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Turkey coup: Crackdown toll passes 45,000
At least 45,000 people have been rounded up, sacked or suspended from their jobs by Turkey's government in the wake of last week's failed coup. The purge of those deemed less than loyal to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan widened on Tuesday to include teachers, university deans and the media. The government says they are...
Crackdown could allow Facebook and Google to open universities
UNIVERSITIES will have to publish the amount of class and lecture time students receive in a Government crackdown on sub-standard courses. They will also be forced to list the jobs graduates get and how much they earn under proposals in a White Paper announced today. Plans to open up higher education to competition by allowing...
EU Big Five launch tax crackdown
The five largest economies in the European Union have agreed to share information on secret owners of businesses and trusts. It is a concerted attempt to show their leaders are responding to public concern over the Panama Papers leak. The UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain have agreed to the data exchange. Treasury officials...