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Turkey's opposition leader visits jailed Erdogan challenger Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu
2025-05-11 03:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
ISTANBUL (AP) The head of Turkeys main opposition party visited jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Tuesday after six nights of massive protests calling for his release.Imamoglu, arrested on March 19 on corruption charges, is seen as the main challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogans 22-year rule. His arrest has been widely viewed as politically motivated and sparked demonstrations, some turning violent, across the country. The government insists Turkeys judiciary is independent and free of political influence.Ozgur Ozel, the leader of Imamoglus Republican Peoples Party, or CHP, held a two-hour meeting with Imamoglu at Silivri prison, west of Istanbul. Ozel told reporters that he was ashamed on behalf of those who govern Turkey of the atmosphere I am in and the situation that Turkey is being put through.He described Imamoglu and two jailed CHP district mayors he also met as three lions inside, standing tall, with their heads held high proud of themselves, their fami...
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Thousands of federal workers would be easier to fire under Trump rule change
2025-05-11 01:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
President Trump speaks in the Oval Office on Friday. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration is moving forward with efforts to make it easier to fire some federal workers from their jobs, as part of its push to both shrink the federal government and exert more control over it. On Friday the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposed a rule reclassifying tens of thousands of career civil servants as "at-will" employees, the White House announced in a statement. Removing civil service protections would make workers easier to fire. The White House said the proposed rule would address "unaccountable, policy-determining federal employees who put their own interests ahead of the American people's." President Trump and his allies, including billionaire Elon Musk, have said they want to "dismantle government bureaucracy," which they criticize as a "deep state," and root out what Trump has called "rogue bureaucrat...
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Students to be able to watch drama Adolescence after Netflix announces huge news
2025-05-11 01:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with the creators of the crime drama Adolescence as Netflix announced it is making it free to all secondary schools across the countryNewsSophie Huskisson Political Correspondent13:36, 31 Mar 2025Updated 09:49, 01 Apr 2025Students will be able to watch hit drama Adolescence after Netflix today made it free to all secondary schools across the country.Keir Starmer met with the creators of the crime drama, which follows the story of a teen accused of murder, to discuss how to prevent young boys being dragged into a whirlpool of hatred and misogyny. The PM invited co-writer Jack Thorne and producer Jo Johnson to Downing Street as well as charities and young people, who shared their experience of becoming immersed in harmful online content.The PM, who watched the drama with his kids, said the show "hit home hard". After years spent working as the Director of Public Prosecutions, he has seen the devastation that misogyny and violence leaves behind, and how...
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