The Daily Populous

Wednesday August 6th, 2025 night edition

image for Japanese schoolteacher losing job for misconduct after being caught in convenience store…working

Board of education issues apology to children for emotional damage over their teacher having a part-time job.

It’s hard not to have a sinking feeling when you hear about a middle school teacher being reprimanded for inappropriate behavior.

Or perhaps it’s a case of physical abuse, with a teacher taking out their frustrations on their pupils by smacking them around following perceived disrespect.

Finding out that the incident that landed the teacher in trouble took place in a convenience store is slightly reassuring, but really only a little.

However, none of those scenarios are what transpired earlier this month when a middle school teacher in Okayama Prefecture was spotted in a convenience store doing something inexcusable in the eyes of school administrators: working.

To clarify, the man wasn’t ditching the classes he was supposed to be teaching in order to go work at the store.

No, the problem was that the man was doing any sort of work at all besides his regular teaching job at the school. »

Donald Trump Risks Tanking Twenty-Five Years of U.S.-India Relations

Authored by carnegieendowment.org

In fact, the last time domestic politics nearly derailed the transformation of U.S.-India relations wholesale was during this period.

Three, both capitals mistrusted the other’s intentions with third parties but learned not to make it an obstacle to closer relations.

Trump has done no such thing, slamming India and even calling it a “dead economy.”. »

Russia 'perfecting' China's sabotage tactics for war against West

Authored by inews.co.uk
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European countries are ill-prepared for threat of co-ordinated sabotage attacks by Russia and China, a classified EU intelligence report has warned.

The West is dangerously exposed to a co-ordinated threat of sabotage attacks by Russia and China, a classified European Union intelligence report has warned.

The EU dossier suggests that both Russia and China are continuously probing for vulnerabilities in European nations’ ability to respond to sabotage attacks. »

Gates Foundation commits $2.5 billion to 'ignored' women's health

Authored by nbcnews.com

The Gates Foundation will spend $2.5 billion by 2030 on women’s health, it said on Monday, with founder Bill Gates saying the area, including conditions from preeclampsia to menopause, had been neglected for too long.

It is around one-third more than the Foundation spent on women’s and maternal health research and development over the last five years.

Too many women still die from preventable causes or live in poor health,” Gates said in a statement. »