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Discipline Crisis: Classroom Disruption Costs Australian Teachers Nearly a Third of Lesson Time

A national survey found that school teachers lost an average of nine minutes out of every 30 minutes of lesson time to student misbehaviour.

Oil major BP completes search for chair after boardroom upheaval

BP on Wednesday formally appointed Ian Tyler as chair after a surprise dismissal of former chairman Albert Manifold sparked boardroom turmoil.

Gingers of America: portraits of people with ginger hair across the US

Over the course of various trips between 2024 and 2026 Kieran Dodds interviewed and made portraits of hundreds of people with ginger hair across the US, with varying backgrounds and heritage

Almost half of world's farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find

Study reveals that pesticide poisoning kills 11,000 people each year, with India accounting for nearly 60% of fatalities

Whisky galore

Distilleries are the backbone of Islay’s economy and tourist trade. Thanks to their success, other businesses – from breweries and farms to restaurants and chocolatiers – are now thriving and adding to the island’s appeal

Ukrainian filmmaker criticizes EU after it cuts Venice Biennale funding over Russia controversy

Sergei Loznitsa likens removal of €2m grant to ‘a punishment in kindergarten’ on eve of Venice film festival

Hungry Review

A group of thinly drawn characters on a Louisiana tour fight for survival against a rampaging vegetarian

UK must end all trade with Israel, says co-founder of BDS movement

Exclusive: sanctions against ministers and settler groups are ‘smoke and mirrors cop-out’ says Omar Barghouti

The Bridge by Colm Tóibín review

Deep sorrow mingles with illicit desire in this potent novella, the follow-up to a 2006 story about an isolated family in the Catalan mountains

Queensland police investigate after 5,500 sheep worth $1.7m stolen from farm

Police say the sheep were stolen from a property 830km west of Brisbane between February and May

China's Xi keeps Iranian president at arm's length weeks ahead of Trump summit

China's Xi gave Iran's Pezeshkian a brief, low-profile audience at the SCO summit, as Beijing seeks to avoid appearing close to Tehran ahead of a high-stakes summit with Trump.

Scaramucci says he had 'Potomac fever' in the White House

"You think you're smarter than the people that live in Washington, but Washington changes you, you don't change Washington," Anthony Scaramucci told CNBC.