Will superuniversities save UK HE?

Change is coming Mergers are nothing new in English higher education. Successful examples include UCL and the Institute of Education in 2014 and, last year, City University and St George’s, University of London. But the deep financial challenges...

Mbappé scores but limps off in France's World Cup qualifying win

Paris, Oct. 12: Kylian Mbappé showed little sign of a recent ankle injury as he scored with a slaloming run to help France beat Azerbaijan 3-0 in World Cup qualifying. He added an assist for France's second goal but did have to limp off late after...

Historians warn that Republican leaders are driving a 12-step blueprint for America’s collapse

People are baffled. Why are Trump and his Republicans so intent on gutting our government, destroying our alliances and reputation around the world, and screwing working-class people while transferring over $50 trillion from them to the morbidly...

SI diplomatic relations at 139

BY SAMIE WAIKORI The Solomon Islands continues to expand its diplomatic relations and currently has ties with a total of 139 countries. The recent inclusion to the list is North Macedonia and Andorra, where Solomon Islands has formally entered...

OCTOBER 2025 NEWS IN BRIEF

| EINRIDE OPERATES FIRST EVER FULLY AUTONOMOUS HEAVY-DUTY TRUCK ON A PUBLIC ROAD IN BELGIUM AT THE PORT OF ANTWERP-BRUGES Einride, a technology company that provides digital, electric and autonomous solutions for road freight, has for the first...

Nobel Peace Prize: Did you know THESE Indians have won the prestigious award?

Many renowned personalities from across the globe have received the prestigious peace award over the past century. Several Indians also feature on the coveted list of awardees, but do you know who they are? The Nobel Prize is named after Swedish...

A Stroke a Day: What That Means for St. Kitts & Nevis — And How It Stacks Up Globally

SKN Times | Health Feature — Deep Dive St. Kitts & Nevis is staring down a stark number: about one stroke every day. In a federation of ~50,000 people, that rough tally implies ~365 strokes a year, which works out to ~730 per 100,000 people...

Business News | Neilsoft Featured at #26 in TIME and Statista's India's Best Employers 2025 List

PRNewswire Pune (Maharashtra) [India], October 10: Neilsoft Limited, an Engineering Services and Solutions company has been recognized at #26 in the India Best Employers 2025 rankings released by TIME and Statista. Neilsoft is a technology-driven,...

Paralysing virus often mistaken for flu creeps closer to Britain – the 7 key symptoms to spot as deaths hit 63

A DEADLY bug often mistaken for flu has claimed dozens of lives in Europe this year as it edges closer to the UK. West Nile virus has infected over 989 people across 13 countries this summer, far higher than the for what is normal for this time of...

Thomas Tuchel’s Jude Bellingham gamble pays off as Morgan Rogers stars in Wales win

b' 'b' ' When Thomas Tuchel selected his England squad without Jude Bellingham, and various other Wembley favourites, he may have envisaged the kind of nightmare scenario when a disaffected home crowd sang the names of those who were not there....

Bellamy’s Wales left reeling by early England onslaught and must recover quickly | Ben Fisher

”You never learn more than when you get your ass kicked,” Craig Bellamy had said matter-of-factly of cherrypicking a friendly against England and, presumably, he kept telling himself that as Thomas Tuchel’s side eviscerated his bewildered Wales...

October infringements package: key decisions

(Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Overview by policy area In its regular package of infringement decisions, the European Commission takes legal action against Member States that fail to...

Turkmenistan Delegation Participates in Cervical Cancer Prevention Forum

From September 30 to October 2, 2025, the fifth annual Forum of the Regional Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention in Eastern Europe and Central Asia was held in Skopje, North Macedonia. The forum, organized with the support of the United...

Israel-Hamas talks set to resume

INDIRECT negotiations between Israel and Hamas are due to resume in Egypt today, amid growing hopes for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, after the Palestinian resistance group said that it accepted some elements of a peace plan put forward by US...

The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America

The right-wing information sphere on social media is shaped by large, often anonymous influencer accounts that are then amplified to even wider audiences by prominent conservatives. Two such accounts are Defiant L’s and Resist the Mainstream, both...

Report keeps Kosovo Tier 2 on human trafficking

PRISTINA, Oct 1 (TemA) — The United States kept Kosovo on Tier 2 in its 2025 human-trafficking report, citing progress but continued gaps. Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and North Macedonia also remain Tier 2. Published Sept...

Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale reveals theme and artists

The Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale will launch on January 30 with a procession, musicians and a line of Toyota pick-ups moving through the historic region north-west of Riyadh, before arriving at the Jax district, the venue of the event, and...

Surveillance of West Nile virus infections in humans and animals in Europe, monthly report – data submitted up to 3 October 2025

Epidemiological summary In 2025, and as of 3 September 2025, 9 countries in Europe reported 652 locally acquired human cases of WNV infection with known place of infection. The earliest and latest date of onset were on 2 June 2025 and 26 September...

Ten years on: Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean migration policy under the spotlight

© Ajdin Kamber/Shutterstock A decade after the so-called “refugee crisis” of 2015, South-Eastern Europe remains the focal point and most fragile terrain of European migration policy. What appeared to be a temporary emergency has become a permanent...

'I expect us to be at the World Cup': CRAIG BELLAMY on how he transformed the Wales national team, found peace from 'the bad things' and furthered the work started by his close friend Gary Speed

The manager who will stand in front of the visiting bench at Wembley Stadium on Thursday night is a changed man. Some may find it hard to recognise the enfant terrible who was once a scourge of referees, a connoisseur of conflict and a bubbling...