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On the eve of its 200th anniversary, staff have been warned of 140 job losses, reportedly to claw back funds to cover a £13m shortfall. The Universities and Colleges Union (UCU) said the cuts threatened to “wipe out” Birkbeck’s proud history and could jeopardize its contribution to social mobility and lifelong learning. According to UCU, directors have emailed staff confirming plans to cut 84 academic and 56 administrative posts by July 2023, including up to 11 staff in English, theater and creative writing (ETC), 10 in geography, seven in politics, the same in film, media and cultural studies, six in philosophy and a further six in language, cultures and applied linguistics....

Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily update on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Rishi Sunak will appoint an “independent investigator” to look into allegations made by staff who worked for Dominic Raab, but is unable to say when the inquiry will begin. Work is underway to find a person with “the necessary experience” – in the absence of a permanent ethics adviser after Boris Johnson failed to fill the role, No 10 said....

In recent weeks and months he has been hinting that he would. “I will very, very likely do it again,” Trump told attendees at a rally in Iowa earlier this month. He plans to announce his candidacy at an event at 9 p.m. ET at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, while Republicans are still reeling from voters’ rejection of several of their key race candidates — many of whom had been endorsed and even elected....

Members of the Education Institute of Scotland (EIS), Scotland’s largest teaching union, are staging a one-day walkout over pay after 96 per cent of members backed strike action with a turnout of 71 per cent. Union leaders say the latest five per cent offer from the Scottish Government and umbrella council Cosla equates to a pay cut in real terms of almost eight per cent. Members of the Union of Bosses and Agents in Scotland (AHDS) are taking industrial action on the same day....

Die Polizei hat in der Vergangenheit mehrere Verletzte im oberbayerischen Moosburg und Umgebung gemeldet. Der Landkreis empfiehlt aufgrund eines Stromausfalls: „Informieren Sie auch vorsorglich Ihre Nachbarn und leisten Sie ggf. Hilfestellung. Die Feuerwehr kann im Bedarfsfall durch Aktivierung der Sirene alarmiert werden – beim Gerätehaus/Rathaus. … Reduzieren Stromverbrauch über Akkus und Akkus in den Grundlagen.“ 13.000 Haushalte ohne Strom Nach Angaben einer Sprecherin der Stadtwerke München (SWM) zerstörte der Sturm gegen 16....

EISENSTADT. Der Komplex wird eine Gesamtfläche von 2.500 Quadratmetern haben und dank seiner architektonischen Gestaltung das städtische Umfeld nachhaltig verbessern. Die Kosten für dieses Projekt belaufen sich auf neun Millionen Euro. Fertigstellung 2023 Im Juni wird der Rohbau fertiggestellt und dann beginnt sofort die kreative und originelle Innenausstattung. Der Bau des Büroturms liegt nach Angaben des Bauträgers voll im Zeitplan. Anfang 2023 können die ersten Mieter in ihre Räumlichkeiten einziehen....

A screenshot shared on Twitter by @KnowNothingTV shows legal documents filed in Los Angeles County for a petition to change a name. TMZ reported that the legal documents, which are also in recognition of a change of gender and issuance of birth certificate, were filed on behalf of 18-year-old Xavier Musk, the name she was given at birth. The official reason given is stated as: “Gender identity and the fact that I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form....

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act on Feb. 14, arguing its temporary and extraordinary powers were needed to end blockades in Ottawa and at border crossings. The Public Order Emergency Commission, which is holding hearings in Ottawa until Nov. 25, is tasked with determining whether the government was justified in triggering the legislation. The legislation says a public order emergency is one that comes from a “serious threat to the security of Canada, as defined by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act....

LIRE AUSSI – Élection américaine : ce que révèlent les prévisions à mi-parcours A Phoenix, en Arizona, l’un des bureaux de vote a connu mardi matin des problèmes avec les machines chargées d’imprimer les bulletins de vote, ont constaté des journalistes de l’AFP. De quoi alimenter la méfiance de certains habitants de l’Arizona dans cet Etat du sud-ouest où la victoire présidentielle de Joe Biden en 2020 continue d’être contestée par les candidats républicains....

Ein russischer Oligarch fordert von der Credit Suisse 500 Millionen Franken für angeblich von einem Finanzberater verursachten Schaden. CS wies die Vorwürfe zurück. 1/3 Der russische Millionär Vitaly Malkin fordert von der Credit Suisse eine halbe Milliarde Franken. Bildschirmfoto Er soll durch einen ihrer Finanzberater schwere Verluste erlitten haben. Die Credit Suisse weist die Vorwürfe zurück. 20min / Matthias Spicher Der russische Millionär mit Sitz in Monaco hat eine amerikanische Anwaltskanzlei beauftragt, ihn im Rechtsstreit mit der Credit Suisse zu vertreten....

On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman ruled that the program usurped Congress’s lawmaking power. Management immediately filed a notice of appeal. It is not the only challenge facing the plan. Last month, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis temporarily put the loan cancellation on hold while it hears a challenge by six Republican-led states. The plan’s fate will likely end up in the Supreme Court, meaning a final decision is a long way off....

Plusieurs explosions, suivies d’un incendie, se sont produites ce jeudi 10 novembre 2022 sur le site de l’usine Arkema de Jarrie (Isère). Voir le tweet A 8h45, la société Arkema déclenche le POI, Plan d’Opération Interne suite à une explosion suivie d’un incendie dans un laboratoire de conditionnement de chlorure de sodium. Cliquez ici pour voir le contenu L’usine est un site classé Seveso avec un plafond. Spécialisée dans la production de chlore et de ses dérivés, l’usine d’Arkema à Jarrie est la plus importante unité de production de peroxyde d’hydrogène du groupe....

L’homme a comparu par vidéoconférence dimanche après-midi. Plus de détails à suivre.

Nathan Robert Jason Ward was identified by family members as the victim. “It’s very devastating for our family. Nathan persevered through many hard battles in his life and it’s very, very tragic that he was taken from us the way he was,” his niece Alyssa told CTV News. Police responded to the shooting in the 0 to 100 block of Falconridge Place NE around 7:30 Saturday morning. They found a man suffering from gunshot wounds....

Over an 18-month period from mid-2020, Hope’s male supervisor at the hotel in Qatar where she worked repeatedly sexually propositioned her, she says. When she refused his advances, he gave her extra housework for no extra pay. “I was feeling low,” she says on the phone from her home in Kenya, where she returned early this year after her contract in Qatar expired. “Because when someone says things like that to you, you wonder, ‘why is he taking advantage of you?...

FINA, the international governing body for swimming, has reacted to the new “gender mainstreaming policy” adopted on Sunday, setting the standard for transgender participation in the sport. The “gender mainstreaming policy” will only allow swimmers who have passed the age of 12 to participate in women’s competitions. FINA members voted 71.5% in favor of the new policies. There was also a proposal for a new “open competition policy”. The agency said it was setting up “a new working group that will spend the next six months looking at the most effective ways to create this new category”....

Alexander’s restless blue eyes speak as loudly as his words. He is fuming, and justifiably so, as he returns to prison in the recently liberated city of Kherson, where he says Russian guards beat him daily. We pass cell blocks and rusty outdoor exercise cages, move through guard rooms, turnstiles and heavy iron doors and travel along fences piled high with razor wire in this Soviet-era prison until we reach one of the epicenters of the brutal Russian occupation of Ukraine ....

title: “Four States Voted To Reject Slavery But Not Louisiana. Here S Why Bbc " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-01” author: “Charles Boyd”