Infanticide: vulnerable mothers who kill their babies can be granted leniency – so why is this historic law being rejected in favour of harsher punishment?: Paris Mayo gave birth to her son Stanley alone – at home, in silence, while her parents and brother were upstairs. Mayo claimed not to have known she was pregnant, …
England’s plan to introduce east Asia-style maths textbooks widely rejected by primary schools: DGLimages/Shutterstock Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recently outlined a plan to improve maths skills in England, which will see young people study the subject at school until they are 18. This sounds straightforward but it’s worth considering how tricky new educational policy is …
Nitrous oxide: Suella Braverman’s call to have the drug reclassified has been rejected by government advisers: The UK government’s advisory panel on drugs has rejected a call to ban the sale and possession of nitrous oxide – also known as laughing gas or nos – despite the home secretary’s desire to see the drug banned. …
The UK government may have rejected menopause protections – but workplaces are more supportive than ever: The UK government recently decided against providing special protection for menopausal employees under the Equality Act (2010), rejecting recommendations from the UK parliament’s Women and Equalities Committee. Nine characteristics are already protected from discrimination by UK law: sex, age, …
Chile’s progressive new constitution rejected by voters after campaign marred by misinformation: Despite recently electing Chile’s most progressive president in the shape of former student protest leader Gabriel Boric, voters in the country have now rejected his most important reform. A plebiscite held on September 4 to replace the constitution imposed during the dictatorship of …
Digital nomads have rejected the office and now want to replace the nation state. But there is a darker side to this quest for global freedom: Vasin Leenanuruksa / Alamy A ‘network state’ is ideologically aligned but geographically decentralised. The people are spread around the world in clusters of varying size, but their hearts are …
South Africa in the news: ‘The shine of NZ has dimmed’: Skilled migrants leave as families rejected: They saw NZ as a chance to start a new life with their families. But the promise of a safe and stable future has been broken by the machinations of an unyielding bureaucracy.: “South Africa” – BingNews Record crowds …
Nasa has just rejected missions to moons of Jupiter and Neptune – here’s what we would have found out: A volcanic eruption on Jupiter's moon Io. NASA/JPL/DLR It’s been 30 years since Nasa last visited Venus, with the Magellan orbiter in 1990. Now, two new missions have been selected to explore the deadly atmosphere, crushing …
South Africa in the news: Sanjay Manjrekar’s appeal to include him in IPL 2020 commentary panel rejected by BCCI: Report: Sanjay Manjrekar’s appeal to include him in IPL 2020 commentary panel rejected by BCCI: Report – Last week, the 55-year-old had reportedly written a second mail to the BCCI and promising to ‘adhere to …: …
Did you know that number port could be rejected?: Port requests can be rejected, says ICTGlobe.com, while offering consumers advice for ensuring their number porting requests are always actioned by their telecoms providers. The independent telco explains that South Africa launched number portability in 2006 with the ability of mobile users to port their telephone …
South Africa in the news: UPDATE 1-ATON’s bid in South Africa’s Murray & Roberts rejected by major shareholder: JOHANNESBURG, March 28 (Reuters) – The buyout bid from Germany’s ATON for Murray & Roberts (M&R) could be in doubt after the fourth-largest shareholder in South African engineering and construction company, rejected their offer. Financial services …: …