Israel says it will keep troops in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely. What does that mean? https://t.co/Zg8JiLmcKa
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Day: April 17, 2025
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is making plans to rescind the tax-exempt status of Harvard University, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing two sources familiar with the matter. https://t.co/0quRoCAWpN pic.twitter.com/XmFKlXafKf
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 17, 2025
A survey of more than 14,000 staff also found schools having to step in to provide basic household items
A third of school staff have seen “physical underdevelopment” in students due to poverty, with schools in England stretching their budgets to buy basic household items such as cookers, bedding and clothes for pupils whose families are struggling.
A survey of more than 14,000 school staff, published at the National Education Union’s annual conference in Harrogate, found that this rose to more than half of those teachers working in deprived areas, with warnings that things “can only get worse” after recent benefit cuts.
Surgeries will be able to claim money if doctors refer patients to an out-of-hospital setting in bid to cut waiting lists
GPs in England will be paid £20 each time they decide not to send a patient to hospital under a government scheme to help reduce the NHS waiting list.
Family doctors will be able to claim the money if they instead refer patients for tests and treatment in an out-of-hospital setting, such as a health clinic, or to see a community-based specialist.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday reiterated the long-held view of Fed chairs going back decades that growth in the U.S. federal debt needs to be reined in, but he suggested that politicians are going about it the wrong way. https://t.co/ISRvVXTguI pic.twitter.com/DVOHaMzyDN
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 17, 2025
New talent program aims to attract academics fleeing US as administration slashes higher education funding
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The “smartest minds” in the United States will be beckoned to Australia with a new talent program aiming to capitalise on academics disfranchised by the Trump administration’s research cuts.
The Australian Academy of Science announced the global talent attraction program on Thursday, warning the nation needed to “act swiftly” to capitalise on the opportunity.
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