Institution says it could run out of money by 2031 and wants to cut more than 600 academic and support posts Thousands of staff at the University of Nottingham have been told to prepare for redundancy as part of swingeing financial cuts that academics say will harm the institution’s future. The university’s administration sent letters to 2,700 staff on Tuesday, notifying them their role was at risk of redundancy after its leadership said it could run out of money by 2031. Continue reading...
Watch live coverage as FBI Director Kash Patel and leadership for the Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives testify at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing.
The Iron Dome anti-missile system fires an interceptor missile from Sderot, Israel, in 2022.
A billboard in St. Petersburg, Russia, advertising a contract in Russia's drone forces. The sign reads: "The new ones. The irreplaceable ones. Russian unmanned troops."
Candidates jostle to represent the second congressional district, and a Republican’s Senate seat looks ripe to flip US politics live – latest updates Nebraska Democrats are bullish about Republican losses in the right-leaning Plains state – but their prospects depend on today’s Democratic primaries, which include accusations of planted candidates and inadvertently depriving Democrats of power. A crowded Democratic primary in the state’s second congressional district, referred to as its “blue dot
NBC News · Oct 8
Commencement speaker booed for touting AI's strength
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Christian Schmidt says the multi-ethnic nation may fall apart thanks to pressure from the US and Russia The UN high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina has warned about the possible destruction of the multi-ethnic state after he was forced to resign in a policy clash with the US, seemingly complicated by the commercial interests of a firm linked to Donald Trump Jr that is seeking to make investments in the region. German Christian Democrat politician Christian Schmidt is set to explain his
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Hack of online learning system caused chaos for students and faculty last week, delaying some final exams The company that operates online learning system Canvas said it struck a deal with hackers to delete the data they pilfered in a cyberattack that created chaos for students, many of them in the middle of finals. Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, said in an online post that it “reached an agreement with the unauthorized actor involved in this incident”. Continue reading...
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Tensions are running high in Westminster as Keir Starmer tells his cabinet he is not going anywhere. But with several ministers quitting the government and more than 80 MPs calling for him to go, how much longer has the prime minister got? Lucy Hough speaks to political editor Pippa Crerar Continue reading...
