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Big tech accused of avoiding $2.8bn in tax to poorest countries

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Reform of international corporate taxation could transform health and education, says report Big US technology companies are exploiting loopholes in global tax rules to avoid...
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Minority ethnic economists under-represented at top UK universities

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Backgrounds still lagging behind include African-Caribbean, Bangladeshi and Pakistani An increasing number of academic economists in UK universities come from non-white...
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Short-term life insurance is temporary coverage until you can afford a longer-term option

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The Observer view on the Commons vote to let poor children go hungry | Observer editorial

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It is indicative of this government's attitude to poverty that even the education secretary and the children's minister approve of sending them into further hardship It speaks...
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We French love our history teachers - Samuel Paty made us remember why | Agnès Poirier

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Religion struck another blow against freedom of thought with the vicious murder of a man whose mission was to civilise Since that fateful morning of 7 January 2015, and the...
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Key al-Qaeda leader killed in Afghanistan, as death toll from suicide bombing at Kabul education centre rises to 24

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New South Wales high school students turning down maths in the droves

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New South Wales Education Standards Authority revealed there were fewer Year 12 students sitting a maths test for their Higher School Certificate this year than in 2000.
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Campaigners accuse BBC of peddling a 'damaging' transgender ideology to primary school pupils

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International Pronouns Day is a transgender festival that 'seeks to make respecting, sharing, and educating about personal pronouns commonplace', according to its website.
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The government must support students stuck in Covid nightmare at universities

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The pandemic exposes why a higher education model built on fees is precarious and shows the urgent need for reform We have now seen more than 27,000 cases of Covid at...
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Footy WAG leads moving tributes to retiring AFL superstar Gary Ablett Jr

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Twelve-minute tests available in Boots 'within a fortnight'

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12-minute Covid test expected to be available at Boots within weeks

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Trump 'plans to fire the heads of FBI, CIA and Pentagon if he wins re-election'

Donald Trump is planning on immediately firing FBI Director Christopher Wray, and also intends to replace CIA director Gina Haspel and Defense Secretary Mark Esper if he wins... Read more ...

Facebook is taking specific measures to slow the 'spread of viral content'...

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US Senate votes 51-48 to advance the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the...

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Brad Pitt calls Joe Biden 'a president for all Americans' in World Series...

The 60-second campaign ad titled 'Make Life Better' features Brad Pitt's voice over heartwarming footage of Joe Biden greeting voters of all ages with hugs, handshakes and... Read more ...

England crowned Women's Six Nations champions after France held to draw by...

Oil tanker emergency: Major incident onboard ship off Isle of Wight

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Matt Hancock defends refusal to climb down on free school meals