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How British imperial policies led to the Windrush scandal
UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Commonwealth Summit has been overshadowed by a migration scandal that shows what her government really thinks of Commonwealth citizens. Inside the summit, British government ministers wine and dine their Commonwealth counterparts, hoping to secure trade and investment deals. Outside, that same government is trying to deport British residents from Commonwealth…
Dad’s nightmare after he is arrested for ‘knocking out burglar’ while toddler slept
A dad who says he knocked out a burglar following a nighttime raid at his family home was arrested and has spent the past four months under investigation. Danny Crawford, 38, said his pregnant partner Kate Fowler, 37, woke him in the dead of night to say someone was in their home. Their baby daughter…
Plakate am Smartboard
Das Gymnasium Würselen ist in Sachen digitale Bildung eigentlich eine Vorzeigeschule. Seit drei Jahren werden dort Schüler in einer iPad-Klasse unterrichtet, für jedes Fach entwickelten die beteiligten Lehrer eigene pädagogische Konzepte. Um nicht allen Kolleginnen und Kollegen die neuen Anforderungen aufzuzwingen, wird zunächst nur in einer Klasse getestet, was funktioniert und was nicht. Das Gymnasium…
Díaz-Canel sworn in as unusual Cuban leader
Image copyright AFP Image caption Miguel Díaz-Canel had been widely expected to take over from Raúl Castro Miguel Díaz-Canel has been sworn in as Cuba’s new president, replacing Raúl Castro who took over from his ailing brother Fidel in 2006. It is the first time since the revolution in 1959 that a Castro is not…
Durham first US city to ban police training with Israeli militia
A coalition of community organisations in the city of Durham in the US state of North Carolina has successfully lobbied the city council to ban training and exchanges between Durham’s police department and the Israeli military. Durham’s city council unanimously voted to adopt the measure on April 16, prohibiting an exchange with the Israeli military,…
Rape as a political instrument in India
The gruesome rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in Kathua district of Indian-administered Kashmir is a chilling reminder of how sexual assault is used as a tool to instil fear among those belonging to the minority communities in India. There have been many Indians, especially on social media platforms, who have repeatedly claimed…
‘I Fundamentally Mediate That My Time at Reddit Made the World a Worse Dwelling’
Over the last few months, Select All has interviewed more than a dozen prominent technology figures about what has gone wrong with the contemporary internet for a project called “The Internet Apologizes.” We’re now publishing lengthier transcripts of each individual interview. This interview features Dan McComas, the former senior vice-president for product of Reddit and…
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