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Teachers SLAM primary school tests as ‘damaging and a health threat to children’
TEACHERS are set to boycott primary school tests after condemning the “testing culture” as “damaging” and causing a threat to the health of children. Testing and labelling of children as "successful" or "failing" is leaving young pupils demotivated and difficult to educate, according...
European NUCLEAR WAR IMMINENT as Russia relations break down
A NUCLEAR war in Europe is highly likely to happen soon as relations with Russia become even more strained, a former Russian foreign minister has threatened. Igor Ivanov, foreign minister from 1998 to 2004 under Boris Yeltsin and current President Vladimir Putin, said the risk of a nuclear war in Europe is higher than at any...
Migrant crisis: EU-Turkey deal comes into effect
The agreement between the EU and Turkey to tackle the migrant crisis has formally come into effect. Under the deal, migrants arriving in Greece are now expected to be sent back to Turkey if they do not apply for asylum or their claim is rejected. The influx of people crossing to Greek islands grew ahead of the deadline, and...
A trip back in time to old Dubai
Supercars may be Dubai’s current transport of choice – but a spice-scented dhow trip will take you worlds away from the modern Emirate’s shiny skyscrapers. It was early evening in Dubai and the sky was streaked rose and peach as the sun dipped towards the horizon. At the edge of the salt-water creek that...
You Can Shoot Antique Muskets at Colonial Williamsburg Now
For decades, visitors to the world's largest living history museum have seen Revolutionary War weapons being made at its gunsmith shop, but soon they'll also be able to experience using them. Colonial Williamsburg will open its musket range to the public on March 19. There, certified (and of course, costumed)...
Anti-Trump Forces In Arizona Handed Him A Big Victory Today
If Republican front-runner Donald Trump ever needed a boost to keep himself in the headlines, Arizona anti-Trump protesters handed him a big one today. By attempting to prevent him from holding his scheduled rally in Phoenix suburb Fountain Hill, they only gave Trump ammunition for a defiant retort. The protesters blocked...
Massive meteor blazes across UK skies on St Patrick’s Dat
Witnesses said they saw a mysterious blue-green streak of light early on St. Patrick's Day morning. The bright fireball meteor lit up skies in Britain including areas of London, Stafford, Hampshire and the east coast of England. At around 3:16 a.m. GMT on March 17, those who witnessed the sighting dubbed it as the "St....
Son of Valery Meladze died in the emergency room
The former wife of singer Valery Meladze Irina told that in 1990 they buried their first-born child. Irina Meladze, ex-wife of singer Valery Meladze, said in the interview that many years ago they've lost their son. A year before the birth of her daughter Inga, in 1990, Irina gave birth to a boy. He...
Trump supporters, protesters clash outside rally in Salt Lake City
Supporters of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and protesters clashed after a rally in Utah on Friday. Crowds who chanted “Donald Trump” were met with “Mr. Hate Out of Our State” as police in riot gear blocked the entrance to the Infinity Event Center in Salt Lake City. Protesters tried...
Unimaginable horrors from five years of war in Syria
It began as a protest over the ill-treatment of boys beaten for graffiti, in an atmosphere of change and hope as the Arab Spring spread through the region. Now, five years in, the Syrian civil war has drawn much of that region into its spiral of despair, and fallen to depths of savagery nobody imagined would be possible. The...
American servicemember killed after rocket hits base in northern Iraq
A U.S. servicemember was killed at a northern Iraqi base after it came under rocket attack, a U.S. military official told USA TODAY on Saturday. Two rockets hit the base, but one didn't cause any casualties or damage, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak...
Pope Francis Joins Instagram
Pope Francis has joined Instagram! Perhaps the pontiff, 79, was charmed by Instagram founder Kevin Systrom when the two met at the Vatican last month. The pope, 79, shared his first 'gram today and quickly began accumulating followers. For a guy who has said he doesn't know how to work a computer, Pope Francis...