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Let pupils design uniforms
News, Postbag, Published on 06/11/2022
» Re: "Casual dress allowed at college exams," (BP, Nov 5).
Righting the ship
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 30/10/2022
» Millions of dollars in advertisements blasting schools for teaching critical race theory and assailing corporations like BlackRock for catering to "woke politicians".
Revisiting the 'Mona Lisa' theft
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 23/10/2022
» Oct 8 was the anniversary of the birth -- and the death -- of the Italian painter who made perhaps the biggest art repatriation blunder in history.
Tears, anger on 'Joola' sinking anniversary
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 16/10/2022
» Up on the deck, dozens of university students played cards. In the first-class cabins below, passengers watched the movie Air Force One. In an overcrowded third-class compartment, a teenage football team on its way to a tournament belted out songs.
Coping with vast open space and sheep
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 09/10/2022
» The baas, bleats and bells were fading ever so slightly, and the shepherd's trained ear detected that his flock was veering off the path home, for this was the soundtrack of his life in the Rocky Mountains. "The sheep must be herded," he said in Spanish, as he quickly ascended a hill overlooking a meadow.
The gloved one - or is it two
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 09/10/2022
» Alan Garcia starts each workday on a cracked plastic stool, hunched over a small vanity mirror, caking on makeup to lighten his skin.
When the everyday looks special
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 09/10/2022
» Julie Blackmon grew up in Springfield, Missouri, a city of 165,000 people in the southern part of the state, and went to college there. She got married in Springfield and raised three children there.
The populist climate threat
Oped, Published on 04/10/2022
» Reactionary populism is now the biggest obstacle to tackling climate change. With outright climate denial no longer an option, populist politicians have increasingly positioned themselves as climate doubters and delayers, and this new approach is proving to be quite insidious. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that global greenhouse-gas emissions must peak within three years to keep the Paris agreement's 1.5° Celsius target in reach; by slowing effective action, the tactics of today's populists are becoming an existential threat.
When you can take it with you -- just
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 13/03/2022
» If you were leaving home forever and had just a few hours to collect your thoughts and most precious belongings, items that would have to fit into a knapsack or purse, or just your pockets, what would you choose?
A Summer to Remember
Guru, Suthivas Tanphaibul, Published on 06/08/2021
» After a year hiatus, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games finally kicked off and will conclude on Sunday. More than 10,000 athletes from 206 countries marched joyously in front of thousands of empty seats (due to Covid-19 restrictions), while millions of sports fans cheered from home. This year's motto is "United By Emotion", expressing the power of sport to connect people from diverse backgrounds from all over the globe. Guru has created a timeline of all the memorable moments till the time of going to print, as well as interesting facts about the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, for your reading pleasure.