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Iran fuels 2023 global executions rise - Amnesty
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoIn contrast, Pakistan repealed its death penalty for drug offences last year, while the mandatory death penalty was abolished in Malaysia. Elsewhere in...
Petition to stop execution of Jamie Mills goes to governor
Birmingham News· 3 hours agoAdvocates from several organizations that oppose the death penalty delivered a petition to Gov. Kay...
Rachel Reeves has settled it: it’s time to abolish the OBR
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 14 hours agoIn 2010, George Osborne made a political decision to create a powerful “Office for Budget...
Labour attack on private schools threatens to overwhelm grammar schools
Daily Telegraph· 8 hours agoLast week independent schools leaders said many smaller schools were on a financial “knife edge” and...
US ranks in top 5 countries with most executions
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoIt’s not the first time the US has received this dubious honor - it was also in the top five in 2022. The new report captures the halfway status of the...
Texas Republicans vote on call for independence referendum
Newsweek· 2 days agoTexas Republicans voted on Saturday on a motion over whether the state party should back a...
Deadliest year in a decade for executions worldwide; U.S. among top 5 countries
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoSome countries also repealed death penalty laws, the 2023 report said. Pakistan scrapped the death penalty for drug-related offenses and Malaysia made it no longer mandatory. Bills to
Ed Davey falls off paddleboard as Liberal Democrats campaign in Lake District
The Independent via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoThe Liberal Democrat leader visited the Lake District to outline his proposals to hold the water...
Juneteenth: What's open & what's closed on America’s newest federal holiday
TheStreet.com· 2 days agoJuneteenth commemorates the end of slavery after the U.S. Civil War, and while government buildings and the NYSE are closed, most retail stores are open. Banks, federal offices, most state offices ...
James O’Brien: I wouldn’t be where I am without private school
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLBC host James O’Brien said he wouldn’t have the career he has today without private education – but...