Nearly £1 in every £4 raised in council tax is spent on staff pensions
An analysis showed that councils contributed nearly £7billion to their employees' pensions over the past year.
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Housing minister: Halal certification push by Kelantan local councils oversteps Jakim’s authority
Local councils cannot make halal certification mandatory for food and beverage businesses to renew their licences, Housing ...
Syria’s Alawite Minority, Favored by the Assads, Looks Nervously to the Future
Amid an outcry for justice and accountability and threats online, a once-dominant group is feeling deep anxiety after the ...
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How the Sahel junta is responding to climate change amid political isolation
As the first light pierced through storm clouds, swollen rivers spilled over their banks, sweeping through villages across ...
China’s Xi orders a stop to a spree of mass killings known as ‘revenge on society crimes’
Every person has a feeling of injustice,” Wu Qiang, a former political science professor, said. “They feel deeply that this ...
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Local author receives award from the government of the Faroe Islands
A local writer and translator has received an honorary award for distinguished service to Faroese culture. Randi Ward of ...
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Spending of opioid fund stirs scrutiny
This was a crucial year for opioid settlement money in Pennsylvania. For the first time, counties across the state faced serious accountability from a powerful state oversight board. The board ...
‘We fall and we rise’: Some amputees in Sierra Leone turn to farming to combat discrimination
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a machete until it cracked and fell. Balancing on his ...
Marc Fogel receives "wrongfully detained" status from U.S. government
More than three years after he was arrested in Russia for possessing medical marijuana, the United States government has ...
Advocates say there aren’t enough of them in Texas long-term care facilities
Five people serve 48 long-term care facilities in Deep East Texas as state-assigned independent advocates for the residents.
Congress stripped IRS of another $20 billion in government shutdown fight
Congress revoked an additional $20 billion from the Internal Revenue Service last week when lawmakers averted a government shutdown, a cut that may undo many of President Joe Biden’s efforts to ...