The QS World University Rankings, the most comprehensive of its kind featuring 1,500 universities, analyses a range of measures including academic reputation, employer reputation and faculty-student ratios. This year’s league table placed Oxford as second-best in the world for academic reputation behind Harvard University in the US, with Cambridge in third place. MIT, a science...
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Biden opposes Ukraine Nato membership as part of peace deal
Joe Biden has ruled out Ukraine joining Nato in the aftermath of a ceasefire with Russia in a major blow to Volodymyr Zelensky. Ahead of Nato’s annual summit on July 9, the US president said Ukraine would have to rely on supplies of Western weapons to ward off a second Russian offensive. Peace, he said,...
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Imperial ranks second in the world in major university ranking | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Imperial College London has risen to second place in the world in a major league table, also ranking as the top university in the UK and Europe. Imperial has risen to 2nd place in the QS World University Rankings, becoming the top-ranked university in the UK and Europe, it was announced today. QS highlighted Imperial’s...
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ABBA awarded Sweden’s highest honour by King Carl XVI Gustaf
The four members of ABBA have been honoured with one of their country’s most prestigious orders for their contributions to music. For the first time in almost 50 years, Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf handed out the Royal Order of Vasa. Agnetha Faltskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad became “Commanders of the First...
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I taught China’s police cadets as Xi’s grip took hold – I hope they never meet my students in Taiwan
Near the end of my PPSUC stint, it transpired that Xi had become vexed by internet wags comparing him to Winnie the Pooh – so much so that a film about Pooh’s creator, A.A. Milne, called Goodbye Christopher Robin, which I’d been looking forward to seeing in Beijing, was banned. China only accepts a quota...
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Milei replaces top minister in major shake-up as Argentina’s reform agenda stalls
The move was hugely embarrassing for the president just as he was urging ordinary citizens to bear with austerity measures that have seen the poverty rate jump from 40 per cent to nearly 60 per cent. Mr Posse, insiders say, had failed to adequately brief Mr Milei, who was unaware of the remuneration clause when...
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Another pandemic ‘absolutely inevitable’: Top UK scientist’s warning
As the world is just getting over Covid-19 after four years, a top British scientist warned that another pandemic is “absolutely inevitable”. An illustration of the novel coronavirus seen next to a health care worker at a Covid-19 testing centre The former chief scientific adviser to the British government, Sir Patrick Vallance, urged the UK...
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Pope Francis reported to have used derogatory phrase about homosexuals
Pope Francis has reportedly said there is “too much faggotry” among trainee priests in remarks that will confound those who regarded him as being sympathetic to homosexuals in the Catholic Church. The 87-year-old Argentinian pontiff reportedly made the remarks in a behind-closed-doors address to bishops last week but they leaked out to the Italian press...
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow says it has captured two areas in eastern Ukraine
We’ll be back with live updates on the war tomorrow – but for now, as always, we start the week by taking a few steps back and giving an overview of where the conflict is at right now. Conflicting claims on the second front Kharkiv remains a major focus after Russia opened a new front...
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Russia threatens to attack British targets as World War 3 fears explode
Moscow has issued a stark warning, with Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stating that Russia will target British sites if UK-supplied weapons are used by Ukraine to attack Russian territory, sparking World War 3 fears. Zakharova stressed that British targets “on Ukraine‘s territory and beyond its borders” could be hit. This follows an earlier warning...
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Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi feared dead in helicopter crash
The country’s presidential spokesman said Iran was going through a “difficult” situation. “We are experiencing difficult and complicated conditions. It is the right of the people and the media to be aware of the latest news about the president’s helicopter accident,” Ali Bahadori Jahromi said. “In these moments, patience, prayer and trust in relief groups...
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Search for Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter complicated by rain
Russian President Vladimir Putin is said to have been closely monitoring the situation in northwestern Iran. “Mr. Putin, the President of Russia, has been closely monitoring the developments since the start of this accident,” Igor Levitin, an adviser to Putin, told the Iranian vice president. “Tonight, I convey his message of solidarity, concern, and sympathy...