Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, a bookish professor of rhetoric at Bowdoin College in Maine who became the Union’s most celebrated combat hero of the Civil War, died on this day in history, Feb. 24, 1914. Brig. Gen. Chamberlain was 85 years old. “A
Civil servants have been branded “workshy, entitled and clueless” by Reform UK leader Richard Tice for demanding a four-day working week and 35 days holiday for the same wages. The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union has called for a “significant shortening”
Greece legalized same-sex civil marriage, making it the first Orthodox Christian country to do so, despite opposition from the Greek Church. A cross-party majority of 176 lawmakers out of 300 voted in favor of the bill, with 76 against, two abstaining and
Civil servants want to work primarily from home, a survey has found, as Westminster officials push to have people return to their office desks. A new survey of 2,000 UK workers has identified Government staffers as among those who would prefer to
Taxpayers should be “alarmed” by the 1.8 million days lost to long-term sick leave by the civil service in 2022, MPs have warned. The number of days lost to long-term sick leave in the civil service has risen by a third in
A civil war within the Labour Party is fuelling rows over its pledge to spend £28billion on green policies. Critics of Shadow Environment Secretary Ed Miliband are stirring up divisions as they still resent the decisions he made as leader, a Shadow
The U.N. food agency said Friday it has received reports of people dying from starvation in Sudan, where raging fighting between rival generals is hampering the distribution of aid and food supplies to those most hungry. The 10 months of clashes between
Alberta Williams King gave the civil rights movement melody, a tune of great triumph and a coda of grievous tragedy. The gospel musician and mother had already buried two sons when the sounds of a Sunday testimony to Christ were interrupted by
The United States imposed sanctions Wednesday on three Sudanese firms it accused of being directly connected to the warring forces in Sudan, as the devastating conflict in the northeast African country continues to rage. The army, headed by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and
Britain should develop a civil defence force to “take pressure off our armed forces”, a Cabinet minister has admitted. Penny Mordaunt said she wants “us to be the most resilient nation on earth” as the threat from Russia, China and Iran intensifies.