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Microsoft AI saves UK civil servants two weeks of work per year
Technology Record
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By Alice Chambers | 04 June 2025 Microsoft 365 Copilot could save civil servants nearly two weeks each a year, finds new UK Government report. The report includes findings from a trial of 20,000 civil servants who used the tool between September...
Trump unleashes MAGA rebellion on Federalist Society
KTAL - Louisiana
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June 4, 2025
The Gavel is The Hill's weekly courts newsletter. Sign up here or in the box below: President Trump and his allies are waging war with the Federalist Society as he sees parts of his second-term agenda blocked by some of his own judicial...
Hypocritical Scots trade union boss urged to quit as she owns FIVE homes - despite slating second home ownership
Scottish Daily Express
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June 1, 2025
One of Scotland's top trade union bosses has been urged to quit as she has become embroiled in a hypocrisy storm. Roz Foyer, the General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), has been exposed as owning FIVE houses, despite...
Mokwa flood: Risk Managers Society reacts to Niger incident, makes recommendations on mitigating future disasters
New National Star
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June 4, 2025
In view of the most recent tragic disaster in Mokwa, Niger State, which resulted in significant loss of lives and property, the Risk Managers Society of Nigeria (RIMSON) has extended its sincere condolences to the Government and people of Niger...
Why a York pub's football team MUST win this weekend's charity match
The Press
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Customers at the Quakerwood on Acomb Wood Drive will be rubbing shoulders on the pitch rather than at the bar when the match gets underway on Saturday. The Quakerwood FC squad is taking on a team from YRK Football Group, which offers casual,...
Scots charity in trans rights row after announcing change to bathroom access
The Ferret
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June 4, 2025
A Scottish charity may be discriminating against transgender staff after announcing a change to bathroom access following the recent UK Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act, say legal experts. In a leaked email sent to Citizens Advice Scotland...
Poland Celebrates Freedom And Civil Rights Day
Charter 97
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The holiday is associated with the June 4, 1989 election as a turning point on the road to restoring democracy. 36 years ago, on June 4, 1989, Poland held the first round of parliamentary elections organized under the terms agreed upon during the...
Time to reinvent our civil service
Daily Trust
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June 4, 2025
Nigeria’s plan to host the maiden edition of the International Civil Service Conference billed for Wednesday, 25 to Friday, 27 June 2025 in Abuja has once more drawn attention to the state of the establishment across the country. As part of the...
France is on the brink of full-scale civil war. I've lived here for 25 years and the locals have had enough of the violence caused by hordes of destructive youths. The state has lost control - and I fear what's coming next: JONATHAN MILLER
Daily Mail
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June 4, 2025
As I stood in the queue at the fishmonger on the town square close to my home in the South of France yesterday, he was cutting the head off a sea bream with deft strokes of his razor-sharp knife. ‘You French have always been rather good at...
Burkas are regressive and misogynistic — but they shouldn’t be banned
Unherd
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June 7, 2025
Last week at Prime Minister’s Questions, Reform UK’s Sarah Pochin asked Keir Starmer whether he would consider banning the Muslim face veil “in the interests of public safety”. It brought to mind Frantz Fanon’s observation of the “frustration”...
Engaging in genuine soul searching
The Reporter Ethiopia
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June 7, 2025
The theme of this editorial is a topic we are compelled to address even though we have opined about it on several occasions. As he is inclined to do Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) used words like “astonishing” and “truly miraculous” to describe...
Civil society urges transparency in NDPP appointment
East Coast Radio
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Current prosecutions head Shamila Batohi is expected to step down in January 2026 when her contract comes to an end. She has been the subject of fierce criticism over the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) failure to secure convictions in...
Ministry announces €1 million investment into vehicles that can suppress grassfires
The Malta Independent
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The Ministry for Home Affairs has announced an investment of €1 million into the Civil Protection Department for 10 vehicles designed to fight grassfires in the countryside. Through this purchase, the CPD will have vehicles that, through their...
Consortium urges govt to commit to election
Number One Citizen Daily
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June 7, 2025
By Yiep Joseph European Union (EU) co-funded AHEAD Africa consortium has urged parties to the peace agreement in South Sudan to double efforts and commitment towards a meaningful election. South Sudan is expected to hold general elections in 2026;...
‘Election is only part of Nice Trust’s work’
The Nation Malawi
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June 7, 2025
With three months to the September 16 General Election, Malawians are geared to vote for their preferred candidates for President, members of Parliament and councillors. One of the key players to the elections is the National Initiative for Civic...
Freedom Flotilla '48 hours from Gaza' amid Israeli threats
The New Arab
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The crew of the Madleen fear a confrontation with Israel as it nears Gaza [Getty] A civilian ship carrying humanitarian aid and international human rights defenders continued its voyage to the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday, despite Israeli...
Business News | India Ramps Up Community Preparedness for Disasters: CBDM India 2025 in Bengaluru to Champion Health Resilience and Local Response
Latestly
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June 7, 2025
PNN Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 7: As India and its neighbours continue to confront the double threat of increasing natural disasters and unpredictable man-made crises--including the recent cross-border tensions in northern districts--CBDM...
UPSC Weekly Current Affairs Quiz | June 01 to June 07, 2025
The Indian Express
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June 7, 2025
🚨 Click Here to read the UPSC Essentials magazine for May 2025. Share your views and suggestions in the comment box or at manas.srivastava@indianexpress.com🚨 QUESTION 1 With reference to the Brahmaputra River, consider the following statements: 1....
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk: Climate Emergency Is A Clarion Call For A New Politics
Scoop
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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk The Tanner Lectures on Human Values: Cooling a Planet on Fire Oxford University, 3 June 2025 Distinguished guests, faculty and students, friends, It’s an honour to participate in this...
President Bio Receives Report on Independent Review of ECSL and Other Electoral Bodies
Sierraloaded
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June 7, 2025
President Dr Julius Maada Bio has officially received the report on the Independent Management and Functional Review of the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) and other Election Management Bodies (EMBs). The comprehensive report,...