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The new guidelines say teachers should not question pupils but instead ask them for their new name and pronouns Children as young as four will be able to change their name and gender at school without their parents’ consent under new LGBT inclusivity guidelines drawn up by the Scottish Government. A 70-page document, issued to schools north of the border on Thursday, calls on teachers not to question pupils if they say that they want to transition to live as a boy or a girl and to instead ask them for their new name and pronouns. The controversial guidance claims…

Lee Jae-yong, the de facto leader of South Korean electronics giant Samsung, was released from prison on parole Friday after serving around 18 months of a 30-month sentence for embezzlement and bribery of former President Park Geun-hye. Lee, 53, left the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, just south of the capital city, on Friday morning as groups of supporters, protesters and reporters waited. “I apologize for causing people great concern,” Lee said in remarks translated by news agency Yonhap. “I am well aware of those concerns, criticisms and expectations of me.” Lee was on a list of 810 prisoners who…

Larry Page, Google’s co-founder and one of the world’s richest men, has been granted New Zealand residency under a category for wealthy investors. Applicants are required to invest at least $7m in New Zealand over three years. Mr Page entered New Zealand in January, when its borders were still closed because of Covid-19. But the government said he was allowed in because of a medical emergency application involving his son. Mr Page, 48, had applied for residence in November. However, his application could not be processed because he was offshore at the time. But in January, the US tech billionaire…

Mosseri said that Instagram is currently developing ways to autodetect when accounts may experience spikes, and subsequently prompt users to turn Limits on. More warnings for commenters, more filters for creators The other two updates Instagram’s rolling today are also aimed at combating harassment in comments and DMs. On the user side, the platform is amping up its offensive comment warning system. This system, introduced in 2019, prescans not-yet-posted comments and serves their writers with popups when offensive and/or potentially guideline-violating content is detected within them. Mosseri said that up till now, Instagram has served users a mild warning the…

Super sub Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga came off the bench to make two shootout saves as Champions League winners Chelsea beat Spain’s Villarreal 6-5 on penalties to add the UEFA Super Cup to their trophy collection on Wednesday. Extra time had ended 1-1 at Belfast’s Windsor Park stadium, with Chelsea bringing on Kepa for Edouard Mendy in the final seconds in what turned out to be the game’s tactical master-stroke. The freshest player on a field of tired legs saved first from Aissa Mandi at 1-1, after Kai Havertz had missed for Chelsea, and then made the winning stop at…

Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said ban on Twitter will be lifted in a matter of days or in a few weeks time. Mohammed, gave this update after the week’s virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Providing updates on the government’s negotiation with the micro-blogging site, the Minister gave more details of the conditions given to the platform, saying most of them have been accepted. He said the areas still pending such as Twitter setting up an office and having a Twitter…

Meet Kathy Hochul, New York’s 1st Female Governor Who is Set to Replace Andrew Cuomo. Kathy Hochul, 62, has served as Andrew Cuomo’s lieutenant for nearly the last seven years. Kathy Hochul, the New York lieutenant governor who is set to replace Andrew Cuomo, will be the state’s first female governor and stands to inherit a political landscape that Cuomo dominated for more than a decade. The announcement was made after New York governor Cuomo said that he will resign in two weeks following the state attorney general’s investigation that found he sexually harassed multiple women. Hochul will also assume…

Andrew Cuomo resigns in wake of damning report on sexual harassment. New York governor announced that he was stepping aside and said his resignation will be effective in 14 days. The New York governor, Andrew Cuomo, has resigned following an investigation by the state attorney general that found he sexually harassed multiple women, most of whom worked for him, and also retaliated after some made complaints. The governor made a public announcement on Tuesday morning that he was stepping aside and said his resignation will be effective in 14 days. He began defiantly by criticizing Attorney General Letitia James’s report…

Belarus’ authoritarian leader on Monday denied that his government unleashed harsh repression of dissent after his re-election a year ago triggered a months-long wave of mass protests, and he promised to step down “very soon” but would not say when exactly. President Alexander Lukashenko’s remarks came during an epic eight-hour press conference on the anniversary of the vote that handed him a sixth term but was denounced by the opposition and some foreign governments as rigged. The event, during which Mr Lukashenko lashed out at foreign journalists while some Belarusian reporters and bloggers emotionally defended his government’s actions, came as…

Egypt’s Cabinet has denied reports that it reduced funding for the country’s health and education sectors in the state’s general budget for 2021/2022. It came following the publication of claims on several major websites and social media pages. The Cabinet’s Media Center subsequently contacted the Egyptian Ministry of Finance, which denied the claims. In a statement, the media center said that there was “no truth to the news” regarding a reduction of funding for the health and education sectors in the state’s budget. It added that funding of the health and education sectors were instead raised in the new general…