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MPs to vote on two-child benefit cap - BBC

  1. MPs to vote on two-child benefit cap  BBC
  2. Keir Starmer has just made his first misstep as Prime Minister  The Spectator
  3. Keir Starmer indicates he will consider scrapping two-child benefit cap  The Guardian
  4. MPs set to vote on scrapping two-child benefit cap - with Labour rebels expected to back SNP  Sky News
  5. Keir Starmer raises prospect of scrapping child benefit cap  Financial Times

Democracy Now! 

Bangladesh: 174 Killed, 2,500 Arrests in Student-Led Protests over Jobs, Inequality & Corruption

The death toll in Bangladesh from a crackdown on massive student protests has risen to at least 174, with more than 2,500 people arrested, after police and soldiers were granted “shoot-on-sight” orders amid the unrest. The protests were in response to a highly contested quota system for civil service jobs, with 30% of government positions reserved for relatives of veterans who fought in the country’s independence war against Pakistan in 1971. The country’s high court rolled that back Sunday to only 5%... Читать дальше...

Top Stories (uk) - Google News (ru) 

Binotto returning to F1 with new Audi team as Seidl and Hoffmann step down - RaceFans

  1. Binotto returning to F1 with new Audi team as Seidl and Hoffmann step down  RaceFans
  2. Drastic action shows Audi's F1 entry's already in trouble  The Race
  3. Mattia Binotto: Former Ferrari boss returns to Formula 1 with Audi as Andreas Seidl, Olivier Hoffmann depart  Sky Sports
  4. Mattia Binotto takes over a leadership position for Audi in Formula 1  Audi MediaCenter
  5. ANALYSIS: Why Audi have turned to former Ferrari man Binotto  Formula 1

Sports - Google News (uk) 

Barnsley A61 crash: Parents were amazing mum and dad say family - BBC.com

  1. Barnsley A61 crash: Parents were amazing mum and dad say family  BBC.com
  2. Couple on bike in crash that killed six people named  BBC
  3. Pair on bike in A61 crash that killed mum, dad and daughters, named  BBC.com
  4. A61 crash: Son pays tribute to 'caring' mum and dad killed in six-person crash in Yorkshire  Sky News
  5. Pictured: Motorcyclist and pillion passenger who died in fireball crash that also claimed the lives of family-  Daily Mail

Library of Economics and Liberty 

DEI: Breaking Down Barriers (to Entry)

My attention was recently drawn to a headline declaring that Washington, the state I grew up in, would no longer require aspiring lawyers to pass the bar exam in order to become practicing lawyers. I did a bit of reading on the subject and it turns out this decision was motivated by DEI concerns:

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BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

(SichuanMosaics)CHINA-SICHUAN-BUTUO-TORCH FESTIVAL-ACTIVITIES (CN)

(240723) -- BUTUO, July 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Bulls fight during a torch festival in Butuo County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 22, 2024. From July 21 to 23, a traditional torch festival of Yi ethnic group was held in Butuo County. People participated in various folk sports events such as horse racing, sheepfighting, bullfighting and wr

France24.com (en) 

Ireland's Aer Lingus settles pilot pay row

"This is the greatest pay award seen in 30 years for Aer Lingus pilots," the head of the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (IALPA), Mark Tighe, told public broadcaster RTE. IALPA had demanded a 24-percent hike to compensate for cost-of-living increases and cumulative inflation since a last pay rise in 2019. The pilots launched work-to-rule industrial action on June 26 that ran for two weeks, and staged an eight-hour strike on June 29. Aer Lingus axed 610 flights affecting around 84,000 passengers during the dispute. Читать дальше...

The Hindu 

Budget 2024-25: Economy

A collection of The Hindu’s coverage of the Union Budget, related to manufacturing, jobs, services sector, agriculture, climate mitigation, green energy, water, defence, space, science and technology