Now parents, governors and retired teachers could be roped in to test pupils for Covid-19

Now parents, governors and retired teachers could be roped in to test pupils for Covid-19 despite massive revolt over Ministers’ eleventh-hour plans Volunteers may be used instead of teachers to carry out rapid testing next year Major education unions have threatened to scupper the New Year programme Unions announced schools will have their backing if … Read more

Now parents, governors and retired teachers could be roped in to test pupils for Covid-19

Now parents, governors and retired teachers could be roped in to test pupils for Covid-19 despite massive revolt over Ministers’ eleventh-hour plans Volunteers may be used instead of teachers to carry out rapid testing next year Major education unions have threatened to scupper the New Year programme Unions announced schools will have their backing if … Read more

ISIS use donkey strapped with explosives to ambush Nigerian governor’s convoy

ISIS use donkey strapped with explosives to ambush Nigerian governor’s convoy: Animal is blown to pieces when guards shoot its bombs before it can reach them Governor Babagana Zulum was returning to Borno state capital of Maiduguri Soldiers guarding Zulum shot the donkey when they spotted it in the road As explosives detonated, jihadists sprang … Read more

New York City is set to develop a massive climate change research center on Governors Island

New York City is set to develop a massive four-million-square-foot research center on Governors Island that will study the impact of climate change around the city’s 520 miles of coastline. The Trust for the island released its proposal to build a living laboratory, academic institution, living quarters and public areas for visitors to engage in … Read more

Trump holds crisis talks with AG and governors after weekend of riots over death of George Floyd

Donald Trump is holding talks with his Attorney General, law enforcement officials and state leaders on Monday as violent protests continued to escalate in cities all over the country in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Attorney General Bill Barr will visit the White House for an Oval Office meeting with the president Monday morning, … Read more

Hundreds continue anti-lockdown protests as Trump supporters descend on Michigan governor’s mansion

Armed anti-government protesters descended on the state capitol in Kansas while supporters of President Trump did the ‘MAGA dance’ near a large float outside the governor’s mansion in Lansing, Michigan, on Thursday as protests continued against state-mandated closures of businesses during the pandemic. Hundreds of people protested Thursday against Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s stay-at-home order … Read more

Hundreds continue anti-lockdown protests as Trump supporters descend on Michigan governor’s mansion

Armed anti-government protesters descended on the state capitol in Kansas while supporters of President Trump did the ‘MAGA dance’ near a large float outside the governor’s mansion in Lansing, Michigan, on Thursday as protests continued against state-mandated closures of businesses during the pandemic. Hundreds of people protested Thursday against Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s stay-at-home order … Read more

Trump says governors have gotten carried away with lockdown orders

President Donald Trump has bashed governors who he says have taken shutdown orders too far in the coronavirus pandemic, saying ‘some of them are being unreasonable’ as protests against the lockdowns spread across the nation.  ‘There are a lot of protests out there, and I just think that some of the governors have gotten carried … Read more

Democrat governors resist Trump’s calls to ‘liberate’ amid huge protests

The Democratic governors from Minnesota, Washington and New York are resisting Donald Trump’s calls to ‘liberate’ their states and slammed the president for his encouragement of protesters who have flouted social distancing rules and taken to the streets to demand lockdowns end.  Minnesota’s Democratic Governor Tim Walz clapped back at Trump’s call to ‘liberate’ the … Read more

Democrat governors resist Trump’s calls to ‘liberate’ amid huge protests

The Democratic governors from Minnesota, Washington and New York are resisting Donald Trump’s calls to ‘liberate’ their states and slammed the president for his encouragement of protesters who have flouted social distancing rules and taken to the streets to demand lockdowns end.  Minnesota’s Democratic Governor Walz clapped back at Trump’s call to ‘liberate’ the state … Read more