Girls and boys will not study together at Afghan universities August 29, 2021 Mixed gender classes will no longer be allowed in Afghan universities under Taliban rule. Afghanistan’s largest TV news chanel, Tolo News, reported the Taliban’s interim higher education minister as saying that girls and boys would not study together in universities. Female and male students will “continue to study in separate classes in accordance with Islamic [...]
British ambassador returns to UK as troops leave Kabul August 29, 2021 Britain’s ambassador to Afghanistan has touched down in the UK as final flights carrying personnel are expected to land later. Ambassador Sir Laurie Bristow was among those landing at RAF Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire on Sunday while fights carrying military and civilian personnel will land later. The ambassador has returned home after helping process [...]
British universities charter flights for Chinese students August 29, 2021 Top universities will charter flights for Chinese students to get to the UK next month as travel restrictions continue. Universities are worried Covid restrictions could undermine their income from overseas students. More than 50 UK universities have chartered four flights to bring in 1,200 Chinese students ahead of a new university term next month, The [...]
Biden warns another Kabul airport attack ‘highly likely’ August 29, 2021 President Joe Biden said he has been warned of the likelihood of another terrorist attack on Kabul airport “in the next 24-36 hours”. In a statement, the US President said commanders had informed him another attack was “highly likely” while the US Embassy in Kabul issued a fresh security alert. The alert urged all US [...]
UK hopes to wrap up trans-Pacific trade alliance talks ‘by end of 2022’ August 28, 2021 The UK is planning to complete negotiations to join trade alliance the Trans-Pacific Partnership by the end of next year, Liz Truss has said. In an interview with the FT, the international trade secretary said that the talks were government’s immediate priority for its post-Brexit trade agenda. She said that joining the alliance would enable [...]
Scottish Green Party backs SNP power-sharing deal August 28, 2021 The Scottish Green Party will enter government in Holyrood for the first time in history after its members backed a power-sharing deal with the SNP. An overwhelming majority of its 808 members voted in favour of the agreement, the party said. Writing on Twitter, the party said: “We will work together to build a greener, [...]
Last UK civilian flight leaves Kabul as Afghanistan airlift ends August 28, 2021 The British Ambassador to Afghanistan said that the time had come to end the UK’s airlift of civilians from Kabul. His words came as a defence official confirmed that the last purely civilian flight had now left Afghanistan. “It’s time to close this phase of the operation down but we haven’t forgotten the people who [...]
Delta Covid variant patients twice as likely to need hospital care August 28, 2021 A new study into the Delta variant of Covid-19 suggests that those who contract the variant are twice as likely to require hospital care than those who contracted the original disease. The findings, which were published in medical journal the Lancet, looked at cases of the disease between March and May. However, it found that [...]
Crypto currencies have always shunned institutions, but to gain legitimacy they must learn from banks August 28, 2021 Crypto has had a whirlwind of a year. Bitcoin bounced between dizzying peaks and rock bottom troughs, financial institutions bought and sold crypto assets in droves, mainstream consumer payment providers started offering digital assets to customers, and scores of crypto exchanges and custodians were hit by expensive cyberattacks. Crypto’s greatest challenge is simply lack of [...]
Cazoo shares rise on New York debut in fast start to firm’s ‘next chapter’ August 28, 2021 Used car platform Cazoo ended its first day of trading as a public firm up 7.6 per cent after the firm made its long-awaited stock market debut yesterday. The $8bn float, which makes serial entrepreneur Alex Chesterman’s latest project the most valuable US listed UK firm, came after it completed its merger with SPAC Ajax [...]
