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The Conservatives have called on Bridget Phillipson, the Education Secretary, to deport anti-Semitic foreign students from the UK. The Telegraph has more. In a letter to Ms Phillipson, seen by the Telegraph, the Tories raised concerns over a “deeply troubling rise in anti-Semitic behaviour… particularly on university campuses”. The party urged the Government to use
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Nerida Hansen: Shoppers loved Australia’s ‘fabric queen’. Then, order by order, her story fell apart
Nerida Hansen At 6ft tall and plus-size, shop-bought clothes had never fitted Maree O’Connor well. Sewing offered her a solution – allowing her to use beautiful fabrics to make garments that fit just right. One day, while on the lookout for colourful prints to make new dresses, she spotted some “amazing” fabrics being sold online.
Read MoreAuthored by Pepe Escobar, The Unit project, first revealed by Sputnik in 2024, is emerging as the most viable option for breaking the US dollar’s stranglehold on global trade and investment. In his book co-written with top economist Sergey Bodrunov, Regulations of the Noonomy (international edition published this year by Sandro Teti Editore in Rome), leading Russian
Read MoreBy Michael Kern of Oilprice.com Helped by the newly-issued crude import quotas, China’s independent refiners are buying sanctioned Iranian crude again and raising their processing rates, making room for Iran’s oil to move out of floating and bonded storage and potentially easing the year-end glut on the market. Chinese teapot refiner The independent refiners in
Read MoreBy Irina Slav of OilPrice.com India’s Bharat Petroleum Corp. and India Oil Corp. have bought Russian crude from non-sanctioned companies, with Bharat Petroleum ordering a cargo of 2 million barrels of Urals crude for January delivery, from companies other than Rosneft and Lukoil, Reuters has reported, citing unnamed trader sources. The price tag for the
Read More“We are facing the risk of the disintegration of the international order that brought peace to the world for decades, and in this context, the dialogue between China and France is even more essential than ever,” Macron said on Thursday while on a tour of China. It was his fourth state visit, and part of
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Fri Dec 5, 2025 – 3:52 pm EST VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Leo XIV has ordered the immediate suppression of the fundraising commission established by Pope Francis only ten months ago. On Thursday, December 4, the Holy See published the chirograph with which Pope Leo — after consultations with various experts in the field
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Who are the 2026 World Cup debutants? By Gary Rose BBC Sport journalist With a record 48 national teams taking part, some countries will get their first taste of playing at a World Cup next summer. While Brazil have played in all 22 tournaments, 132 of the 211 Fifa member associations have never been involved.
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United States President Donald Trump received the inaugural Fifa Peace Prize before the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup. The award has been introduced this year by Fifa president Gianni Infantino, designated for a person who has “taken exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace” and “united people across the world”. It was widely expected
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Boycotts and arguments – can the Eurovision Song Contest survive its biggest crisis? Mark Savage, Music correspondent and Ian Youngs, Culture reporter Reuters The next contest is due to be held in Vienna in May 2026 after Austrian singer JJ triumphed at this year’s event Thursday marked the biggest crisis in the history of the
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