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Hurricane Isaias could make landfall as soon as Friday afternoon. Residents are making careful choices about whether to leave their homes or stock up and stay.
Jacey Fortin and Kalyn WolfeAlabamaFlorida
Nine in 10 school heads who responded say inspections still ‘negatively affected’ staff mental healthSchool inspections in England continue to damage the mental wellbeing of teachers and senior leaders, according to a survey commissioned by Ofsted that casts doubt on efforts to reduce the stress caused by inspectors’ visits.The independent survey of school leaders who had undergone the revised inspections since last year found that 88% said it had “negatively affected” the mental wellbeing of school staff, including 29% who said it affected them “a lot”. Continue reading...
Richard Adams Education editorOfstedSchools
India's opposition and student-led CJP movement demand election chief's resignation, plan mass demonstration Saturday.
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Counterterrorism police said the men were found inside the perimeter of R.A.F. Molesworth, a base used by the United States, raising concerns about security.
Michael D. ShearMilitary Bases and InstallationsInternational Relations
Eye-watering sum, to be split between 20 bankers, is one of the biggest payouts in the bank’s historyTop bosses at Goldman Sachs are in line to share a bonus pot worth up to $500m (£378m) this year, marking one of the biggest payouts in the Wall Street bank’s history.The eye-watering sum will be shared between 20 bankers, with its chief executive, David Solomon, due to take about $100m (£75.6m) of the reward, which is made up of Goldman Sachs stock. Continue reading...
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondentGoldman SachsBanking
Police say nothing so far suggests the incident at RAF Molesworth linked to events surrounding RAF Fairford last month.
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Abhijeet Dipke started the movement as a joke. But after ousting a minister over a dysfunctional college entrance exam system, India’s youth say they now want to save democracy.
Somini Sengupta and Pragati K.B.Demonstrations, Protests and RiotsDipke, Abhijeet
Wood’s cultural prominence, commercial success and now collapse of his empire was shaped by the confected TV narrative into which he steppedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlong the main drag of Noosa Heads, expensive beachfront villas and resorts meld into designer-boho apparel stores, upmarket restaurants and bars and pizza joints. Kids with sandy feet and hair still dripping from the surf slurp gelati alongside activewear-clad women who have descended from the scrubby headland.The beachside town is a holiday destination for middle-class families as well as the wealthy, and is a particular favourite with Victorians. And those who headed there for the recent King’s birthday long weekend were treated to plenty of Queensland sun. Continue reading...
Stephanie ConveryQueenslandVictoria
The new runway in Ban Keun is currently used by only small jets. Neighboring nations are watching warily to see if Beijing expands it for larger aircraft.
Chris Buckley and Josh HolderDefense and Military ForcesMilitary Bases and Installations
Mochamad Subchi Azal Tsani had been secretly released on parole in 2025, after serving less than half his sentence.
Court hears police attended Wood’s Victorian home over a similar allegation about three years ago, but Snezana Wood had not complained then out of ‘fear of retribution’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe wife of former Bachelor star Sam Wood told police she “thought she was going to die” after he allegedly choked and assaulted her, a Queensland court heard on Thursday. The court also heard that police in Victoria had attended Wood’s home in relation to a similar incident about three years ago, but that his wife, Snezana Wood, had not wanted to make a complaint at that time out of “fear of retribution”.Sam Wood, a 46-year-old wellness influencer from Melbourne, was denied bail in a Queensland court on Thursday and will be held in custody indefinitely awaiting trial, after police argued his behaviour was “escalating” and that he posed an unacceptable risk. Contin
Ben SmeeQueenslandVictoria
These highly crunchable cheesy bread balls are a great way to use up odds and endsSadly, I’m never going to be able to recreate the cheese and bread balls I made a few weeks ago, because, of the four cheeses used, I recognised only two of them: a bit of gorgonzola and a slice of precious Montgomery cheddar, bought from Da Corrado, a stall on Testaccio market. The other two lumps of cheese, both wrapped in white waxed paper and both quite dry, were, I think, a piece of grana padano and the end of the pecorino we brought back from Umbria. But I can’t be sure, because I didn’t really examine them. Even if I had, it would have been hard to guess; the description “heels of cheese” is appropriate here. What I do know, however, is that the combination of those four grated cheeses with two eggs and enough breadcrumbs to turn the mix into a soft, malleable dough made for fantastic deep-fried ball
Rachel RoddyFoodItalian food and drink
In Bolotana, 70 miles from island’s original blue zone, 13% of women who reach 70 will live on to a centuryThe secret to longevity is being a woman – specifically, a woman in one part of Sardinia. At least, that is the conclusion of a study on centenarians in a tiny mountain village on the Italian island.Sardinia became known as a haven for longevity, especially for long-lived men, in 1999 when a cluster of remote villages nestled in the slopes of its central and eastern provinces were classified among the world’s five “blue zones” – geographic areas with high concentrations of centenarians. Continue reading...
Angela Giuffrida in RomeItalyAgeing
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