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In Bulgaria 3 ministers resign over deadly bus crash

Three Bulgarian ministers have resigned in the aftermath of a bus crash that killed 17 people and injured several others.   Prime Minister Boyko Borissov called Friday for the resignations of his interior, transport and regional development ministers over the crash, and Valentin Radev, Ivaylo Moskovki and Nikolay Nankov later agreed they would take political responsibility and resign.  The resignations ...

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Class of 2018 achieve GCSE success

Students across Tower Hamlets achieved success under the new marking system for GCSE’s. With the exams working to a new marking system ranging from grades 1 to 9  (changed from the traditional A to E grades) for 2018, 82% of Tower Hamlets students achieved grades  9-4 in English, equivalent to the old A to C grades, while in maths 70% ...

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Nobel prize-winning economist James Mirrlees dies at 82

London, Aug 31 : Cambridge University says economist James Mirrlees, the co-winner of the 1996 Nobel prize in economics, has died. He was 82. Mirrlees, who died Wednesday, studied public economics, or the role of the public sector in the market economy. He examined devising an optimal income tax regime balancing efficiency and equity. He shared the Nobel with William ...

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Sex workers’ union ignites debate over prostitution in Spain

A Spanish sex workers’ union will hold a news conference Friday to react to the government’s decision to overturn its registration, a move that has reignited a debate among feminists over the legal status of prostitution.   Prostitution is tolerated but unregulated in Spain. There is no punishment for those who offer paid sexual services freely as long as it’s ...

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Crossrail delay: New London line will open in autumn 2019

Crossrail’s original budget was set at £15.9bn in 2007 but cut to £14.8bn in 2010 London’s new Crossrail underground line is to open in autumn 2019 – nine months after its scheduled launch. Transport for London (TfL) said more time is needed “to ensure a safe and reliable railway for customers from day one of passenger service”. The project is ...

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Solihull murders: Man held over mum and daughter deaths

Raneem Oudeh (left) and her mother Khaola Saleem were pronounced dead at the scene A 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a mother and daughter. Raneem Oudeh, 22, and Khaola Saleem, 49, were found stabbed to death outside their home in Solihull on Monday. West Midlands Police said it arrested the man in the Sparkhill ...

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Coca-Cola to buy Costa chain for £3.9bn

Coca-Cola is to buy the Costa coffee chain from owner Whitbread in a deal worth £3.9bn. Whitbread said its board had unanimously approved the deal as being in the best interests of shareholders.   Whitbread chief executive Alison Brittain said the company would now focus on its Premier Inn business in the UK and Germany.   Whitbread bought Costa, which ...

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Korean envoy to travel to North for pre-summit talks

South Korean media say President Moon Jae-in will send an envoy to North Korea next week for talks on a nuclear standoff and to set up a summit planned for next month.   There has been growing worry over the slow pace of getting North Korea to end its nuclear program following President Donald Trump’s landmark summit with North Korean ...

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Chile’s Michelle Bachelet to be new UN Human Rights Chief

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has chosen former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet to be the world body’s new human rights chief. She replaced Jordan’s outspoken Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, who is stepping down at the end of the month after a four-year term in the Geneva-based job.   Bachelet, a victim of torture under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, was conservative Chile’s ...

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