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Cambridge University urged to apologise over jailing of thousands of ‘evil’ women without evidence or trial | Women
In 1561, a little-known charter granted the University of Cambridge the power to arrest and imprison any woman “suspected of evil”. For nearly 350 years, the university used this …
Syria’s economy and its reliance on drug money
Will the $6bn trade in the illegal drug captagon that funded the Assad dictatorship be disrupted now he’s gone?As US inflation creeps up, we hear from businesses daring to …
The Observer view: Labour must help disadvantaged children become ‘school ready’ before it’s too late | Observer editorial
A third of children starting school in England aged five are not “school ready”. For children from disadvantaged backgrounds, that figure is much higher – just under half of …
Yields on central bank’s term deposits inch down
TERM DEPOSIT yields went down on Wednesday as markets priced in the latest Philippine headline inflation data and amid a stronger peso. The BSP’s term deposit facility (TDF) attracted …
College enrollment is falling at a ‘concerning’ rate, new data reveals | US universities
College enrollment is dropping at a “concerning” rate, according to new data. Data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center shows enrollment of 18-year-old freshmen has dropped by 5% …
Popular Economics Weekly: Why Another Gilded Age?
Financial FAQs “I remember ’29 very well … the drugged and happy faces of people who built paper fortunes on stocks they couldn’t possibly have paid for. … In …
Can you solve it? That Sally Rooney hat puzzle | Science
Midway though the new Sally Rooney novel, Intermezzo, two of the characters discuss a puzzle about hats. I thought it would make a perfect puzzle for this column, so …
Regulator OKs NGCP’s P2.6-B Tarlac substation project
THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines’ (NGCP) P2.59-billion Capas 230-kilovolt (kV) substation project. The regulator said that the load growth in …
Did you solve it? That Sally Rooney hat puzzle | Mathematics
Earlier today I set you the following puzzle, which I read in the new Sally Rooney novel, Intermezzo. Here it is again with the solution. A liar who always …