade. Wild polio remains endemic in Afghanistan...
The Press Leaves the Pentagon
Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. In 1971, the Supreme Court ruled that the New York Times and the Washington Post had the right, under the First Amendment, to publish classified documents exposing serious deceptions by the...
Biz Buzz: Bright Smiles brings non-profit dental care to Central Minnesota
ST. CLOUD — After struggling for years to afford dental care, Mahado Onwukwe is now working to make sure others in Central Minnesota don’t face the same barriers. Onwukwe, originally from Somalia, moved to St. Cloud in 2004. At 13, she injured one...
The bear and the bot farm: Countering Russian hybrid warfare in Africa
Summary Russia has made significant inroads in Africa—particularly in Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic and Mali—deploying military operations that, while limited in scope, are often devastating for local civilian populations. At the same...
How TikTok fuels division in Somali society
In a recent research project I undertook, I discovered that TikTok is amplifying clannism and reshaping Somali identity politics by fueling conflicts and intergroup polarization in Somali society. Clan identity in Somali society is rooted in the...
Met Police officer caught on camera making ‘floridly racist’ comments sacked
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Met Police officers sacked for gross misconduct after BBC Panorama investigation
Bruce Thain, Kathryn Armstrong and Amy Walker ShareSave Three Metropolitan Police officers have been sacked for gross misconduct after appearing in an undercover report by BBC Panorama. Sgt Joe McIlvenny, PC Philip Neilson and PC Martin Borg faced...
Man who ran Iranian weapons to Houthis sentenced after deadly US SEAL mission
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., joins ‘Fox News Live’ to weigh in on growing tensions emerging from the Israel-Hamas war. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Pakistani national was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for his part in...
Two Met officers sacked after gross misconduct revealed in Panorama footage
Two members of the Metropolitan Police patrol Oxford Street in London.(Image: Leon Neal/Getty Images) Two Metropolitan Police officers who worked at Charing Cross Police Station have been sacked after a BBC Panorama documentary aired footage...
THREE police officers exposed in BBC Panorama documentary SACKED from the Met - with more facing similar fate
Three police officers exposed in a Panorama documentary were sacked from the Met today. Experienced custody manager sergeant Joe McIlvenny and constables Phil Neilson and Martin Borg were dismissed without notice after they were found to have...
Veteran's Day events around Acadiana, state
Here is a list of Veterans' Day events happening around Acadiana and the state. If you would like to add your event to the list, send the information to news@katctv.com. CALCASIEU & ALLEN PARISHES Kinder, La. — The American Veterans Traveling...
Reimagining Türkiye’s global role: Indo-Pacific as next frontier
Today’s international relations reflect a growing questioning of the Atlantic-based order, and the world is undergoing a significant transformation. When international relations become stuck and competition intensifies, new concepts and...
The New York Times: Updates on International’s Middle East team
Christina Goldbaum Press Release | The New York Times We are excited to announce big additions to the team covering the Middle East: Christina Goldbaum will be our next bureau chief in Beirut and Abdi Latif Dahir will be a new correspondent based...
The Cowboy lobbyist who claimed he fixed an election
“Did I help fix an election? Yes.” Or so claims foreign lobbyist Robert Stryk in “Devils’ Advocates: The Hidden Story of Rudy Giuliani, Hunter Biden, and the Washington Insiders on the Payrolls of Corrupt Foreign Interests,” a new book by New York...
Perspective: First we had to worry about the Great Reset. Now it’s the Great Feminization we’re supposed to fear
Around 195 B.C., the great Roman statesman Cato the Elder addressed his colleagues concerning a petition sent up by the women of Rome, who wanted the right to ride in carriages. His opinion was recorded by Livy: “If they win in this, what will...